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Diana R. Sessions
New York Times, Saturday, July 28, 1956
Author:
Diana Sessions
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 4 (2 double stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 35.6
Diana R. Sessions has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Diana Sessions is an alias for Diana R. Sessions.
1 B | 2 I | 3 E | 4 N | 5 T | 6 O | 7 A | 8 D | 9 B | 10 A | 11 B | 12 A |
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13 I | N | D | E | 14 P | E | N | D | E | 15 N | 16 C | E | D | A | Y |
17 T | H | E | B | I | L | L | O | F | R | I | G | H | T | S |
18 T | A | N | 19 R | E | Y | 20 T | A | R | G | E | T | |||
21 E | L | I | 22 S | A | 23 C | A | S | E | 24 S |
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25 R | E | C | I | T | 26 E | 27 S | 28 T | 29 A | U | R | I | N | E |
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30 R | E | A | L | 31 T | O | R | S | 32 V | O | W |
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33 P | 34 F | 35 C | S | 36 G | E | E | S | E | 37 G | E | N | S |
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38 E | R | A | 39 C | R | E | D | E | N | 40 C | E | ||||
41 D | O | N | 42 T | L | E | T | 43 A | T | H | O | 44 M | 45 E | 46 S |
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47 A | U | D | I | O | 48 I | L | O | N | A |
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49 F | I | B | U | 50 L | 51 A | 52 E | 53 A | R | 54 R | A | S |
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55 F | R | E | E | D | O | M | 56 O | F | S | P | 57 E | E | C | H |
58 F | O | R | T | Y | N | I | N | T | H | S | T | A | T | E |
59 F | U | S | S | 60 E | A | S | Y | 61 C | U | S | S |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,587
Across
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___ entendu (to be sure): Fr. : BIEN
5
Tailless amphibian. : TOAD
9
Ali ___. : BABA
13
Result of Jefferson's writing. : INDEPENDENCEDAY
17
Ten important articles. : THEBILLOFRIGHTS
18
Color. : TAN
19
Reina's spouse. : REY
20
Mark. : TARGET
21
Italian girl's name. : ELISA
23
Francis and Clifford. : CASES
25
Tells. : RECITES
28
Pertaining to a sign of the zodiac. : TAURINE
30
Certain brokers. : REALTORS
32
Promise. : VOW
33
Army men: Abbr. : PFCS
36
Simpletons. : GEESE
37
Tribe or clan. : GENS
38
Period of time. : ERA
39
Belief. : CREDENCE
41
"___ the stars get in your eyes." : DONTLET
43
Receptions. : ATHOMES
47
Of the sound phase on TV. : AUDIO
48
Actress Massey. : ILONA
49
Leg bone. : FIBULA
52
Cereal spike. : EAR
54
Cape: Geog. : RAS
55
Privilege specified in 17 Across. : FREEDOMOFSPEECH
58
Item on the Congressional agenda. : FORTYNINTHSTATE
59
Bother. : FUSS
60
___ Street. : EASY
61
An ornery fellow. : CUSS
Down
1
Acrimonious. : BITTER
2
Breathe in. : INHALE
3
Resembling Paradise. : EDENIC
4
Where Lincoln is: Abbr. : NEB
5
Operating at a distance: Comb. form. : TELE
6
Single. : ONLY
7
Flurry. : ADO
8
Skillful. : DEFT
9
Suppliant. : BEGGAR
10
Tenacious. : ADHESIVE
11
Devour with gluttony. : BATTENON
12
Yeses. : AYS
14
Teach, for example. : PIRATE
15
Government agency of the Thirties. : NRA
16
Any riotiously entertaining person: Colloq. : CIRCUS
22
Knights and baronets. : SIRS
24
Hems. : SEWS
26
Tidal flood. : EAGRE
27
Icy particles. : SLEET
28
Where the owl and the pussy cat went. : TOSEA
29
Colloquial verbal contraction. : ARENT
31
Williams of Boston. : TED
33
Pastoral staffs. : PEDA
34
Showy accessories. : FROUFROU
35
Confectioners. : CANDIERS
37
Science course: Abbr. : GEOL
39
Obscure. : CLOUDY
40
Short, sharp sounds. : CHIRPS
42
___ capital is Lhasa. : TIBETS
44
French general (1763–1813). : MOREAU
45
Legislates. : ENACTS
46
Belts. : SASHES
50
Actor Chaney. : LON
51
Girl friend: Fr. : AMIE
52
Newts. : EFTS
53
Light-gray. : ASHY
55
Musical direction: Abbr. : FFF
56
" ... ___ wing and a prayer." : ONA
57
And so forth: Abbr. : ETC
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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