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18 “Combats ___ tes défenseurs!” (“La Marseillaise” line) : AVEC

“La Marseillaise” is the very stirring national anthem of France. The song was composed in 1792 by a French Army officer. It was adopted as a rallying call for volunteers during the French Revolution and was first sung out in Marseille. As a result, the anthem is called “The Marseillaise”, or “The Song of Marseille”. I think that the most moving rendition that I’ve personally heard is in the magnificent movie “Casablanca”.

19 Poet Bradstreet : ANNE

Anne Bradstreet was a poet who was the wife of Simon Bradstreet, a governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the first poet in the British North American colonies to have her works published.

21 Coward of the theater world : NOEL

Noël Coward was the most flamboyant of personalities. A playwright, composer and actor, Coward worked in a remarkable range of genres. He wrote the wonderfully airy play “Blithe Spirit”, as well as the Oscar-winning WWII naval drama “In Which We Serve”. A couple of his more famous songs, many of which he performed himself in cabaret, are “Mad Dogs

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Last seen: The New York Times, 25 Jan 2025

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(Other definitions for
noel
that I've seen before include "Girl - boy - Christmas" , "A lone French Christmas" , "Christmas, esp. in carols; boy's name" , "Coward who wrote and acted, d. 1973" , "A lone sort of Christmas" .)

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Saturday, January 25, 2025


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There are 15 rows and 15 columns, with 0 rebus squares, and no cheater squares.

The grid uses 23 of 26 letters, missing BJQ.

It has normal rotational symmetry.

Average word length: 5.63, Scrabble score: 306, Scrabble average: 1.55.

Puzzle has 5 fill-in-the-blank clues and 0 cross-reference clues.

This puzzle has 6 unique answer words.

ARMRESTHOGELFHATSEYESOCKETSMORTUARIESPECLASSESTOURGUIDES

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ALAIANNEARMRESTHOGASSTAVECAWMANCIACPAELFHATSEREADEREYESOCKETSGRETAGROHAIRSALONHMARTIDESTISEEITNOWMYRNANEAOMOOORESTEIAOVERPARPECLASSESSAIDIDOSALTTAXSIASSRSTRESSATETOURGUIDESUPCVPSWHYAMIHEREXFACTORZADIE



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