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Roberta H. Morse
New York Times, Thursday, March 1, 1962
10-Down : Victorian parlor piece.
Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 38.4
Roberta H. Morse has 64 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Roberta Morse is an alias for Roberta H. Morse.
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14 A | M | O | R | 15 A | C | A | K | E | 16 H | E | I | L |
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17 R | A | N | T | 18 V | A | T | I | C | 19 A | R | E | S |
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20 D | R | O | O | 21 P | Y | 22 I | N | A | 23 C | T | I | V | E |
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26 V | 27 A | C | A | T | 28 I | 29 O | N | 30 S | N | O | 31 B | 32 B | 33 Y |
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34 E | B | A | N | 35 S | W | A | 36 B | 37 S | T | R | A | P |
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38 D | O | R | 39 P | R | E | L | A | 40 T | E | 41 I | R | R |
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42 I | N | D | 43 I | A | 44 S | P | A | R | 45 E | D | G | E |
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46 C | E | S | T | L | 47 A | 48 A | S | S | 49 U | A | G | E | S |
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50 A | M | I | 51 S | S | 52 A | T | E | |||||||
53 C | 54 E | 55 L | L | A | R | E | T | 56 G | R | E | G | 57 O | 58 R |
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59 A | L | U | I | 60 I | N | I | 61 G | O | 62 N | A | P | U |
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63 R | A | T | A | 64 N | O | M | A | N | 65 U | M | E | S |
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66 A | M | E | N | 67 G | R | E | B | E | 68 P | E | N | T |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,612
Across
1
Part of London. : SOHO
5
Regaled in a certain way. : WINED
10
Pacific island air base. : WAKE
14
Cupid. : AMOR
15
"I'd have baked ___ ... " : ACAKE
16
Old German cry. : HEIL
17
Bombast. : RANT
18
Prophetic. : VATIC
19
Mars. : ARES
20
Listless. : DROOPY
22
Retired. : INACTIVE
24
Literary initials. : RLS
25
City in Utah. : OGDEN
26
Time off. : VACATION
30
High-hat. : SNOBBY
34
Israeli statesman. : EBAN
35
Mop. : SWAB
37
Band on a low shoe. : STRAP
38
Bug. : DOR
39
Ecclesiastic. : PRELATE
41
Contrary to rule: Abbr. : IRR
42
Kind of ink. : INDIA
44
Gaff. : SPAR
45
Move sideways. : EDGE
46
___ guerre. : CESTLA
48
Mitigates. : ASSUAGES
50
Out of kilter. : AMISS
52
Lunched. : ATE
53
Wine cabinet. : CELLARET
56
Botanist Mendel. : GREGOR
59
His: Fr. : ALUI
60
___ Jones, famous British architect. : INIGO
62
Mouse deer. : NAPU
63
Pro ___. : RATA
64
Chronic disagreer. : NOMAN
65
Japanese apricots. : UMES
66
Word of approval. : AMEN
67
Diving bird. : GREBE
68
Kept in. : PENT
Down
1
Semiprecious stone. : SARD
2
Khayyam. : OMAR
3
Bridge holdings. : HONORCARDS
4
Bobolink. : ORTOLAN
5
Sinuous. : WAVY
6
Peruvian city. : ICA
7
Subject for the sports page. : NATIONALPASTIME
8
Just managing (with "out"). : EKING
9
Tens. : DECADS
10
Victorian parlor piece. : WHATNOT
11
Atmosphere: Prefix. : AERI
12
City on the Dnieper. : KIEV
13
Other. : ELSE
21
U. S. time designation. : PST
23
Use a thurible. : CENSE
26
Early form of Sanskrit. : VEDIC
27
Have ___ to pick. : ABONE
28
Republic created in 1948: Abbr. : ISR
29
Is indebted to. : OWES
31
Form of entertainment. : BRIDGEGAME
32
Flagship's launch. : BARGE
33
Historic Belgian town. : YPRES
36
Cote sounds. : BAAS
39
Capital of Majorca. : PALMA
40
Company officers: Abbr. : TRS
43
Etruscan. : ITALIAN
45
Consumed. : EATENUP
47
A walk outdoors. : AIRING
49
Nasser's domain. : UAR
51
Masculine title. : SENOR
53
Dear: It. : CARA
54
Biblical land. : ELAM
55
Early guitar. : LUTE
56
Moved away. : GONE
57
Start operating. : OPEN
58
Reddish brown. : RUST
61
Chatter: Colloq. : GAB
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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