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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

New York Times, Tuesday, April 5, 1955

44-Down : ___ coin (decide by chance).

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 34.7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,107
Across
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Hail to a sailor. : AHOY
5
Disorderly. : MESSY
10
Points on compasses. : SSWS
14
Malay tribesman. : MORO
15
Arm bones. : ULNAE
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Stone. : OPAL
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Where Tampa faces Tampico. : THEGULFOFMEXICO
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Dissolved. : SOLUTE
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Plant. : WEED
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Moon-jumper. : COW
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Italian saint. : RITA
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Game bird. : SNIPE
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Busy people. : BUSTLERS
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Polar phenomenon. : ICECAP
34
Babylonian sky god. : ANU
35
Lets up. : EASES
37
Crossbeam. : TRAVE
38
Tape. : BIND
40
Starts the game. : MOVES
42
Sound, as of birds in flight: Var. : SKIR
43
Facing a pitcher. : ATBAT
45
Of more recent vintage. : NEWER
47
Biblical name. : ELI
48
Long John Silver. : SEADOG
50
About-face. : REVERSAL
52
Electrical genius. : TESLA
54
Tribal chief, in Malay countries. : DATO
55
Tree. : ASH
57
Transaction. : SALE
59
Versifiers: Var. : RIMERS
63
Scene of Princess Margaret's tour. : THECARIBBEANSEA
66
The Pentateuch. : TORA
67
Italian city south of Salerno. : EBOLI
68
Biblical name. : ESAU
69
___-daisy! : UPSY
70
Ate. : DINED
71
Whoop. : YELL
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Cash register items. : AMTS
2
Big laugh. : HOHO
3
Russian city. : OREL
4
Gayelord Hauser's standby. : YOGURT
5
A couple of Army equines. : MULETEAM
6
Nix. : ELF
7
___ White. : SNOW
8
Bank equipment. : SAFES
9
Resident of a part of Arabia. : YEMENI
10
White ___. : SOX
11
Confections with cinnamon. : SPICECAKES
12
City S of Dallas. : WACO
13
Traffic sign. : SLOW
18
Practical. : UTILE
19
Authoritative rule. : EDICT
24
Firebug's fixation. : ARSON
26
Individual: Abbr. : PERS
27
Little cakes with rum. : BABAS
28
Draw together. : UNITE
29
Prone forms on beaches. : SUNBATHERS
30
Cut. : SEVER
32
City of Spain. : AVILA
33
Hazard. : PERIL
36
Hemmed. : SEWED
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Miami's county. : DADE
41
Author and news broadcaster. : SEVAREID
44
___ coin (decide by chance). : TOSSA
46
Nerve networks. : RETIA
49
Stared angrily. : GLARED
51
Painter of Lady Hamilton. : ROMNEY
53
Good excuse. : ALIBI
55
U. S. base near Alaska. : ATTU
56
Where mechanics work. : SHOP
58
Dark. : EBON
60
Existence: Lat. : ESSE
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Authentic. : REAL
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King of Israel. : SAUL
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Feature of the Bahamas. : CAY
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Wheat: France. : BLE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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