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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

New York Times, Thursday, January 13, 1955

8-Down : Remarkable.

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 36.1
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. 2,025
Across
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Descended. : ALIT
5
Projecting mountain ridge. : SPUR
9
Darlings. : PETS
13
University city of Germany. : JENA
14
Law of Moses. : TORA
15
Early medical man. : GALEN
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Declare. : AVER
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Sound heard in the veldt. : ROAR
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Denizen of 22 Across. : RHINO
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Royal visitor to the U. S. : RIZAPAHLEVI
22
Where to find a tiglon or a liger. : ZOO
23
Drowses. : NODS
24
Toward the center. : INWARD
26
Parts of "The Divine Comedy." : CANTOS
29
Controversial game. : BINGO
31
Near Eastern noble. : AMEER
32
Giants and Pirates. : NATIONALS
36
Take it easy. : LOLL
37
Terror. : PANIC
38
Choral group. : TRIO
39
Still waters. : MILLPONDS
41
A former Eisenhower Command. : SHAEF
42
Otherwise named. : ALIAS
43
Chancellor Raab's city. : VIENNA
44
Feudal tenant. : VASSAL
47
Seaweed. : KELP
48
Man's name. : IRA
49
Consort of 19 Across. : QUEENSORAYA
55
Word at parting. : ADIEU
57
Applaud. : CLAP
58
Country of 19 and 49 Across. : IRAN
59
___ Dame. : NOTRE
60
Hold in the hand. : HAVE
61
French author (1840–1920). : ZOLA
62
Globule. : DROP
63
Part of an ephah. : OMER
64
Sheep. : EWES
Down
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Not in harmony. : AJAR
2
Italian author. : LEVI
3
"Mama ___," old song. : INEZ
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Fast, whirling Italian dances. : TARANTELLAS
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Fine violins. : STRADS
6
Expressions of disdain. : POOHS
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Mountain range. : URAL
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Remarkable. : RARE
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Exclamation of disbelief. : PAH
10
Ice crosser. : ELIZA
11
Tagliavini. : TENOR
12
Coiffure adjunct. : SNOOD
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A Yankee to a Mexican. : GRINGO
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Worthy of pity. : POOR
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Derived from wine. : VINIC
25
What Hemingway did. : WONTHEPRIZE
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Undisturbed. : CALM
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Frenchman's call for help. : AMOI
28
Miss Gwyn. : NELL
29
Musical groups. : BANDS
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"___ an ancient mariner." : ITIS
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Dog in a child's story. : NANA
33
Islands in Galway Bay. : ARAN
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A mortgage, for instance. : LIEN
35
Piece of furniture. : SOFA
37
French soldier in World War I. : POILU
40
Commemorative wall ornament. : PLAQUE
41
Farm building. : SILO
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The evening star. : VESPER
44
Article of food. : VIAND
45
Warmth. : ARDOR
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Japanese admiral. : SAITO
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Jack. : KNAVE
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Nymph who loved Narcissus. : ECHO
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Biblical land. : ELAM
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Lined up. : AROW
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Third oldest U. S. college. : YALE
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Duck genus. : ANAS
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The Marshall Plan. : ERP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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