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Roberta H. Morse
New York Times, Friday, January 20, 1956
Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 28.9
Roberta H. Morse has 64 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Roberta Morse is an alias for Roberta H. Morse.
1 T | 2 A | 3 R | 4 P | 5 A | 6 S | 7 T | 8 R | 9 O | 10 H | 11 E | 12 F | 13 T |
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14 A | R | I | A | 15 S | W | E | A | R | 16 Y | A | L | E |
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17 M | E | A | N | 18 P | A | N | J | A | 19 N | D | R | U | M |
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20 P | A | N | T | 21 H | E | R | S | 22 C | O | R | N | E | A |
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23 A | S | T | O | U | N | D | 24 S | U | V | A | ||||
25 M | R | S | 26 T | O | L | U | 27 C | 28 P | 29 S |
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30 A | 31 N | 32 V | I | L | 33 P | A | N | A | M | 34 A | H | A | T |
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35 L | O | A | M | 36 T | A | P | I | R | 37 P | A | N | E |
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38 P | A | N | E | 39 G | Y | R | I | C | 40 S | P | R | I | T |
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41 S | H | E | 42 A | R | T | S | 43 L | E | A | |||||
44 A | L | A | S | 45 K | E | R | N | 46 E | 47 L | 48 S |
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49 C | 50 H | 51 O | S | E | N | 52 A | L | A | B | A | M | A | N |
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53 P | A | N | H | A | N | 54 D | L | E | R | 55 G | I | D | E |
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56 A | L | L | E | 57 I | O | D | I | N | 58 E | L | L | A |
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59 S | O | Y | S | 60 C | L | A | N | S | 61 S | E | E | K |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,397
Across
1
Short for a canvas cover. : TARP
5
Of a star: Comb. form. : ASTRO
10
Weight. : HEFT
14
"Una Voce Poco Fa," for example. : ARIA
15
Assert with emphasis. : SWEAR
16
Eli. : YALE
17
Small. : MEAN
18
A pompous official. : PANJANDRUM
20
Big cats. : PANTHERS
22
Part of the eye. : CORNEA
23
Strike with great surprise. : ASTOUND
24
Capital of the Fijis. : SUVA
25
See 41 Across. : MRS
26
South American balsam tree. : TOLU
27
Bond clippings: Abbr. : CPS
30
An operatic "Chorus." : ANVIL
33
Headgear. : PANAMAHAT
35
Rich soil. : LOAM
36
Hog-like mammal. : TAPIR
37
Window part. : PANE
38
Paean of praise. : PANEGYRIC
40
Diagonal spar for a sail. : SPRIT
41
Pronoun. : SHE
42
Wiles. : ARTS
43
Grassland. : LEA
44
Oh me! Oh my! : ALAS
45
Most important parts. : KERNELS
49
Elect, in theology. : CHOSEN
52
Helen Keller, for example. : ALABAMAN
53
Beggar. : PANHANDLER
55
French author. : GIDE
56
The dovekie auk. : ALLE
57
Item in a medicine cabinet. : IODIN
58
Relative of Nell and Nora. : ELLA
59
Useful beans. : SOYS
60
The Campbells and others. : CLANS
61
Pursue. : SEEK
Down
1
Florida city near St. Petersburg. : TAMPA
2
Places. : AREAS
3
Laughing. : RIANT
4
Marcel Marceau's art. : PANTOMIME
5
Tremulous trees. : ASPENS
6
Lawn. : SWARD
7
Decades. : TENS
8
British rule in India. : RAJ
9
Far-seeing and authoritative. : ORACULAR
10
Nine-headed serpent slain by Hercules. : HYDRA
11
Get as a consequence. : EARN
12
Pipe. : FLUE
13
Musical theme. : TEMA
19
New: Latin. : NOVUM
21
Pitch. : HURL
24
Of the speed of sound. : SONIC
26
Carpet or wall hanging. : TAPIS
27
Burn slightly. : CHAR
28
Polish lady. : PANI
29
Printing direction. : STET
30
Dolomites. : ALPS
31
Character in "The Green Pastures." : NOAH
32
Wind direction finder. : VANE
33
Fractions. : PARTS
34
Perquisites. : APPANAGES
36
Despotic. : TYRANNIC
39
Roman helmet. : GALEA
40
Belgrade citizen. : SERB
43
Finds out. : LEARNS
44
Residue. : ASHES
45
Little: German. : KLEIN
46
Hero of "South Pacific." : EMILE
47
Kitchen implement. : LADLE
48
Lead from a singleton. : SNEAK
49
Auditors: Abbr. : CPAS
50
Nimbus. : HALO
51
Exclusively. : ONLY
52
Former diva. : ALDA
54
Monetary unit: Abbr. : DOL
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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