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Roberta H. Morse
New York Times, Wednesday, October 7, 1953
20-Across : Where West trades with East.
Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17, Grid flow: 41.8
Roberta H. Morse has 64 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Roberta Morse is an alias for Roberta H. Morse.
1 B | 2 A | 3 B | 4 A | 5 A | 6 C | 7 T | 8 E | 9 D | 10 R | 11 S | 12 V | 13 P |
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14 L | I | O | N | 15 M | A | R | I | O | 16 A | P | I | A |
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17 A | N | N | A | 18 B | R | I | N | G | 19 I | O | N | S |
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20 H | O | N | G | 21 K | O | N | G | 22 G | 23 A | L | O | O | T |
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24 R | I | S | E | 25 H | E | L | E | N | ||||||
26 J | 27 A | 28 P | A | N | 29 S | 30 H | A | R | P | D | E | 31 A | 32 L |
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33 E | N | A | M | E | 34 L | 35 A | D | E | S | 36 R | E | O |
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37 E | N | L | S | 38 I | 39 N | I | A | L | 40 E | I | R | E |
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41 P | O | I | 42 S | M | U | T | 43 S | 44 E | P | S | I | S |
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45 S | Y | N | 46 T | H | E | T | I | 47 C | 48 L | I | M | E | S |
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49 D | O | E | R | S | 50 H | 51 A | I | G | ||||||
52 D | 53 O | R | E | M | I | 54 H | O | M | E | R | 55 U | 56 N | 57 S |
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58 A | M | O | I | 59 C | 60 H | I | L | I | 61 A | N | A | K |
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62 D | A | M | N | 63 K | I | L | L | S | 64 M | U | T | E |
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65 O | R | E | G | 66 S | T | A | Y | S | 67 S | M | O | G |
© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,571
Across
1
Respectful title in Turkey. : BABA
5
Appeared to be. : ACTED
10
Note on an invitation. : RSVP
14
Popular figure in society. : LION
15
Tenor Lanza. : MARIO
16
Seaport of Samoa. : APIA
17
Role for Silvana Mangano. : ANNA
18
Fetch. : BRING
19
Atoms, electrically charged. : IONS
20
Where West trades with East. : HONGKONG
22
Awkward fellow: Slang. : GALOOT
24
Become stronger. : RISE
25
Actress and politician Douglas. : HELEN
26
Land warmed by the Black Stream. : JAPAN
29
A bit of finagling: 2 wds. : SHARPDEAL
33
A kind of paint. : ENAMEL
35
Summer drinks. : ADES
36
Absente ___ (in the absence of the defendant): Lat. : REO
37
Registrations for the Army: Abbr. : ENLS
38
Pertaining to part of the skull. : INIAL
40
Green land. : EIRE
41
Fermented taro paste. : POI
42
Result of 67 Across. : SMUT
43
Poisoning. : SEPSIS
45
Not genuine. : SYNTHETIC
48
The makings of 35 Across. : LIMES
49
Energetic ones. : DOERS
50
British C. I. C. in World War I. : HAIG
52
Beginning of a vocal exercise. : DOREMI
54
Mathews had the most this year. : HOMERUNS
58
De vous ___ (between you and me): Fr. : AMOI
59
Very hot seasoning. : CHILI
61
Biblical race of long necked Giants. : ANAK
62
Condemn as bad. : DAMN
63
Prevents publication of. : KILLS
64
Unpronounced letter. : MUTE
65
Where Eugene is: Abbr. : OREG
66
Old-time girdles. : STAYS
67
City atmospheric problem. : SMOG
Down
1
Colorless: Slang. : BLAH
2
Primitive Japanese: Var. : AINO
3
European capital. : BONN
4
Pre-Scrabble game. : ANAGRAMS
5
Puplits in Eastern churches. : AMBOS
6
These are good with 59 Across. : CARNES
7
Spruce. : TRIG
8
One: German. : EIN
9
"Pomes" and jingles. : DOGGERELS
10
Spoke bitterly. : RAILED
11
"Blushing crow" for "crushing blow." : SPOONERISM
12
Wine, in Italy. : VINO
13
Ended. : PAST
21
Lowing herds, in poetry. : KINE
23
Where Monte Rosa is. : ALPS
25
"Mary ___ little lamb." : HADA
26
Reconnaissance cars. : JEEPS
27
Make angry. : ANNOY
28
"Was it a cat I saw?" for instance. : PALINDROME
30
Part of Hispaniola. : HAITI
31
High home. : AERIE
32
Fertile soil. : LOESS
34
"A flea in a fly in a flue," and others. : LIMERICKS
39
Historic American retort. : NUTS
40
Terse witticisms with a twist. : EPIGRAMS
42
Eldest son of Noah. : SHEM
44
___ Faure, noted French writer. : ELIE
46
Driving a nail slantingly. : TOEING
47
Manager Grimm of the Braves. : CHOLLY
51
Beside the mark. : AMISS
52
Lower part of a wall with panel or border. : DADO
53
Gen. Bradley. : OMAR
54
The "eye" of a bean. : HILA
55
Unesco medium of exchange. : UNUM
56
Gruenther's command. : NATO
57
Stern extension of a ship's keel. : SKEG
60
Stroke of good fortune. : HIT
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 16 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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