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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

New York Times, Thursday, October 28, 1954

18-Across : Byword.

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 361 (avg 1.91)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 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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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,948
Across
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Popular dance music. : JAZZ
5
Out of order. : AMISS
10
Witty expression. : QUIP
14
Winglike parts: Anat. : ALAE
15
Part of a poem. : CANTO
16
Adm. Joy's milieu. : USNA
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Talking bird. : MINA
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Byword. : AXIOM
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Plays pranks (with "up"). : ACTS
20
Fashioned. : STYLED
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Products of North Carolina. : TOBACCOS
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Outstander. : ONER
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Hollywood star. : PECK
27
Deceives: Slang. : TWOTIMES
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Wagner opera. : RIENZI
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Defraud. : ROB
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Little friends of Rover. : FIDOS
38
Hero of Dickens mystery. : DROOD
39
Whit. : ATOM
41
Misanthropic person. : CYNIC
43
Indefinite number. : SOME
44
Fêtes. : GALAS
46
Members of the crew. : EIGHT
48
Knight of the British Empire: Abbr. : KBE
49
Part of the foot. : INSTEP
51
Xenophon's epic. : ANABASIS
53
French friends. : AMIS
55
Of an age. : ERAL
56
Neighbors of the Iraqi. : IRANIANS
60
Washington ___. : IRVING
64
Fly an airplane low. : BUZZ
65
Famous name in optical instruments. : ZEISS
67
The same. : IDEM
68
Malayan ox. : ANOA
69
Lowest points. : ZEROS
70
Temporary star. : NOVA
71
Propeller turns. : REVS
72
Narrow ridge of a mountain. : ARETE
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Man's name. : ALAN
Down
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Traffic problems. : JAMS
2
Landed. : ALIT
3
Buffoon. : ZANY
4
Fanatical adherent. : ZEALOT
5
Theoretical. : ACADEMIC
6
Author Beerbohm. : MAX
7
First letter: Abbr. : INIT
8
Condescend. : STOOP
9
Dark and dull. : SOMBER
10
Ducks: Colloq. : QUACKERS
11
Our circuit courts: Abbr. : USCC
12
Preposition. : INTO
13
Bridge player's decision. : PASS
21
Large star in Pegasus. : ENIF
23
Etching material. : ACID
25
Change color. : REDYE
27
Theatrical combining form. : TRAGI
28
Star role in Wagner's "Ring." : WOTAN
29
Former Greek coins. : OBOLS
30
Girl's name. : SONIA
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Recesses. : NOOKS
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Voodoo deity. : ZOMBI
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___ fixes. : IDEES
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Actress Hasso. : SIGNE
40
Seaport in Cuba. : MATANZAS
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Dancer Cyd. : CHARISSE
45
Half: Prefix. : SEMI
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Shaped metal beam. : TBAR
50
Metropolitan soprano. : PIAZZA
52
Girl's name. : ALVINA
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Expression of a 41 Across. : SNEER
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Structural beam. : IBAR
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Norse symbol. : RUNE
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Sea bordering on the Ukraine. : AZOV
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King's title. : SIRE
61
False god. : IDOL
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Leningrad's river. : NEVA
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Special agent. : GMAN
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Stubborn: Dial. : SOT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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