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Anthony Morse
Anthony Morse

New York Times, Wednesday, February 11, 1959

Author:
Anthony Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 40.2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Anthony Morse has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,498
Across
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Ambassador to U. S. from India. : MEHTA
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Currents. : STREAMS
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Swords. : SABERS
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One of a trio in a current song hit. : CHIPMUNK
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___ all (wiseacre). : KNOWIT
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Enroll. : REGISTER
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Electrified particle. : ION
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Body ___ (state). : POLITIC
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Oolong. : TEA
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Twelve years before the Battle of Hastings. : MLIV
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Garbed. : ROBED
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Persian elf. : PERI
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Measures out. : METES
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Meadow. : LEA
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Anathematized. : CURST
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Timeless. : ETERNAL
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Food. : MEAT
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Get a complete holiday. : RESTUP
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Necessitate. : ENTAIL
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Shaped metal beam. : IBAR
41
TV part. : ANTENNA
42
The line-up at a debutante party. : STAGS
45
Newspaper men: Abbr. : EDS
47
Praying figure. : ORANT
48
Okefenokee denizen. : POGO
49
Ruin. : SPOIL
51
Locale. : SPOT
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Auxiliary verb. : ARE
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College electives. : COURSES
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Latin greeting. : AVE
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Cardinal ___, now John XXIII. : RONCALLI
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Historic area. : AEGEAN
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Resurgent people in Africa. : SUDANESE
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Tops. : CRESTS
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French vegetable dishes. : SALADES
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Author of Westerns. : HARTE
Down
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Late famous matador. : MANOLETE
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Hard black rubbers. : EBONITES
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Chop. : HEW
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Voyage. : TRIP
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Name linked with Waldorf. : ASTOR
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Writer. : SCRIBE
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"A long cheer for ___!" : THETEAM
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Tense. : RIGID
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Homeric. : EPIC
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Times of day: Abbr. : AMS
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Grumble. : MUTTER
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Derisive expressions. : SNEERS
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Long-winged sea bird. : SKIMMER
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Venomous snake. : KRAIT
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Idle. : LOLL
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Dizziness. : VERTIGO
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Golf clubs. : PUTTERS
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Affronts. : SNUBS
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Piece of a poem. : CANTO
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River between Brazil and Paraguay. : APA
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Time of day: Poet. : EEN
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Metrical foot of three syllables. : ANAPAEST
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Introduce something new. : INNOVATE
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Thin sheets of metal. : LATTENS
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Historic British battleship. : REPULSE
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In its present condition. : ASIS
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Masts. : SPARS
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Muscular. : TOROUS
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Things to be done. : AGENDA
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Fishing boats. : DORIES
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Fixed a shoe. : SOLED
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Lixiviate. : LEACH
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Scene of the first miracle. : CANA
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Antitoxins. : SERA
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___ Tech. : CAL
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A language: Abbr. : GER

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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