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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

New York Times, Tuesday, February 17, 1953

42-Across : People with very high I. Q.'s.

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 41.2
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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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,339
Across
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Celebration. : FIESTA
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Brands of wood in a dying fire. : EMBERS
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Portable float. : PONTOON
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Makes bread light. : LEAVENS
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She flew the Atlantic solo, 1932. : EARHART
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When games are tied: 2 wds. : ALLEVEN
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Soul: French. : AME
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Urge anew. : REIMPEL
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Before. : ERE
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Old town in Connecticut. : LYME
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Unaffectedness. : EASE
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Ye ___ Giftie Shoppe. : OLDE
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A principal point or place. : CENTRE
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45 inches. : ELL
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A full passenger list. : BOATLOAD
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Soft and white, as clouds. : FLEECY
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Purpose. : AIM
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Masquerade costumes. : DOMINOS
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Street, in Paris. : RUE
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A kind of bread. : GLUTEN
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People with very high I. Q.'s. : GENIUSES
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Title of address. : SIR
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Fireplace equipment. : GRATES
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Formerly. : THEN
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Closing for a tent. : FLAP
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Carnival camouflage. : MASK
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Old Dutch wine measure. : AAM
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Turkish coin. : PIASTER
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Necklace of flowers. : LEI
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Colonists of French descent. : CREOLES
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Preconceives. : IDEATES
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Bed and board for borzois. : KENNELS
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Followers of Terpsichore. : DANCERS
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Unwavering. : STEADY
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Ibn Saud and others. : EMEERS
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Frothy. : FOAMY
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Against a thing, in law. : INREM
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Suffix of ordinal numbers. : ETH
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Zoom. : SOAR
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Ripped. : TORE
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Civil War battlefield, 1862. : ANTIETAM
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Run out. : ELAPSE
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Skirmish. : MELEE
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Gay climax of 20 Down. : BALL
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Theatre time: Abbr. : EVE
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Masqueraders at 20 Down. : REVELLERS
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Mr. Bergen's yokel. : SNERD
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Bell tone. : PEAL
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Oldtime knife. : SNEE
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Last day of the Lent carnival. : MARDIGRAS
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Without: Comb. form. : ECT
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Norse name. : OLE
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___ statesman. : ELDER
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Time of day. : NOON
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Good girl of fiction. : ELSIE
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Duffel. : BAG
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Midnight ___. : OIL
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Main objective of 20 Down. : AMUSEMENT
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A box of type. : FONT
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Prompt. : CUE
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An answer in "20 Questions." : YES
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Low monthly fluctuation of the sea. : NEAPTIDE
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The Woodman's make-up. : TIN
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Gen. Shepherd's outfit. : USM
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Mirrorlike. : GLASSY
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Change direction when sailing close hauled. : TACK
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They're pursued in an outdoor sport. : HARES
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He wrote "Little Boy Blue." : FIELD
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Change. : ALTER
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Nostradamus and Swedenborg. : SEERS
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Subject of a popular Victor Herbert song. : KISS
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Prayer. : PLEA
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Relative of Cheddar. : EDAM
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M. Mayer of France. : RENE
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Unit. : ONE
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Trick taker. : ACE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later.

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