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Anthony Morse
Anthony Morse

New York Times, Thursday, April 16, 1953

52-Across : Meddlesome persons.

Author:
Anthony Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { B J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Anthony Morse has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,397
Across
1
The heart of the matter. : GIST
5
Classroom quiz. : EXAM
9
Hymn of praise. : PAEAN
14
Pacific island ox. : ANOA
15
Shade of green. : NILE
16
Ecclesiastical cape. : ORALE
17
The flowers that bloom in the Spring. : DAFFODILS
19
Symbols of the District of Columbia. : ROSES
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GI term for a complete muddle. : SNAFU
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Laws. : STATUTES
23
Puts together. : ERECTS
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Admonition in "Hark, Hark, the Lark." : ARISE
27
What a diet does. : THINS
29
Palisades. : SCARPS
32
Spouse of Zeus. : HERA
35
Burin or graver. : TOOL
37
Type of fat. : OLEIN
38
Phase of history. : ERA
39
"Rain," in an oldtime song. : VIOLETS
41
African antelope. : GNU
42
Herb of the carrot family. : ANISE
44
Precious. : DEAR
45
Excited. : AGOG
46
These are seen and heard on TV. : PANELS
48
Shrill tone of the bagpipe. : SKIRL
50
Prepare with hot seasoning. : DEVIL
52
Meddlesome persons. : SNOOPS
55
Favorite corsage. : GARDENIA
58
City in Spain. : LORCA
60
Heroine of Arthurian romance. : ISOLT
61
Remark after a practical joke. : APRILFOOL
64
More mature. : RIPER
65
___-do-well. : NEER
66
Singer Horne. : LENA
67
Good. : TASTY
68
"Choose your ___." : EXIT
69
Letter winners of an eastern college. : YMEN
Down
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Trots around. : GADS
2
Lacking sense. : INANE
3
Up to this point. : SOFAR
4
Popular fabric. : TAFFETA
5
Complete. : END
6
A dozen. : XII
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Part of a Shakespearean title. : ALLS
8
Famous hostess and envoy. : MESTA
9
Structures attached to buildings. : PORTICOS
10
An awakening. : AROUSAL
11
Symbol of spring. : EASTEREGG
12
Out of the wind. : ALEE
13
Common suffix. : NESS
18
Proper utterance after stubbing one's toe. : OUCH
22
Military building: Abbr. : ARS
24
South American monkey. : TITI
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Fashionable hat of a former season. : SNOOD
28
Replaceable parts of shoes. : SOLES
30
Spanish evergreen tree. : PINO
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Comfortable. : SNUG
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Stockpile. : HEAP
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Singer Berger. : ERNA
34
Symbol of April. : RAINDROPS
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Disclosures of secrets. : LEAKS
39
Part of a draper's stock in trade. : VELVETRY
40
One of triplets. : TRIN
43
Something to plant in the Spring. : SEEDLET
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In an unsympathetic manner. : ALOOFLY
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Do wrong. : SIN
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Bakery product. : ROLL
51
Climbing plant. : LIANE
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Introduction. : PROEM
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Symbolic stone of Britain. : SCONE
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Encircled. : GIRT
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A large part of the earth. : ASIA
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Highest point. : APEX
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Man's name. : ALAN
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Defendants: Latin. : REI
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Oldest subway system in N. Y. C. : IRT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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