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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

Treasure-Trove

New York Times, Sunday, June 10, 1956

107-Down : Counting-out word.

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 83, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 663 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 150, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 21, Grid flow: 39.3 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.
Jim Horne notes:

Qumran is an archaeological site located on a dry plateau in the West Bank, about a mile inland from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. It is globally famous for its proximity to the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered between 1947 and 1956.

While still a subject of scholarly debate, the prevailing archaeological and historical theory is that Qumran was home to a strict, apocalyptic Jewish sect known as the Essenes.

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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,539
Across
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Cordial. : ANISETTE
9
Push. : SHOVE
14
Penitential Psalm. : MISERERE
22
American hardwood trees. : REDASHES
23
Manolete's victims. : TOROS
24
Spray. : ATOMIZER
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Recent archaeological discovery. : DEADSEASCROLLS
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The art of disputation. : POLEMICS
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Before. : ERE
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Constellation. : ALTAR
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Old-fashioned people. : FOGEYS
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Overdo the heart throbs. : EMOTE
33
Between Mont. and Minn. : NDAK
35
Indo-European. : ARYAN
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Window part. : PANE
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Cut. : PARE
40
Hue. : TONE
41
Snows: Fr. : NEIGES
43
Of ancient Greeks. : EOLIC
45
Diminutive of a girl's name. : REBA
49
Neighbors of the Assyrians. : MEDES
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Living ___. : WAGE
54
Eight furlongs. : MILE
55
Fused refuse. : SLAG
56
Colombia, for instance. : ESTADO
59
Blanche of the Met. : THEBOM
61
Con ___. : AMORE
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That: Span. : ESA
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Blockade buster. : AIRLIFT
66
Gay. : ELATE
67
One of the Leagues: Abbr. : NAT
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Unspoken. : TACIT
70
Where Jackie Burke shines. : TEE
71
Casts out. : EJECTS
73
Noun suffixes. : ORS
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Quickly. : SMARTLY
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Girasol. : OPAL
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Old Testament object. : URIM
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Racers. : SNAKES
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Singe. : CHAR
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Bona ___. : FIDE
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Modern "wonderful." : DREAMY
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Wood: Latin. : LIGNUM
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Gaucho's weapon. : BOLA
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African tree. : SHEA
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Slept noisily. : SNORED
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Fish part. : GILL
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Temporary setback. : SNAG
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Italian president. : GRONCHI
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Aunt: Span. : TIA
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Improve the street. : REPAVE
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Suffix meaning "tribe." : INI
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Assign (to). : REFER
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Ship's clock. : NEF
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On ___ (carousing). : ATEAR
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Hotwind. : SIROCCO
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Noun suffix. : IST
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Brownish pigment. : UMBER
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Overenthusiastic sun bather. : NUDIST
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Burdens. : ONUSES
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Flooring. : TILE
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Department of France. : ORNE
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Goddess of hope. : SPES
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Parts. : ROLES
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Dark river. : STYX
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Spanish kings. : REYES
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Public functionary. : NOTARY
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Pronoun. : THIS
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Trudge. : PLOD
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Ardor. : ZEAL
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Nine: Lat. : NOVEM
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Right-minded. : SANE
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War cry of ancient Greeks. : ALALA
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Tarkington's bad boy. : PENROD
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Shreds. : WISPS
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Brief statement: Abbr. : BUL
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Golden horse. : PALOMINO
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Red rallying song. : INTERNATIONALE
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Terra cotta instruments. : OCARINAS
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Arrowsmith's wife. : LEORA
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Of architectural construction. : TECTONIC
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Musical tribute. : SERENADE
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Krupp's city. : ESSEN
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Showing resemblance of sound. : ASSONANT
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Vehement. : ARDENT
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Of a mountain in Crete. : IDAEAN
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Wistful. : SAD
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She: Italian. : ESSA
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Where 25 Across were found. : THELANDOFJUDAH
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Plant of the Orient. : TEATREE
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Repplier, for example. : ESSAYIST
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Vessel: Abbr. : STR
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Pedal extremity. : HOOF
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Ship's deck. : ORLOP
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Kuibishev's river. : VOLGA
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Dweller in Qumran monastery. : ESSENE
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Plans. : MAPS
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Japanese name. : ITO
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Coin of Peru. : SOL
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Turkish title. : EMEER
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Implements for cutting edges. : RIMMERS
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"Fanny" star. : EZIO
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Type of dwelling: Abbr. : RECT
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Gaelic. : ERSE
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Rock. : CRAG
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Beefeater. : YEOMAN
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Famous name in Turkey. : KEMAL
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Stair parts. : NEWELS
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Boys in blue. : PILOTS
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The maples. : ACER
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Biblical land. : SABA
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Site of U. of San Marcos. : LIMA
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Important branch of physics. : ELECTRONICS
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Herb. : BASIL
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Like quartz. : AGATY
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Girl's nickname. : EDIE
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Agreed. : GOTON
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Beryl. : EMERALD
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"Thou shalt not ___ it." : EATOF
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Metropolitan basso. : SIEPI
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Part of T. R.'s slogan. : TREADSOFTLY
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Cossack leader. : HETMAN
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Far North settlement. : ETAH
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Region: Abbr. : TERR
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Hussein, Faisal, etc. : ARABS
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French companies: Abbr. : CIES
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What schussboomers do. : SKI
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Event at Melbourne. : MCMLVIOLYMPICS
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Support on which to lean: Ger. : LEHNE
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Neighbors of 69 Down. : SYRIANS
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Moths. : EGGERS
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Cut. : SNIP
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Pithy remark. : MOT
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Feminine diminutive endings. : ULAS
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Uhlan's adjunct. : LANCE
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Exchange premiums. : AGIOS
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Off white. : ECRU
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Consume. : EATUP
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Deep South food. : GRITS
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Meet again. : RESIT
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Natural. : INBRED
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___ d'être. : RAISON
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Bird. : ERNE
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Counting-out word. : EENY
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Become haughty. : FREEZE
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P. M. : EDEN
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Ditto 71 Across. : OUSTS
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Philippine Moslem. : MORO
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"La ___" (The Castaway). : TRAVIATA
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Investigate. : EXPLORE
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Minnie Minoso. : ORESTES
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Foolish. : SENILE
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Hamlet. : TOWN
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Island capital: Span. : HABANA
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Starchy rootstuff. : INULIN
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Choice. : SELECT
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Thin plate: Var. : LAMIN
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English composer and family. : ARNES
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River flower. : LOTOS
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Overseas addresses. : APOS
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Honiton. : LACE
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Winged. : ALAR
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Sit. : POSE
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"___ Mable." : DERE
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Pepys' "And ___ bed." : SOTO
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Once ___ lifetime. : INA
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Famed school of design: Abbr. : NAD
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Melted. : RAN
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Mademoiselle's refusal. : NON

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6 unique to this puzzle, 15 debuted here and reused later, 18 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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