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Roberta H. Morse
New York Times, Saturday, July 12, 1958
Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 40.7
Roberta H. Morse has 64 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Roberta Morse is an alias for Roberta H. Morse.
1 M | 2 I | 3 S | 4 C | 5 N | 6 A | 7 W | 8 A | 9 B | 10 B | 11 E | 12 A | 13 T |
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14 E | T | A | H | 15 A | B | E | L | E | 16 A | G | I | O |
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17 T | A | T | A | 18 P | A | R | T | S | 19 T | A | N | G |
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20 A | L | E | R | 21 T | S | 22 N | A | U | 23 T | I | L | U | S |
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24 L | I | I | 25 S | H | I | R | E | S | ||||||
26 R | 27 E | L | O | C | 28 A | T | E | 29 E | S | T | 30 O | 31 P | 32 S |
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33 O | M | I | T | 34 H | A | R | 35 M | 36 T | A | U | R | O |
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37 C | I | T | 38 M | A | R | V | E | 39 L | S | 40 T | E | M |
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41 C | R | E | 42 D | O | 43 K | O | L | A | 44 D | E | E | M |
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45 A | S | S | E | R | 46 T | 47 N | O | C | 48 T | U | R | N | E |
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49 C | R | U | 50 M | B | S | 51 A | S | S | ||||||
52 E | 53 X | 54 P | L | O | R | E | R | 55 F | A | T | P | 56 I | 57 G |
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58 L | Y | R | A | 59 B | R | A | 60 C | E | 61 P | A | L | E |
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62 O | L | O | R | 63 A | C | U | T | E | 64 A | C | E | S |
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65 N | O | M | E | 66 N | I | N | O | S | 67 N | E | X | T |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,301
Across
1
Varied: Abbr. : MISC
5
Mogul ruler. : NAWAB
10
Kerouac's ___ generation. : BEAT
14
Greenland settlement. : ETAH
15
White poplar. : ABELE
16
Exchange premium. : AGIO
17
Familiar farewell. : TATA
18
Fractions. : PARTS
19
Sharp flavor. : TANG
20
Danger signals. : ALERTS
22
U.S. atomic submarine. : NAUTILUS
24
52. : LII
25
English counties. : SHIRES
26
Change abodes. : RELOCATE
29
Bars legally. : ESTOPS
33
Skip. : OMIT
34
Damage. : HARM
36
Bull: Comb. form. : TAURO
37
Voter: Abbr. : CIT
38
See 3 Down. : MARVELS
40
Pro ___. : TEM
41
Professed opinion. : CREDO
43
Bay on which Murmansk is. : KOLA
44
Consider. : DEEM
45
___ oneself (demand recognition). : ASSERT
47
Chopin specialty. : NOCTURNE
49
Something for the birds. : CRUMBS
51
Equine. : ASS
52
1958 Alpha. : EXPLORER
55
"To market, to market to buy a ___." : FATPIG
58
Vega's constellation. : LYRA
59
Two of a kind. : BRACE
61
Fade. : PALE
62
Swan genus. : OLOR
63
Sharp. : ACUTE
64
Tennis shots. : ACES
65
Province of modern Greece. : NOME
66
Spanish children. : NINOS
67
On the first occasion to come. : NEXT
Down
1
Transposed: Prefix. : META
2
Type of type: Abbr. : ITAL
3
Newcomers in 30 Down. : SATELLITES
4
Transportation for Caesar. : CHARIOT
5
Siestas. : NAPS
6
Garment akin to a burnoose. : ABA
7
Missile expert. : WERNHERVONBRAUN
8
Asian mountain range. : ALTAI
9
To ___ (certainly!). : BESURE
10
Castro's foe. : BATISTA
11
Equal: Fr. : EGAL
12
Hokkaido inhabitant. : AINU
13
Clothes: Colloq. : TOGS
21
Twitch. : TIC
23
Decisive trials. : TESTS
25
Bare. : STARK
26
Fortress: Ital. : ROCCA
27
Middle Eastern chiefs. : EMIRS
28
Well, well! : AHA
30
New frontier. : OUTERSPACE
31
Smooth (oneself) up. : PREEN
32
Amiens' river. : SOMME
35
Where famous Venus was discovered. : MELOS
38
___ Castle in Havana. : MORRO
39
Ingredient of varnish. : LAC
42
Proclaim. : DECLARE
44
Cleaner's adjunct. : DUSTPAN
46
Hat. : TURBAN
48
Chinese pagoda. : TAA
50
Thanks: Fr. : MERCI
52
Esau's father-in-law. : ELON
53
Wood: Comb. form. : XYLO
54
Junior ___. : PROM
55
Tips. : FEES
56
Holly tree. : ILEX
57
Exploit. : GEST
60
Concerto: Abbr. : CTO
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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