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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

New York Times, Friday, September 21, 1956

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q U W Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 34.7
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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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,642
Across
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Gulf of Greece. : ARTA
5
Turkey's president. : BAYAR
10
Equal: French. : EGAL
14
What the planet Pluto may be. : MOON
15
Source of pulque and mescal. : AGAVE
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Sec. Bruckner's concern. : ARMY
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Omniscient robot. : ELECTRONICBRAIN
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Very excited. : REDHOT
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One of the Smiths. : KATE
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Pester. : VEX
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Architectural fillet. : ORLE
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Refrain word. : NONNY
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English statesman. : DISRAELI
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Scorch verbally. : SCATHE
34
State: Abbr. : IDA
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Job. : STINT
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Employer. : HIRER
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Staff member. : AIDE
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Food plants of Pacific islands. : TAROS
42
Carnival. : FAIR
43
Mrs. Helmer's namesakes. : NORAS
45
Former French Assembly. : SENAT
47
Adjective suffix. : INE
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Fine. : AMERCE
50
What Robinson Crusoe was. : MAROONED
52
Plants. : FLORA
54
Parts of relay races. : LAPS
55
For: French. : CAR
57
Pro ___. : RATA
59
Top of a masonry wall. : COPING
63
Contrary to one's feelings. : AGAINSTTHEGRAIN
66
Bone. : SHIN
67
De Valera. : EAMON
68
Sicilian city. : ENNA
69
Length of yarn. : HANK
70
Pieces of candy. : DROPS
71
River to the North Sea. : YSER
Down
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Relative of 7 Down: Abbr. : AMER
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Function. : ROLE
3
___ the line. : TOED
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Marine insignia. : ANCHOR
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Compiler of a reference book. : BARTLETT
6
Make ___ of it. : AGO
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G. I. : YANK
8
Of the birds. : AVIAN
9
Right-hand pages. : RECTOS
10
Attention. : EAR
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Place to get easy money. : GRAVYTRAIN
12
Cherie. : AMIE
13
Big cat. : LYNX
18
East African hartebeests. : TORAS
19
Substitute's place. : BENCH
24
Variant of a prophet's name. : ELIAS
26
Ingenuous: Var. : NAIF
27
Goddess. : DIANA
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Characteristic speech. : IDIOM
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Burden of a mournful song. : SADREFRAIN
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Legal phrase. : INREM
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Great German poet. : HEINE
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Made a fluff. : ERRED
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Of sound. : TONAL
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Attlee. : EARL
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Crusaders' foes. : SARACENS
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Derision. : SCORN
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Science of mapping surface features: Abbr. : TOPOG
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Eliminated. : ERASED
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Bird of prey. : OSPREY
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Concentrated perfume. : ATTAR
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Change. : CASH
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Turkish commander. : AGHA
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Steam: Comb. form. : ATMO
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Many Scotsmen. : IANS
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Shoe size. : NINE
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Snarl. : GNAR
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Squid's camouflage. : INK
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Informal dance. : HOP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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