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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

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New York Times, Sunday, January 14, 1962

20-Across : Tributary stream.

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 62, Avg Word Len: 5.41, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 593 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 144, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
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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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,566
Across
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Relaxed. : ATREST
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Italian condiment. : TAMARAS
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U. N. VIP. : UTHANT
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Tributary stream. : FEEDER
21
Mystical interpretation of the Bible. : ANAGOGE
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A gender. : NEUTER
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A couple of Glasses. : FRANNYANDZOOEY
25
Author Heyward. : DUBOSE
26
Wagner role. : ERDA
27
Flower parts. : STAMENS
28
Proper. : MEET
30
Degree in agriculture. : MSA
31
Lettuce. : COS
32
Scenes of action. : STAGES
33
Go up. : SOAR
34
Temperate. : MILD
35
Type of ship. : TRAMP
37
1933 symbol. : NRA
38
Coach-and-___. : FOUR
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Shirley Booth role. : HAZEL
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Appear. : LOOM
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Aardvark. : ANTBEAR
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Cling. : COHERE
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Danish islands. : FAEROES
49
Evade. : SHIRK
50
"Taffy ___ Welshman ... " : WASA
51
Gourmet item. : ESCARGOT
53
Particle. : ION
54
Dennis opus. : LITTLEME
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Law men: Abbr. : ATTYS
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Voicing objection. : NOING
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Bewilders. : DAZES
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Tree. : LIN
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Olympian. : ZEUS
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19th century stylist. : WALTERPATER
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Card play. : MELD
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Slip. : ERR
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Crafts: Sp. : ARTES
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Shakespearean scene. : ARDEN
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Column part. : SOCLE
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Treat lightly. : SNEEZEAT
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Finial. : EPI
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Dickens was one. : REPORTER
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Rolls. : BUNS
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Laughs. : HAHAS
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Vanishes. : DEPARTS
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Some citizens. : VOTERS
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Old-time whaler. : DORYMAN
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___ contendere. : NOLO
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"L'___," Molière satire. : AVARE
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Trite ideas: Slang. : CORN
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Take. : GET
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Accounts: Abbr. : REPTS
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Tree additive. : NEST
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Biblical town. : CANA
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Differs. : VARIES
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Cut (off). : LOP
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U. P. and S. P. : RRS
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Nut used in extracts. : KOLA
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Spumy. : FOAMING
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Horn, for one. : CAPE
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High conceptions. : IDEALS
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Part of an Irving Stone title. : THEAGONYANDTHE
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Shakespearean role. : JULIET
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Obliteration. : ERASURE
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Strip a plant for next year's crop. : DESEED
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102 Across and others. : NESSES
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Seats. : SETTEES
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Flashy. : SPORTY
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Feign. : AFFECT
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Pest: Colloq. : TERROR
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Reprimands severely. : READSALECTURE
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Miss Millay. : EDNA
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Ginza coin. : SEN
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Meeting. : TRYST
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Figurine from anc. Boeotia. : TANAGRA
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Ways ___. : ANDMEANS
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Labyrinths. : MAZES
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Greek contest. : AGON
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Bush animals, for short. : ROOS
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Moyen ___. : AGE
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Henry VIII's Jane. : SEYMOUR
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Bound by. : UNDER
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German: Abbr. : TEUT
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Center. : HUB
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Spray. : ATOMIZE
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German chemist. : NESSLER
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Foot lever. : TREADLE
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___ end. : ATAN
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Attention. : EAR
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Tracks. : SPOORS
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"The Old ___." : SOAK
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Title of Shah Jahan's wife. : MAHAL
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Food fish. : MORAYS
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House plant. : FERN
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Multitudes. : HOSTS
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Miss March. : MEG
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Poetic possessive. : THINE
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Freeman's forte. : BIOGRAPHY
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Supply food. : CATER
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Worries: Dial. : FEAZES
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Nautical term. : ASTERN
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Musical works. : SONATAS
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Dried up. : WIZENED
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House sign. : TOLET
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By and by. : LATER
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Metal worker. : ELECTROPLATER
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French painter. : MILLET
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Bitter-___. : ENDERS
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Possessive. : ITS
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Pop. : DAD
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Jenny and others. : WRENS
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Husband of Hecuba. : PRIAM
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Army's concern. : MORALE
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Blue. : AZURE
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Deep sleeps. : SOPORS
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German president, 1919. : EBERT
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Merit. : EARN
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Sword's superior. : PEN
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Time: Sp. : HORA
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Indian chief. : SAGAMORE
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Rembrandt. : VANRIJN
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Tardy. : OVERDUE
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Mortarboard décor. : TASSELS
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Gives. : DONATES
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Lilylike plants. : NERINES
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___. Tech. : CAL
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Minute. : TINY
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Place akin to hell. : TOPHET
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Prompt. : SPEEDY
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Outlays. : COSTS
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Uncertain. : VAGUE
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Mild oaths. : EGADS
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Modern painter. : KLEE
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Exploit. : FEAT
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Kiln. : OAST
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Member of a decorated group: Abbr. : CDSO
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Sloths. : AIS
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Otho I's realm: Abbr. : HRE
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Fibrous knot. : NEP

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8 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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