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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

New York Times, Wednesday, October 20, 1954

30-Across : "___-my-Thumb," the midget.

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J M Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,940
Across
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Principal component. : BASIS
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Authoress Rebecca. : WEST
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Think: Archaic. : TROW
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Shaped like a wing. : ALARY
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Big laugh. : HAHA
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Dissolute man. : ROUE
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President of Turkey. : BAYAR
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Waltari's Sinuhe and others. : EGYPTIANS
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Wood for baseball bats. : ASH
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Appian Way. : ITER
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Medium's meeting. : SEANCE
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Part of a dress uniform. : EPAULET
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Goose genus. : ANSER
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Maxims. : SAYINGS
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"___-my-Thumb," the midget. : HOPO
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River into the Seine. : AUBE
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Piccard or Zeppelin. : AERONAUT
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Hogan or Snead. : PRO
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Friday operation. : DRAGNET
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Greek letter. : PSI
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Michener novel about Japan. : SAYONARA
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Sit in the sun. : BASK
45
Held in check (with "up"). : PENT
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Automobile gear. : REVERSE
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Lots of lots. : ACRES
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Breathy sound. : SPIRANT
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Scene of a mutiny. : BOUNTY
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Topnotcher. : ONER
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Excitable. : HOT
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N. M. Senator and family. : ANDERSONS
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___ Louisa Gustafsson. : GRETA
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Suffix used with road, tap, etc. : STER
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Heraldic term. : ENTE
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Vowel roundup. : AEIOU
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Pronoun. : HERS
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Scan. : READ
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Laterals. : SIDES
Down
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Cake made with rum. : BABA
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Rueful word. : ALAS
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Slogan for a ballplayer. : SAYHEYBOY
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Man's name. : IRA
5
Native of Damascus. : SYRIAN
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They came into use in the Bronze Age. : WHEELS
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Tidal flood. : EAGRE
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Retiring. : SHY
9
Bugle call. : TAPS
10
Chateau at Versailles, Grand or Petit. : TRIANON
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Corral animals. : ROANS
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Snow leopard. : OUNCE
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Bremen's river. : WESER
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Adjunct for a hostess. : TEAPOT
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Harbor craft. : TUG
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Pandowdy. : PIE
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Formerly. : THEN
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Vital fluids. : SAPS
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Emanation. : AURA
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Home of the Douglas fir: Abbr. : ORE
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___ Khan. : AGA
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Daniel Malan's theory of living. : APARTHEID
35
Sea-going letters. : USSS
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Little boy: Colloq. : TIKE
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River near Odessa: Russ. sp. : DNESTR
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Managed. : RAN
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Part of M. A. : ARTS
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Kitchen gadgets. : OPENERS
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Novelist Burman. : BEN
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Put through water. : RINSED
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Before. : ERE
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Late President of Brazil. : VARGAS
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Make uneasy. : ABASH
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A short story. : CONTE
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More crude. : RUDER
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___ Delgada, Azores port. : PONTA
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Flanders river. : YSER
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Siouan Indian. : OTOE
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Greek letters. : TAUS
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Next to nothing. : ONE
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Of a thing: Lat. : REI

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

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