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Roberta H. Morse
New York Times, Tuesday, November 2, 1954
40-Across : Debutante.
Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { W X }, Scrabble score: 325 (avg 1.72)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Roberta H. Morse has 64 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Roberta Morse is an alias for Roberta H. Morse.
1 G | 2 R | 3 A | 4 B | 5 B | 6 O | 7 L | 8 D | 9 A | 10 C | 11 T | 12 E | 13 D |
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14 R | A | T | A | 15 B | L | U | E | 16 R | E | A | D | E |
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17 I | D | O | L | 18 C | E | I | L | 19 C | U | B | A | N |
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20 L | I | L | A | 21 C | 22 A | G | E | 23 R | A | T | U | M | S |
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24 L | O | L | L | O | 25 B | R | I | G | I | D | A | |||
26 A | L | L | Y | 27 A | C | E | 28 P | 29 A | 30 T |
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31 E | 32 Q | 33 U | I | T | Y | 34 N | T | H | 35 J | O | B | S |
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36 D | U | C | K | S | 37 P | O | E | 38 M | A | M | B | A |
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39 G | I | L | A | 40 B | U | D | 41 T | E | M | P | E | R |
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42 E | T | A | 43 F | U | L | 44 S | E | R | B | |||||
45 L | O | L | L | 46 A | P | A | L | O | 47 O | 48 Z | 49 A |
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50 H | 51 Y | 52 P | E | R | B | O | L | E | 53 E | R | R | E | D |
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54 A | M | O | R | E | 55 V | I | C | 56 E | 57 E | V | E | R |
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58 S | H | O | O | T | 59 E | V | I | L | 60 E | I | N | E |
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61 H | A | F | T | S | 62 R | E | E | F | 63 S | E | A | M |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,953
Across
1
Snatch. : GRAB
5
Audacious. : BOLD
9
Simulated. : ACTED
14
Pro ___. : RATA
15
Sapphire. : BLUE
16
Aptly named author. : READE
17
Popular figure. : IDOL
18
Wainscot. : CEIL
19
Native of Oriente. : CUBAN
20
Spring flower. : LILAC
22
Small blue or white flowers. : AGERATUMS
24
The "Woman of Rome." : LOLLOBRIGIDA
26
Friend. : ALLY
27
Playing card. : ACE
28
Opportune. : PAT
31
Actors' group. : EQUITY
34
To the ___ degree. : NTH
35
Graduates' objectives. : JOBS
36
White trousers of heavy cotton cloth. : DUCKS
37
He wrote "Lenore." : POE
38
Snake. : MAMBA
39
Arizona river. : GILA
40
Debutante. : BUD
41
Display of irritation. : TEMPER
42
Greek letter. : ETA
43
Having: Suffix. : FUL
44
Dweller in Belgrade. : SERB
45
Something very striking: Slang. : LOLLAPALOOZA
50
Exaggeration for effect. : HYPERBOLE
53
Blundered. : ERRED
54
Con ___ (with love): Mus. : AMORE
55
In the place of. : VICE
57
Repeatedly. : EVER
58
Take a photograph. : SHOOT
59
Wicked. : EVIL
60
One: German. : EINE
61
Handles. : HAFTS
62
Part of 3 Down. : REEF
63
Stratum of ore. : SEAM
Down
1
Outdoor chef's adjunct. : GRILL
2
Communication device. : RADIO
3
Ring-shaped island. : ATOLL
4
Triangular stringed instrument. : BALALAIKA
5
British radio. : BBC
6
Lady with the careless cow. : OLEARY
7
"Life With ___." : LUIGI
8
Toiler in the U. N. : DELEGATE
9
Covered walk. : ARCADE
10
African end of the Pillars of Hercules. : CEUTA
11
Forbidden. : TABU
12
Netherlands city. : EDAM
13
Caves. : DENS
21
Yearlings. : COLTS
23
Sumptous. : RICH
25
World-traveling news woman. : BLY
28
Brilliant display. : POMP
29
French priest. : ABBE
30
Dictator. : TSAR
31
Slight advantage. : EDGE
32
Discontinue. : QUIT
33
Western university. : UCLA
34
Sign of assent. : NOD
35
Boy Scouts' gatherings. : JAMBOREES
37
Kind of sweater. : PULLOVER
38
Actress Oberon. : MERLE
40
Gardener's concern. : BULB
41
Oolong. : TEA
43
Woodlands: Fr. : FORETS
44
Hard money. : SPECIE
45
Dormouse. : LEROT
46
Land sakes ___! : ALIVE
47
Little ___, Booth Tarkington boy. : ORVIE
48
Ethan Frome's wife. : ZEENA
49
To the point at issue: Lat. phrase. : ADREM
50
Hodgepodge. : HASH
51
Youth organization. : YMHA
52
A blowing-away sound. : POOF
56
Brownie. : ELF
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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