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Roberta H. Morse
New York Times, Tuesday, February 24, 1953
22-Across : A clean sweep.
Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 3, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Roberta H. Morse has 64 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Roberta Morse is an alias for Roberta H. Morse.
1 W | 2 A | 3 F | 4 S | 5 P | 6 E | 7 R | 8 I | 9 L | 10 B | 11 A | 12 R | 13 I |
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14 A | L | O | E | 15 E | L | O | P | E | 16 A | M | I | D |
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17 G | E | N | E | 18 R | A | L | A | S | S | 19 E | M | B | L | Y |
20 S | E | T | T | E | R | 21 N | U | T | S | 22 A | L | L |
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23 H | A | S | 24 H | 25 S | E | T | 26 H | S | ||||||
27 C | 28 O | 29 V | E | T | O | U | 30 S | 31 R | E | U | S | 32 E | 33 S |
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34 A | L | A | 35 A | N | S | E | 36 L | 37 S | M | A | R | T |
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38 P | I | G | 39 S | 40 K | R | A | 41 E | D | I | E |
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42 E | V | A | T | 43 T | 44 S | I | M | 45 B | 46 A | 47 O | K | E |
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48 R | E | B | O | R | 49 N | 50 F | A | L | D | 51 E | R | A | L |
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52 O | P | I | U | 53 M | 54 S | A | I | C | ||||||
55 A | 56 W | N | 57 E | T | A | 58 H | 59 Z | E | A | 60 L | 61 O | 62 T |
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63 F | E | D | 64 E | R | A | T | E | 65 D | E | U | R | O | P | E |
66 A | R | E | S | 67 T | I | B | E | R | 68 T | R | I | N |
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69 R | E | D | S | 70 E | N | E | A | S | 71 E | D | E | N |
© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,346
Across
1
Members of the U. S. A. F. : WAFS
5
Hazard. : PERIL
10
Italian seaport on the Adriatic. : BARI
14
Plant yielding a drug. : ALOE
15
Run away. : ELOPE
16
Surrounded by others. : AMID
17
It convenes today. : GENERALASSEMBLY
20
Hunting dog. : SETTER
21
Gen. McAuliffe's historic reply. : NUTS
22
A clean sweep. : ALL
23
Casserole dish. : HASH
25
Adam's third son, and others. : SETHS
27
Greedy. : COVETOUS
31
Puts to service again. : REUSES
34
Sen. Sparkman's state: Abbr. : ALA
35
Edgar Mowrer's middle name. : ANSEL
37
Chic. : SMART
38
Ellis Parker Butler's classic subject. : PIGS
40
Long-tailed Indian ape. : KRA
41
Girl's nickname. : EDIE
42
Australian statesman. : EVATT
44
The lion, in South Africa. : SIMBA
47
Junior's word of agreement. : OKE
48
Experiencing a new life. : REBORN
50
Piece of finery. : FALDERAL
52
Scourge of the Orient. : OPIUM
54
A boat common in the Levant. : SAIC
55
Beard of wheat. : AWN
57
Greenland base for Arctic expeditions. : ETAH
59
Rabid adherent. : ZEALOT
63
The aim of Henri Spaak and others. : FEDERATEDEUROPE
66
War god. : ARES
67
River of the Eternal City. : TIBER
68
One of triplets. : TRIN
69
Personae non gratae in the U. S. : REDS
70
Man's name. : ENEAS
71
Statesman to visit U. S. : EDEN
Down
1
Appropriate name for a dog. : WAGS
2
Out of the storm. : ALEE
3
Baptismal bowl. : FONT
4
Be in a state of agitation. : SEETHE
5
President of 17 Across. : PEARSON
6
Wing of building. : ELL
7
Relative of a dapple-gray. : ROAN
8
Battle, 301 B. C., ending Greco-Macedonian period. : IPSUS
9
First name of 5 Down. : LESTER
10
Sound of a quick blow. : BAM
11
Mr. Dillon, for instance. : AMBASSADOR
12
Brooklet. : RILL
13
Pastoral poem. : IDYL
18
___ Ranch, in "Giant." : REATA
19
Sen. Kefauver. : ESTES
24
Corn envelopes. : HUSKS
26
Mr. Wrong, Canada's Ambassador in Washington. : HUME
27
A prank. : CAPER
28
Girl's name. : OLIVE
29
Roved. : VAGABONDED
30
Fine line of a letter. : SERIF
32
Thomas Mann's daughter. : ERIKA
33
A basic American industry. : STEEL
36
Users of prayer wheels. : LAMAS
39
Road sign. : STOP
43
City in W. Germany, on the Moselle. : TRIER
45
Campus togs. : BLAZERS
46
Farewell. : ADIEU
49
Nod, as a flower. : NUTATE
51
Card game. : ECARTE
53
Morning prayer. : MATIN
55
Distant. : AFAR
56
"As you ___." : WERE
58
Personification of youth. : HEBE
60
Mary ___, successor to Eleanor Roosevelt in U. N. : LORD
61
Portrait painter, "The Cornish Wonder." : OPIE
62
Where Frank G. Clement is Governor: Abbr. : TENN
64
Letter. : ESS
65
Latin title of 58 Down. : DEA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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