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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

New York Times, Wednesday, March 14, 1962

24-Across : ___ naught (disregard).

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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. 4,625
Across
1
Cat. : PUMA
5
Principal. : MAJOR
10
Way. : ROAD
14
A science: Abbr. : ANAT
15
Athenian shopping center. : AGORA
16
___ Elizabeth Alice Louise. : ANNE
17
Longing. : WISH
18
Italian seaport. : TRANI
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Beyond: Prefix. : META
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Lyrical exercise in pronunciation. : THERAININSPAIN
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Become drowsy. : NOD
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___ naught (disregard). : SETAT
25
Indian chief. : SAGAMORE
30
Golden: Sp. : DORADO
33
Id's relative. : EGO
34
Seed coverings. : ARILS
36
Storage space. : ATTIC
37
Lofty. : TALL
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To that extent. : SOFAR
41
Progenitor. : SIRE
42
Currents. : TIDES
44
River to the Danube. : SIRET
46
Ranch sound. : MAA
47
Kind of dog or show. : ONEMAN
49
One of the cardinals. : NINETEEN
51
Composition for nine. : NONET
53
Time. : ERA
54
Another exercise in pronunciation. : HOWNOWBROWNCOW
60
Sacred Buddhist mountain. : OMEI
61
Flaherty film of the South Seas. : MOANA
62
Ku Klux. : KLAN
64
Odds and ends: Abbr. : MISC
65
Guiding spirit. : ANGEL
66
Retreat. : LAIR
67
Diminutive ending. : ETTE
68
List for the Red Cross. : NEEDS
69
City southwest of Messina. : ENNA
Down
1
Foot. : PAW
2
___ rule. : UNIT
3
Part of a brew. : MASH
4
Greek goddess. : ATHENA
5
Stars in the "corrida." : MATADORS
6
Lands: Lat. : AGRI
7
French saint. : JOAN
8
Avifauna. : ORNIS
9
Came down hard. : RAINED
10
Fortifications. : RAMPARTS
11
Singly. : ONEATATIME
12
Contrary: Prefix. : ANTI
13
Elder member of a group. : DEAN
21
Cato's home. : ROMA
22
Neighbor of 15 Across. : STOA
25
Fight: Colloq. : SETTO
26
Encore. : AGAIN
27
"Girl of the ___." : GOLDENWEST
28
Large streams: Sp. : RIOS
29
Impish. : ELFIN
31
The Furies. : DIRAE
32
Broad expanse. : OCEAN
35
Garment in New Delhi. : SARI
38
Dessert. : LEMONICE
40
Certain subscriptions. : RENEWALS
43
In corpore ___. : SANO
45
Gull's cousin. : TERN
48
Regenerated one. : NEWMAN
50
Football player. : TACKLE
52
Cut of beef. : TBONE
54
Familiar setting. : HOME
55
Elide. : OMIT
56
Vogue. : RAGE
57
United. : ONED
58
Heroine of "The Good Earth." : OLAN
59
Old form of wagon. : WAIN
63
1933 initials. : NRA

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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