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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

New York Times, Tuesday, April 5, 1955

67-Across : Italian city south of Salerno.

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13 Grid has duplicate clues.
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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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,107
Across
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Hail to a sailor. : AHOY
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Disorderly. : MESSY
10
Points on compasses. : SSWS
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Malay tribesman. : MORO
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Arm bones. : ULNAE
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Stone. : OPAL
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Where Tampa faces Tampico. : THEGULFOFMEXICO
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Dissolved. : SOLUTE
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Plant. : WEED
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Moon-jumper. : COW
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Italian saint. : RITA
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Game bird. : SNIPE
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Busy people. : BUSTLERS
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Polar phenomenon. : ICECAP
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Babylonian sky god. : ANU
35
Lets up. : EASES
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Crossbeam. : TRAVE
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Tape. : BIND
40
Starts the game. : MOVES
42
Sound, as of birds in flight: Var. : SKIR
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Facing a pitcher. : ATBAT
45
Of more recent vintage. : NEWER
47
Biblical name. : ELI
48
Long John Silver. : SEADOG
50
About-face. : REVERSAL
52
Electrical genius. : TESLA
54
Tribal chief, in Malay countries. : DATO
55
Tree. : ASH
57
Transaction. : SALE
59
Versifiers: Var. : RIMERS
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Scene of Princess Margaret's tour. : THECARIBBEANSEA
66
The Pentateuch. : TORA
67
Italian city south of Salerno. : EBOLI
68
Biblical name. : ESAU
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___-daisy! : UPSY
70
Ate. : DINED
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Whoop. : YELL
Down
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Cash register items. : AMTS
2
Big laugh. : HOHO
3
Russian city. : OREL
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Gayelord Hauser's standby. : YOGURT
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A couple of Army equines. : MULETEAM
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Nix. : ELF
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___ White. : SNOW
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Bank equipment. : SAFES
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Resident of a part of Arabia. : YEMENI
10
White ___. : SOX
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Confections with cinnamon. : SPICECAKES
12
City S of Dallas. : WACO
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Traffic sign. : SLOW
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Practical. : UTILE
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Authoritative rule. : EDICT
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Firebug's fixation. : ARSON
26
Individual: Abbr. : PERS
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Little cakes with rum. : BABAS
28
Draw together. : UNITE
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Prone forms on beaches. : SUNBATHERS
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Cut. : SEVER
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City of Spain. : AVILA
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Hazard. : PERIL
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Hemmed. : SEWED
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Miami's county. : DADE
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Author and news broadcaster. : SEVAREID
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___ coin (decide by chance). : TOSSA
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Nerve networks. : RETIA
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Stared angrily. : GLARED
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Painter of Lady Hamilton. : ROMNEY
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Good excuse. : ALIBI
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U. S. base near Alaska. : ATTU
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Where mechanics work. : SHOP
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Dark. : EBON
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Existence: Lat. : ESSE
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Authentic. : REAL
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King of Israel. : SAUL
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Feature of the Bahamas. : CAY
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Wheat: France. : BLE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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