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Marjorie Morse
Marjorie Morse

New York Times, Tuesday, August 3, 1954

20-Across : Designating finches, shrikes, larks, etc.

Author:
Marjorie Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
Marjorie Morse has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,862
Across
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Miss Hutton. : BABS
5
Kudos. : FAME
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Nickname of a well-known golfer. : BABE
13
Hawaiian thrush. : OMAO
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Shaped piece of steel. : IBAR
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Deft and active. : AGILE
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New England resort. : BARHARBOR
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Cordelia's sister. : REGAN
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Designating finches, shrikes, larks, etc. : OSCINE
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Eight: Prefix. : OCT
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American Indian. : OTO
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Stature: Abbr. : HGT
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Hair clasps. : BARRETTES
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Nonsense!: Slang. : BLAH
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N. Y. village near Roosevelt International Bridge. : MASSENA
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Of the air: Comb. form. : AER
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Small roles. : BITS
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Fit to be eaten. : EDIBLE
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Canes. : RATTANS
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Kind of theatre. : OPENAIR
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Protect. : INSURE
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Suffix for young or old. : STER
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Mr. Peepers' Aunt Lil drives one. : REO
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More unfeeling. : STONIER
45
Part of A.D. : ANNO
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Mediterranean port. : BARCELONA
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Touchdowns. : TDS
50
Eastern title. : AGA
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Pompadour base. : RAT
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Blow a whistle. : TOOTLE
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French girl's name. : RENEE
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Primitive. : BARBAROUS
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Indignation. : ANGER
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Relative of a barcarole. : ARIA
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Sea birds. : ERNS
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Easy multipliers. : TENS
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Esteemed. : DEAR
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Pintail duck. : SMEE
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Pitcher Newsom. : BOBO
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Amo, ___, amat. : AMAS
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Graphs. : BARCHARTS
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Phrase describing size. : SOHIGH
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Drought peril. : FIRE
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Yarn for the warp. : ABB
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Chinese Red. : MAO
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Slips. : ERRORS
9
Character in "The Iceman Cometh." : BARTENDER
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Middle ___. : AGE
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Narrow-minded person. : BIGOT
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Make joyful. : ELATE
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Slugger Slaughter. : ENOS
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Crawler. : ANT
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Woodbine. : CREEPER
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What 16 Down does. : BATS
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Symbol of obstinacy. : ASS
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Tinfoil for mirrors. : TAIN
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Adriatic port. : BARI
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Spare. : LEAN
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Village near Mitchel Field. : MINEOLA
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Traders. : BARTERERS
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Tour rural areas giving performances. : BARNSTORM
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A claim on property. : LIEN
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Humorous slang suffix. : EROO
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Italian dialect: Abbr. : TUSC
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Great Barrier Island of New Zealand. : OTEA
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Sloth, for instance. : SIN
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Pretty good! : NOTBAD
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Is just crazy about. : ADORES
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Theda of the silents. : BARA
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Stars' representative. : AGENT
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Part of a mountain chain. : RANGE
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"Get thee ___ nunnery." : TOA
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Shaped piece of steel. : TBAR
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Crescent-shaped figure. : LUNE
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To be: Latin. : ESSE
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Poetic time of day. : EEN
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Common verb. : ARE
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Creek. : RIA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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