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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

AROUND CAPITOL HILL

New York Times, Sunday, August 30, 1953

91-Across : Wins a pie-consuming contest.

Author:
Roberta H. Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 84, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 618 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 146, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 26 Grid has duplicate clues.
Roberta H. Morse has 64 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,533
Across
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House Un-American Activities chief. : VELDE
6
Former Senator from N. H. : TOBEY
11
House Appropriations chief. : TABER
16
Dewey from Missouri. : SHORT
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Par ___, French airmail. : AVION
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Macaw. : ARARA
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Expiate. : ATONE
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Pith helmet. : TOPEE
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Diving birds. : LOONS
26
Pitcher's hand aid. : ROSIN
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___-cochere. : PORTE
28
The Great Barrier and others. : REEFS
29
One ninety-sixth. : SENATOR
31
Musical tempo. : TAKT
33
Congressional bonanza. : PORKBARREL
35
Letter. : ESS
36
Et ___. : ALII
38
Man's name. : NEIL
40
Voted against, in old form. : NAYED
41
Constellation. : ARA
42
Trigger and Topper. : STEEDS
44
Ideal. : EDENIC
46
Cool drink. : ADE
48
Flood. : SPATE
51
Dope. : SAP
52
Throws out. : EVICTS
54
Mythical vampire. : LAMIA
58
Far East temple. : PAGODA
60
Squabbles: Dial. : HASSLES
63
Joining up. : ENTERING
65
Part of Indo-China. : ANAM
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Life: Comb form. : BIO
68
A type of type. : ITALIC
70
Regatta stars. : OARSMEN
71
Work squads in the Army. : DETAILS
73
Sanctions. : AMENS
74
Something: Ger. : ETWAS
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Before. : ERE
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Member of a political college. : ELECTOR
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German song. : LIED
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Grandson of Adam. : ENOS
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Noun suffixes. : ISTS
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This bill has passed the halfway mark. : HAWAIIANSTATEHOOD
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Red jets. : MIGS
89
Short name for Scrooge. : EBEN
90
Tributary of the Seine. : OISE
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Wins a pie-consuming contest. : OUTEATS
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Girl's name. : ISA
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Arsonist. : FELON
98
Giant of Norse myth. : MIMIR
99
Baltic state. : ESTONIA
100
Famed Florentine goldsmith. : CELLINI
102
The late "Uncle So-So." : STALIN
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Founded: Abbr. : EST
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Attic. : LOFT
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Very small interstices. : AREOLETS
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N. H. Senator. : BRIDGES
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Gradually. : SLOWLY
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M. Bonnet. : HENRI
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Prohibits. : EMBARS
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Privileges: Abbr. : RTS
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Rude starer. : OGLER
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Man's nickname. : ABE
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Apprehend. : ARREST
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Tosti's well-known song. : GOODBY
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Wee: Scot. : SMA
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Extreme. : ULTRA
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Fees. : DUES
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Bin for grain. : CRIB
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Mr. Hammarskjold. : DAG
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Congress does. : LEGISLATES
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Girl's name. : ERMA
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House minority leader. : RAYBURN
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Lopsided. : ATILT
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Woman's robe. : SIMAR
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Hollow in a wall. : NICHE
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Ancient Greek colony. : IONIA
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Demonstrator of 96 Down. : MORSE
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Very small. : TEENY
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Mrs. Six. : ETHEL
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Undersea detecting device. : SONAR
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___ plexus. : SOLAR
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Athelstan's workmen. : ESNES
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Demonstrates, in passé form. : SHEWS
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Lock. : TRESS
Down
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Dance piece. : VALSE
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Bacchanal's cheers. : EVOES
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Celebrities. : LIONS
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Lady: Ital. : DONA
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Put in office. : ENSTATED
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Waits. : TARRIES
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Spanish gold. : ORO
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Rope fiber. : BAST
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Pertaining to a Great Lake. : ERIAN
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___ Stadium. : YANKEE
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Kind of dance. : TAP
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On. : ATOP
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Of a certain nonmetallic element. : BORONIC
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Time for a smoke and a chat. : ENTRACTE
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Full of fumes. : REEKY
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Fence sitters. : STRADDLERS
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Gardener. : HOER
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___ hat. : OPERA
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Send a bill to committee. : REFER
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Yugoslav-American electrical wizard. : TESLA
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Spanish cheer. : OLE
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Controversial political subject. : TIDELANDSOILISSUE
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Lady Peel. : BEA
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Sen. Walker's state. : IDAHO
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Smooths over. : LEVELS
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Puts up with. : STOMACHS
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Bad Nauheim. : SPA
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Unless: Latin. : NISI
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Wheat spikes. : EARS
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Black card. : SPADE
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Line-up for a jury. : PANEL
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Prized marble. : AGATE
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Footgear. : SNOWSHOES
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Impersonators. : MIMES
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Sluggish. : INERT
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Miss De Mille. : AGNES
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Windy. : ABLOW
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Tree dweller. : SIMIAN
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Umpteen. : STEEN
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See 58 Across. : TAA
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Dweller in Tel-Aviv. : ISRAELITE
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A political position. : CENTER
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Est ___ (so it is): Lat. : ITA
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McCarran Act subject. : ALIENS
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Kind of dance. : TOE
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Ameliorating. : EASING
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Political philosophy. : IDEOLOGY
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Mozambique island. : IBO
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Mousy. : TIMID
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See 52 Across. : OUSTS
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Famous Giant. : OTT
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Book of the Old Testament. : MICAH
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Grenoble's river. : ISERE
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Any physician. : GALEN
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As wise as ___. : ANOWL
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Idle: Dial. : TIFLE
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Sylvan Deity. : SATYR
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Vocal marathon. : FILIBUSTER
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Compass point. : ENE
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Defaced. : MARRED
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Girl's name. : LORA
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Type of structural beam. : TBAR
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Old thrusting sword. : ESTOC
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Jokesters. : SMARTIES
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Unit of work. : ERG
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Professional bill pusher. : LOBBYIST
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Highlanders. : BRAEMEN
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Certain horses. : SORRELS
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Wing of a house. : ELL
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Coats with an alloy. : TERNES
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Through: Prefix. : DIA
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Bangs. : SLAMS
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Campaign phrase of 1952. : METOO
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"Sugar and spice and all that's nice." : AGIRL
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Discrimination. : TASTE
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Name of three Senators. : SMITH
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Kentucky actress. : DUNNE
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Songs. : ARIAS
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Growls. : GNARS
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Girl's name. : ILSA
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Reasonable. : SANE
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Be distressed. : ACHE
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Social liability. : BOOR
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Means of travel: Abbr. : RYS
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Chop. : HEW

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 20 debuted here and reused later, 14 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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