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Roberta H. Morse
New York Times, Friday, September 21, 1956
48-Across : Fine.
Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q U W Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Roberta H. Morse has 64 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Roberta Morse is an alias for Roberta H. Morse.
1 A | 2 R | 3 T | 4 A | 5 B | 6 A | 7 Y | 8 A | 9 R | 10 E | 11 G | 12 A | 13 L |
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14 M | O | O | N | 15 A | G | A | V | E | 16 A | R | M | Y |
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17 E | L | E | C | 18 T | R | O | N | I | C | 19 B | R | A | I | N |
20 R | E | D | H | O | T | 21 K | A | T | E | 22 V | E | X |
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23 O | R | L | 24 E | 25 N | O | N | 26 N | Y | ||||||
27 D | 28 I | 29 S | R | A | E | L | 30 I | 31 S | C | A | T | 32 H | 33 E |
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34 I | D | A | 35 S | T | I | N | 36 T | 37 H | I | R | E | R |
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38 A | I | D | 39 E | 40 T | A | R | O | 41 S | 42 F | A | I | R |
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43 N | O | R | A | 44 S | 45 S | E | N | A | 46 T | 47 I | N | E |
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48 A | M | E | R | C | 49 E | 50 M | A | R | O | 51 O | N | E | D |
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52 F | L | O | R | 53 A | 54 L | A | P | S | ||||||
55 C | 56 A | R | 57 R | A | T | 58 A | 59 C | O | P | 60 I | 61 N | 62 G |
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63 A | G | A | 64 I | N | S | T | T | 65 H | E | G | R | A | I | N |
66 S | H | I | N | 67 E | A | M | O | N | 68 E | N | N | A |
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69 H | A | N | K | 70 D | R | O | P | S | 71 Y | S | E | R |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,642
Across
1
Gulf of Greece. : ARTA
5
Turkey's president. : BAYAR
10
Equal: French. : EGAL
14
What the planet Pluto may be. : MOON
15
Source of pulque and mescal. : AGAVE
16
Sec. Bruckner's concern. : ARMY
17
Omniscient robot. : ELECTRONICBRAIN
20
Very excited. : REDHOT
21
One of the Smiths. : KATE
22
Pester. : VEX
23
Architectural fillet. : ORLE
25
Refrain word. : NONNY
27
English statesman. : DISRAELI
31
Scorch verbally. : SCATHE
34
State: Abbr. : IDA
35
Job. : STINT
37
Employer. : HIRER
38
Staff member. : AIDE
40
Food plants of Pacific islands. : TAROS
42
Carnival. : FAIR
43
Mrs. Helmer's namesakes. : NORAS
45
Former French Assembly. : SENAT
47
Adjective suffix. : INE
48
Fine. : AMERCE
50
What Robinson Crusoe was. : MAROONED
52
Plants. : FLORA
54
Parts of relay races. : LAPS
55
For: French. : CAR
57
Pro ___. : RATA
59
Top of a masonry wall. : COPING
63
Contrary to one's feelings. : AGAINSTTHEGRAIN
66
Bone. : SHIN
67
De Valera. : EAMON
68
Sicilian city. : ENNA
69
Length of yarn. : HANK
70
Pieces of candy. : DROPS
71
River to the North Sea. : YSER
Down
1
Relative of 7 Down: Abbr. : AMER
2
Function. : ROLE
3
___ the line. : TOED
4
Marine insignia. : ANCHOR
5
Compiler of a reference book. : BARTLETT
6
Make ___ of it. : AGO
7
G. I. : YANK
8
Of the birds. : AVIAN
9
Right-hand pages. : RECTOS
10
Attention. : EAR
11
Place to get easy money. : GRAVYTRAIN
12
Cherie. : AMIE
13
Big cat. : LYNX
18
East African hartebeests. : TORAS
19
Substitute's place. : BENCH
24
Variant of a prophet's name. : ELIAS
26
Ingenuous: Var. : NAIF
27
Goddess. : DIANA
28
Characteristic speech. : IDIOM
29
Burden of a mournful song. : SADREFRAIN
30
Legal phrase. : INREM
32
Great German poet. : HEINE
33
Made a fluff. : ERRED
36
Of sound. : TONAL
39
Attlee. : EARL
41
Crusaders' foes. : SARACENS
44
Derision. : SCORN
46
Science of mapping surface features: Abbr. : TOPOG
49
Eliminated. : ERASED
51
Bird of prey. : OSPREY
53
Concentrated perfume. : ATTAR
55
Change. : CASH
56
Turkish commander. : AGHA
58
Steam: Comb. form. : ATMO
60
Many Scotsmen. : IANS
61
Shoe size. : NINE
62
Snarl. : GNAR
64
Squid's camouflage. : INK
65
Informal dance. : HOP
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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