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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

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New York Times, Sunday, September 23, 1956

122-Across : Ducks.

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 144, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.15, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 576 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 120, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 22
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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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,644
Across
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Northern outpost. : THULE
6
Part of a garment. : YOKE
10
Outward bound. : ASEA
14
Sleepy one. : GAPER
19
French author. : RENAN
20
Attlee. : EARL
21
Cunning. : FOXY
22
Island of West Samoa. : UPOLU
23
Characters in "The Mandarins." : EXISTENTIALISTS
26
___ the bud. : NIPIN
27
Lower. : NETHER
28
Author Kennedy, for example. : SENATOR
29
Pretended. : PSEUDO
30
Nominee. : DDE
31
Former Government agency. : NRA
33
Arrive at. : GET
34
Indian maid. : AYAH
36
Part of a desk set. : PEN
37
Political nickname. : STEVE
39
Dacoit. : THUG
42
Overseas addresses. : APOS
44
Suddenly appeared. : POPPEDOUT
48
Pearl Harbor, for example. : SNEAKATTACK
53
Ingredient of certain medicines. : ALOES
54
7 Down, for instance. : CROP
56
Upbeat, in music. : ARSIS
57
___ my word! (indeed!). : UPON
58
White: Comb. form. : LEUC
59
Attitude of Nehru and others. : NEUTRALISM
61
Plant. : KALE
62
Army officer: Abbr. : MAJ
63
Embark. : SETSAIL
64
___ standstill. : ATA
65
Ici on ___ française. : PARLE
66
River into the Vistula. : NAREW
68
Minimum. : LEAST
70
Division of society. : CASTE
71
Signify. : ADDUP
72
Hindu title. : SRI
74
African stork. : MARABOU
77
Was affected by. : HAD
79
Relative of a martingale. : REIN
80
Gave one's trade to. : PATRONIZED
82
Sues. : BEGS
83
Irish. : ERSE
84
Heroine of "Crime and Punishment." : SONIA
85
Proceedings. : ACTA
86
Priam's country. : ILIUM
87
Evangeline Adams and others. : ASTROLOGERS
90
Music under a jalousie. : SERENADES
92
Resort to. : SEEK
93
Eve's son. : SETH
95
Representations of the Last Supper. : CENAS
96
Medical group: Abbr. : AMA
99
Pashas. : DEYS
101
Paddle. : OAR
103
Girls in uniform: Abbr. : RNS
104
Acknowledge. : OWN
107
Tiny antelope. : DIKDIK
109
Remedy. : ASPIRIN
113
Literary classic. : UTOPIA
115
Leading slightly in match play. : ONEUP
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Widespread feeling in the East. : ANTICOLONIALISM
118
Oriental dish. : PILAU
119
Where Bismarck is: Abbr. : NDAK
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One of Hera's rivals. : LETO
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Color. : TAUPE
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Ducks. : TEALS
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Biblical ally of Israel. : TYRE
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Tinted. : DYED
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TV awards. : EMMYS
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Path of popular opinion. : TREND
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Bewitched: Dial. : HEXED
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Close up the ranks. : UNITE
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Berate. : LASH
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International accords. : ENTENTES
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Foreign currency. : YEN
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Swaps' provender. : OATS
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Prussian fixation. : KRIEG
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Kite. : ELANET
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Have ___ (become upset). : AFIT
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Indifferently. : SOSO
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Outside: Prefix. : EXTRA
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Words of assent. : AYS
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Sound effect in a thriller. : GUNSHOT
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"Baked in ___." : APIE
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Type of illustration in juveniles. : POPUP
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Suppress. : ELIDE
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Talk continuously. : RUNON
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Dropped the ball. : ERRED
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Building material. : LATHS
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Pops. : PAPAS
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Long-legged shore bird. : AVOCET
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River in Washington. : YAKIMA
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Type of train: Abbr. : SPEC
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East wind. : EURUS
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Single. : UNAL
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Science of treating the aged. : GERIATRICS
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Word War II planes. : STUKAS
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Victory. : PALM
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Evergreen shrubs. : OLEANDERS
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Adherent of French "no tax" man. : POUJADIST
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Aggregates. : TOTALITIES
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Aide: Abbr. : ASST
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Strydom's social credo. : APARTHEID
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Sen. Knowland to Amb. Lodge. : COLLEAGUE
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Bent piece used as brace. : KNEE
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Je vous en ___ (I beg of you): Fr. : PRIE
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Fresh. : NEW
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Poplar tree. : ALAMO
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Month: Abbr. : SEP
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Birthplace of Henri Quatre. : PAU
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Bards, among the Goths. : RUNERS
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Arabian city. : SANA
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Not charged. : COD
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Court. : AREA
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Ghostly. : SPOOKY
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Jingled. : RANG
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Victim of Cortez. : AZTEC
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House servant, in India. : BEARER
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Awards for bravery: Abbr. : DSMS
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Scarce. : RARE
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Gil ___. : BLAS
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Well-groomed. : SLEEK
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All riled up. : INASTATE
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Son of Jocasta. : OEDIPUS
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Zeno, for instance. : STOIC
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That ho-hum feeling. : ENNUI
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Loser of the Battle of Hastings. : HAROLD
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Take on. : ADOPT
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Civil War bullet. : MINIE
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Mowgli's friend, the wolf. : AKELA
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Pale reddish yellow. : SANDY
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American poet. : RILEY
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Chinese export. : OPIUM
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Like a shred. : WISPY
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Important people. : NAMES
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Twofold. : DUAL
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Pollux, for example. : STAR
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Fish. : PIKE
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Eminence. : NOTE
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Spatial or temporal infinity. : OLAM
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Opposite of syn. : ANT
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Make a slip. : NOD

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 18 debuted here and reused later, 14 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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