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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

New York Times, Saturday, September 25, 1954

23-Across : Wax: French.

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { B G J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,915
Across
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Big cat. : PUMA
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Gave out. : DEALT
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TV nuisance. : SNOW
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English river. : AVON
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Beginner in math. : ADDER
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Maine feature. : PINE
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Master of arts. : LEONARDODAVINCI
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Subjects of Renaissance artists. : MADONNAS
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Thin covering. : VENEER
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___ Moines. : DES
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Wax: French. : CIRE
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Kind of camera shot. : CANDID
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Power of creative imagination. : PHANTASY
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Out of the wind. : ALEE
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___ Novo, West Africa. : PORTO
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Papal name. : LEO
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Adroit Machiavellian quality. : FINEITALIANHAND
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Poetic contraction. : EEN
40
Complications. : NODES
41
Sea bird. : ERNE
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Small drinks: Slang. : SNIFTERS
44
According to protocol. : FORMAL
46
Nonaspirate. : LENE
47
Go astray. : ERR
48
Part of Africa. : SAHARA
51
Home of 17 Across. : FLORENCE
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Epithet for 17 Across. : THEUNIVERSALMAN
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Merit. : EARN
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Curtail. : LIMIT
60
Afford. : LEND
61
Exclamation of astonishment. : WHAT
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Archaeological tomb. : SPEOS
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Heavy tools. : AXES
Down
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Royal or date. : PALM
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Part of the eye. : UVEA
3
State of mind. : MOOD
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In the year: Latin. : ANNO
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Mended. : DARNED
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Old Norse literary works. : EDDAS
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Fusses. : ADOS
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Induced. : LED
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Perennial at the Met. : TRAVIATA
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Musical instrument. : SPINET
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Right fielder's number. : NINE
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All at ___. : ONCE
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Fish trap. : WEIR
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"The Egg ___." : ANDI
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Mt. ___. : VERNON
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Man's nickname. : CHRIS
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Eating places. : CAFES
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Strange. : ALIEN
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Italian leftist. : NENNI
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River in Scotland. : DEE
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Landowska and others. : POLES
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Morning bell. : ALARM
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Species of cassia. : SENNA
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Type of song. : YODEL
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"Sky pilot." : PADRE
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Confine to one locality. : INTERN
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Parts of the foot. : TOENAILS
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Pronoun. : HER
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Display ostentatiously. : FLAUNT
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Winter's warnings. : FROSTS
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Odd: Scot. : ORRA
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The river: Spanish. : ELRIO
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Ragout. : STEW
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Repetitive sound of surprise. : AHAH
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Olympian goddess. : HERA
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___ sole, single woman: Law. : FEME
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Girl's name. : ELLA
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Southwestern state: Abbr. : NMEX
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Source of sugar. : CANE
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Leftovers. : ENDS
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Big wheel. : VIP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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