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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

New York Times, Wednesday, October 22, 1958

41-Down : Equal: Comb. form.

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J K W X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 7, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
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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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,403
Across
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Grocery vehicle. : CART
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Country ___. : CLUB
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Style center. : PARIS
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Unicorn fish. : UNIE
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Old Teutonic alphabetical character. : RUNE
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Portents: Lat. : OMINA
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Beauty shop item. : POODLECUT
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Tibet's neighbor. : NEPAL
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Glut. : SATIATE
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Test. : TRY
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Adjective ending. : ENT
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More or less. : SOME
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Professions of dressmakers: Fr. : COUTURES
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Hat. : TOQUE
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Person of irritable temper. : TARTAR
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Founder of Troy. : ILUS
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Tease: Slang. : RIB
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Stinging sensation. : TINGLE
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Vegetable. : PEA
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Unit for measuring sound. : DECIBEL
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Steamer ___. : RUG
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One of 13 Down. : SODIUM
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"Yes" signal. : NOD
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Pend. : HANG
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Mining excavations. : STOPES
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See 43 Down. : BANGS
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Thomas Jefferson, for instance. : DEMOCRAT
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Without moisture. : ARID
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U. N. labor group. : ILO
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Companion of 35 Down. : HAM
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Area of the Western world. : AMERICA
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Scale. : CLIMB
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One of 43 Down. : POMPADOUR
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Italian poet Torquato ___. : TASSO
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Bad. : EVIL
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Greek mountain. : OSSA
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Make ___ at (try). : ASTAB
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Steak order. : RARE
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Month: Abbr. : SEPT
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Athletic trophies. : CUPS
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Asian ox. : ANOA
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Part of the police department. : RIOTSQUAD
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Yawn-producing. : TEDIOUS
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Its capital is Canea. : CRETE
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American publisher. : LUCE
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Burmese leader. : UNU
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Gambler. : BETTOR
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One of 43 Down. : PONYTAIL
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Soul: Fr. : AME
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More mellow. : RIPER
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Vapid. : INANE
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Chemical substances. : SALTS
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Metallic cloth. : LAME
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Furrowed. : RUTTED
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Advisory council. : CABINET
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Vase. : URN
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Pointers. : TIPS
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Bread spread. : OLEO
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___, tac, toe. : TIC
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Fish with suction disk for clinging. : REMORA
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Pompous and showy. : GRANDIOSE
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Skin diver's gear. : LUNG
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Easter specialty. : EGGS
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Relative of 17 Across. : DUTCHBOB
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Cattle genus. : BOS
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Equal: Comb. form. : ISO
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Coiffures. : HAIRDOS
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Indulge. : PAMPER
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La ___, Hollywood boulevard. : BREA
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Judicial opinions. : DICTA
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They: Span. : ELLAS
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Dewy. : MOIST
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Plenty. : AMPLE
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Afghan noble. : AMIR
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Horn of a crescent moon. : CUSP
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Smell ___ (have one's suspicions). : ARAT
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Scholastic degree: Abbr. : MSA
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See 35 Down. : OVA

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

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