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Roberta H. Morse
New York Times, Wednesday, October 22, 1958
8-Down : Gambler.
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.
1 C | 2 A | 3 R | 4 T | 5 C | 6 L | 7 U | 8 B | 9 P | 10 A | 11 R | 12 I | 13 S |
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14 U | N | I | E | 15 R | U | N | E | 16 O | M | I | N | A |
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17 P | O | O | D | 18 L | E | C | U | T | 19 N | E | P | A | L |
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20 S | A | T | I | A | T | E | 21 T | 22 R | Y | 23 E | N | T |
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24 S | O | M | E | 25 C | O | U | T | 26 U | R | E | S |
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27 T | 28 O | Q | U | E | 29 T | A | R | T | A | R | ||||
30 I | L | U | S | 31 R | I | B | 32 T | I | N | 33 G | 34 L | 35 E |
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36 P | E | A | 37 D | E | C | I | 38 B | E | L | 39 R | U | G |
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40 S | O | D | 41 I | U | M | 42 N | O | D | 43 H | A | N | G |
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44 S | T | O | 45 P | E | S | 46 B | A | N | G | S |
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47 D | 48 E | 49 M | O | C | R | A | T | 50 A | R | I | D | |||
51 I | L | O | 52 H | A | M | 53 A | M | E | R | I | 54 C | 55 A |
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56 C | L | I | 57 M | B | 58 P | 59 O | M | P | A | D | O | U | R |
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60 T | A | S | S | O | 61 E | V | I | L | 62 O | S | S | A |
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63 A | S | T | A | B | 64 R | A | R | E | 65 S | E | P | T |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,403
Across
1
Grocery vehicle. : CART
5
Country ___. : CLUB
9
Style center. : PARIS
14
Unicorn fish. : UNIE
15
Old Teutonic alphabetical character. : RUNE
16
Portents: Lat. : OMINA
17
Beauty shop item. : POODLECUT
19
Tibet's neighbor. : NEPAL
20
Glut. : SATIATE
21
Test. : TRY
23
Adjective ending. : ENT
24
More or less. : SOME
25
Professions of dressmakers: Fr. : COUTURES
27
Hat. : TOQUE
29
Person of irritable temper. : TARTAR
30
Founder of Troy. : ILUS
31
Tease: Slang. : RIB
32
Stinging sensation. : TINGLE
36
Vegetable. : PEA
37
Unit for measuring sound. : DECIBEL
39
Steamer ___. : RUG
40
One of 13 Down. : SODIUM
42
"Yes" signal. : NOD
43
Pend. : HANG
44
Mining excavations. : STOPES
46
See 43 Down. : BANGS
47
Thomas Jefferson, for instance. : DEMOCRAT
50
Without moisture. : ARID
51
U. N. labor group. : ILO
52
Companion of 35 Down. : HAM
53
Area of the Western world. : AMERICA
56
Scale. : CLIMB
58
One of 43 Down. : POMPADOUR
60
Italian poet Torquato ___. : TASSO
61
Bad. : EVIL
62
Greek mountain. : OSSA
63
Make ___ at (try). : ASTAB
64
Steak order. : RARE
65
Month: Abbr. : SEPT
Down
1
Athletic trophies. : CUPS
2
Asian ox. : ANOA
3
Part of the police department. : RIOTSQUAD
4
Yawn-producing. : TEDIOUS
5
Its capital is Canea. : CRETE
6
American publisher. : LUCE
7
Burmese leader. : UNU
8
Gambler. : BETTOR
9
One of 43 Down. : PONYTAIL
10
Soul: Fr. : AME
11
More mellow. : RIPER
12
Vapid. : INANE
13
Chemical substances. : SALTS
18
Metallic cloth. : LAME
22
Furrowed. : RUTTED
25
Advisory council. : CABINET
26
Vase. : URN
27
Pointers. : TIPS
28
Bread spread. : OLEO
29
___, tac, toe. : TIC
31
Fish with suction disk for clinging. : REMORA
33
Pompous and showy. : GRANDIOSE
34
Skin diver's gear. : LUNG
35
Easter specialty. : EGGS
37
Relative of 17 Across. : DUTCHBOB
38
Cattle genus. : BOS
41
Equal: Comb. form. : ISO
43
Coiffures. : HAIRDOS
45
Indulge. : PAMPER
46
La ___, Hollywood boulevard. : BREA
47
Judicial opinions. : DICTA
48
They: Span. : ELLAS
49
Dewy. : MOIST
50
Plenty. : AMPLE
53
Afghan noble. : AMIR
54
Horn of a crescent moon. : CUSP
55
Smell ___ (have one's suspicions). : ARAT
57
Scholastic degree: Abbr. : MSA
59
See 35 Down. : OVA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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