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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

New York Times, Wednesday, April 3, 1957

15-Down : Took a lease.

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,836
Across
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Great Spanish cellist. : CASALS
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French cops: Slang. : FLICS
12
Matador's fancy pass with a cape. : VERONICA
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The one and the other. : EITHER
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Southern flowering shrub. : OLEANDER
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Another trade. : RESALE
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___-Lenape, Delaware Indian. : LENNI
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Prominent Asian. : NEHRU
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Farm enclosure. : PEN
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College man: Colloq. : GRAD
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Spoil. : DECAY
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The Dukhobors, for instance. : SECT
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A vote. : AYE
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Marshal. : ARRAY
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___ blanche. : CARTE
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Nautical rope. : STAY
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Fired a volley. : SALVOED
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Secondary school subject. : LATIN
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Kentucky pioneer. : BOONE
34
Polish leader. : GOMULKA
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Gloomy. : DOUR
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___ garde. : AVANT
38
Common ailment. : VIRUS
40
Pipe down! : SSH
43
Members of V. F. W. : VETS
44
Looped edging. : PICOT
45
___ War. : MANO
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Also: Arch. : EKE
47
Thule, Pearl Harbor, etc. : BASES
48
Goddess of crops. : CERES
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New. : UNUSED
51
Electric current regulator. : RHEOSTAT
53
Pig. : PORKER
54
High-flying song birds. : SKYLARKS
55
Malay ox, the banteng. : TSINE
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Agrees with. : YESSES
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Something to munch on. : CELERY
2
Where gladiators fought: Lat. : ARENAE
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___-so (an unnamed person). : SOAND
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Years: Lat. : ANNI
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Top. : LID
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Picturesque views. : SCENERY
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Transport over a river. : FERRY
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Stead. : LIEU
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Pronoun. : ITS
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Duenna. : CHAPERON
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Young man in a draft. : SELECTEE
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Largest river of Europe. : VOLGA
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Asiatic palm. : ARECA
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Took a lease. : RENTED
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Mows grass, alfalfa, etc. : HAYS
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Consumed. : DRANK
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Taste. : SAVOR
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In a slanting position. : ATILT
27
Nails: Fr. : CLOUS
28
Awes. : STUNS
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Approximately. : ABOUT
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Symbolic ribbon bow. : LOVEKNOT
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Certain athletes. : AMATEURS
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Ceded. : GAVEUP
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Rara ___. : AVIS
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Russian carriage. : DROSHKY
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Deep freezers. : ICERS
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Leading existentialist. : SARTRE
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Moves with stealth. : SNEAKS
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Armies. : HOSTS
44
Spanish priest. : PADRE
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Colorado spectacles. : MESAS
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Has ___. : BEEN
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Mountain passes. : COLS
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What to do at Chamonix. : SKI
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Center of a hurricane. : EYE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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