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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

New York Times, Monday, May 9, 1955

7-Down : Lower house of the Irish legislature.

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 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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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,141
Across
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Balkan native. : SERB
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Popular TV program. : MEDIC
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A stop between Hawaii and the Philippines. : WAKE
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Copycat. : APER
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___ costs (regardless of difficulty). : ATALL
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Philippine hardwood tree. : IPIL
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Assembly room of Pueblo Indians. : KIVA
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Spanish girl's name. : LUISA
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Pheasant's nest. : NIDE
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Cry heard at a circus. : ICECOLDLEMONADE
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Central American oil tree. : EBOE
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___ Dai. : BAO
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Long-legged bird. : CURLEW
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Weather calling for 20 Across. : HEATWAVE
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Willow. : OSIER
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Pitchers' mistakes. : BALKS
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Spanish article. : LAS
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Demonstrative pronoun. : THAT
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Swiss canton. : BASLE
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Dr. Jonas. : SALK
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A public utility: Abbr. : TEL
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Devil fish. : MANTA
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Grammar teacher's request. : PARSE
42
___, vita brevis. : ARSLONGA
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Masquerader. : MUMMER
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River islet. : AIT
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Hokkaido inhabitant. : AINO
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Lucky finds. : FOURLEAFCLOVERS
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Caen's river. : ORNE
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Ranch item. : REATA
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Scandinavian man's name. : AXEL
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Icebox incursion. : RAID
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Lapsed. : ERRED
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"___, Pagliacci." : RIDI
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Tenor violin. : ALTO
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Howdy ___. : DOODY
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Punctuation in a telegram. : STOP
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Well-known pen name. : SAKI
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Grand. : EPIC
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Dream: Fr. : REVE
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Bangle. : BRACELET
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Marsh herb. : MALLOW
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Chopin opus. : ETUDE
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Lower house of the Irish legislature. : DAIL
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German girl's name. : ILSE
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Summer get-together in New England. : CLAMBAKE
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Blow off chaff. : WINNOW
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Capital of West Samoa. : APIA
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British pirate. : KIDD
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Robert ___. : ELEE
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Superior: German. : OBER
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Farmer's crop. : OATS
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Terra ___. : COTTA
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Poe's family of disaster. : USHER
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Money in Iran. : RIALS
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___ la vista (Spanish good-bye). : HASTA
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Diminutive of Eleanor. : ELLA
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Scare. : ALARM
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Chopin opus. : VALSE
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Glacial ridge. : ESKER
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Noise. : BANG
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Teased good-naturedly. : BANTERED
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Tea makers in Tomsk. : SAMOVARS
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Drudge. : MOIL
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Trade Wind of South America. : PUNO
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American port of entry from Mexico. : LAREDO
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Continental term of respectful address. : MILADY
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Emulated Brando. : ACTED
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Tribunals. : FORA
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Of speech. : ORAL
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Entity. : UNIT
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Prefix in aviation terms. : AERO
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Game. : FARO
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Theater sign. : EXIT
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Fix over. : REDO
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Garment. : SLIP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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