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Roberta H. Morse
New York Times, Saturday, June 13, 1953
57-Down : Well-known first or last name in the field of music.
Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Roberta H. Morse has 64 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Roberta Morse is an alias for Roberta H. Morse.
1 G | 2 A | 3 G | 4 S | 5 M | 6 A | 7 M | 8 A | 9 M | 10 A | 11 R | 12 C | 13 H |
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14 A | R | E | A | 15 A | G | A | R | 16 A | V | I | L | A |
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17 S | T | I | M | 18 U | L | A | N | T | 19 N | I | D | O | R |
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20 P | E | S | O | S | 21 S | L | I | 22 V | O | V | I | T | Z |
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23 H | A | S | 24 H | 25 Y | E | A | R | |||||||
26 A | 27 V | A | 28 R | A | 29 F | 30 S | I | 31 E | 32 S | 33 T | 34 A |
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35 D | I | G | 36 S | 37 B | A | 38 L | 39 D | E | A | G | L | E | S |
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40 A | R | I | A | 41 S | 42 I | O | U | 43 L | I | E | N | S |
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44 P | E | R | M | A | 45 F | R | O | S | 46 T | 47 S | I | T | E |
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48 T | O | L | E | D | O | 49 K | I | 50 D | 51 G | O | T |
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52 D | R | 53 Y | 54 S | 55 N | A | 56 S | H | |||||||
57 B | 58 A | 59 L | 60 A | L | A | I | K | 61 A | 62 M | A | R | 63 T | 64 A |
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65 I | M | A | G | E | 66 P | I | N | 67 U | P | G | I | R | L |
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68 N | E | V | E | R | 69 E | R | I | N | 70 E | D | I | T |
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71 G | R | A | S | S | 72 E | L | L | A | 73 S | E | G | O |
© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,455
Across
1
Bob Hope's forte. : GAGS
5
Peggy Wood's role. : MAMA
9
Last name of the Little Women. : MARCH
14
District. : AREA
15
Derivative of seaweed. : AGAR
16
City in Spain. : AVILA
17
See 21 Across. : STIMULANT
19
Scent of cooking. : NIDOR
20
Money in Yucatan. : PESOS
21
Plum brandy, Tito's gift to Churchill. : SLIVOVITZ
23
Potpourri. : HASH
25
New ___. : YEAR
26
Girl's name. : AVA
28
Part of Great Britain's defense. : RAF
30
Rest hour. : SIESTA
35
Cutting remarks. : DIGS
37
Decorations on silver dollars. : BALDEAGLES
40
Specialties of Pons and Ponselle. : ARIAS
42
Initials of obligation. : IOU
43
Legal rights to property. : LIENS
44
Hard-frozen underpinning of Thule. : PERMAFROST
47
Position of a town. : SITE
48
Finest sword blade. : TOLEDO
49
Young animal. : KID
51
Acquired. : GOT
52
They backed the 18th Amendment. : DRYS
55
Composer of comic verse. : NASH
57
Accompaniment for the "Volga Boatman." : BALALAIKA
62
Opera by von Flotow. : MARTA
65
Likeness. : IMAGE
66
Mural decor for G. I.'s. : PINUPGIRL
68
"Where ___ is heard a discouraging word ... " : NEVER
69
Actress O'Brien-Moore. : ERIN
70
Remodel a ms. : EDIT
71
Fescue, for instance. : GRASS
72
Cinder girl. : ELLA
73
Lily of Utah. : SEGO
Down
1
Sound of surprise. : GASP
2
Commedia dell'___ (improvised comedy). : ARTE
3
Entertainer in Tokyo. : GEISHAGIRL
4
Islands divided between U. S. and N. Z. : SAMOA
5
Bad: Prefix. : MAL
6
Moslem titles. : AGAS
7
Stalwart. : MANLY
8
Musician Shaw. : ARTIE
9
Descriptive of a country house. : MANORIAL
10
Tel ___. : AVIV
11
Word for Pagliacci. : RIDI
12
Coagulate. : CLOT
13
German mountains, home of canaries. : HARZ
18
Home of N. K. V. D. : USSR
22
Ornamental container. : VASE
24
Place of abode: Abbr. : HAB
26
Alter to fit. : ADAPT
27
Relative of the greenfinch. : VIREO
29
Next to last word of "London Bridge." : FAIR
31
Protection. : EGIS
32
New England social event. : SLEIGHRIDE
33
Just before the hour. : TENTO
34
Useful thing. : ASSET
36
Twin. : SAME
38
Card game. : LOO
39
Time of day. : DUSK
41
Stable boys. : SADDLERS
45
Places for oratory. : FORA
46
Product of cassiterite. : TIN
50
Discourage. : DAMP
53
Cowboy yell. : YIPEE
54
A thrilling tone to a Scotsman. : SKIRL
56
Jefferson, Emerson and others. : SAGES
57
Well-known first or last name in the field of music. : BING
58
A continent: Abbr. : AMER
59
It fertilizes the vineyards of Amalfi. : LAVA
60
Teens and twenties. : AGES
61
Dye ingredient. : ANIL
63
Math course. : TRIG
64
Voice pitch. : ALTO
67
"___ Voce Poco Fa." : UNA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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