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Roberta H. Morse
Roberta H. Morse

New York Times, Saturday, June 20, 1959

32-Down : Native of Exeter.

Author:
Roberta Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 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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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,627
Across
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Color of raw silk. : ECRU
5
Year preceding the Fourth Crusade. : MCCI
9
Size of shot. : GRAPE
14
Fees. : DUES
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Verve. : ELAN
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Make some return for. : REPAY
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Guest of Nehru. : GRANDLAMA
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C'est ___ (that is to say): Fr. : ADIRE
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Purpose. : AIM
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Frolic. : ROMP
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Furtive. : SNEAKY
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Plant again. : RESEED
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Chemical compound. : IMIDE
27
Foray. : RAID
29
Spring flower. : ANEMONE
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Dam on the Columbia River. : GRANDCOULEE
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Goddess of night. : NOX
38
Split. : RIVE
39
Blue Eagle's initials. : NRA
40
Variation: Comb. form. : ALLO
41
In the past. : AGO
42
National Park. : GRANDCANYON
46
Mosque tower. : MINARET
48
Wool. : YARN
49
Jungle growths. : VINES
51
Grand ___. : PIANOS
55
Manifest. : PATENT
58
French friends. : AMIS
60
Oriental sash. : OBI
61
Have ___ to (be inclined to). : AMIND
62
Achievement of Hawaii. : STATEHOOD
64
Legal term. : VENUE
65
Brazilian state. : PARA
66
Fjord of Norway. : OSLO
67
Stage direction. : ENTER
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Source of indigo. : ANIL
69
German negative. : NEIN
Down
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Master of Ravenswood, in Scott novel. : EDGAR
2
Great name in science. : CURIE
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A great amount: Colloq. : REAMS
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Part of our armed forces. : USN
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Tuneful. : MELODIC
6
Quahog. : CLAM
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Italian painter of Cremona school. : CAMPI
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___ spot. : INA
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Spanish nobleman. : GRANDEE
10
Set free. : REDEEM
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Upolu Island port. : APIA
12
See 47 Down. : PARK
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Having holes, as cheese. : EYEY
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Fear. : DREAD
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___ qua non. : SINE
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Osprey's relative. : ERNE
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Ailment. : MALADY
28
Contribute. : DONATE
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Except that. : ONLY
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___ contendere. : NOLO
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Native of Exeter. : EXON
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Metric weight. : GRAM
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Peak near Lake of Lucerne. : RIGI
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Rugby's river. : AVON
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Coffee ___. : URN
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Coin of India. : ANNA
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Coffee ___. : GRINDER
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Overhead item. : RENT
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Wealth. : CAPITAL
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Originate. : ARISE
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Street. : AVENUE
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Chief of the fallen angels. : SATAN
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Loop for snaring. : NOOSE
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Money for agora shopping. : OBOLI
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Ancient Phoenician port. : SIDON
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Cover, as with concrete. : PAVE
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Word of concurrence. : AMEN
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Color lighter than median gray. : TINT
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Husband: Fr. : MARI
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Bath, for one. : SPA
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Title: Abbr. : HON

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

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