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Marjorie Morse
Marjorie Morse

New York Times, Wednesday, July 29, 1953

32-Down : Unruly; balky.

Author:
Marjorie Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
Marjorie Morse has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,501
Across
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Lemuel Shepherd's men. : MARINES
8
Thirty days. : APRIL
13
Star of Broadway, TV, Hollywood. : NINAFOCH
14
He who effects a result. : CAUSER
16
An infant cupid. : AMORETTO
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NATO conference city in Canada. : OTTAWA
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Ibsen girl. : NORA
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Seeders. : SOWERS
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Part of a cellar. : BIN
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Eleven states under Jefferson Davis, 1861-65: Abbr. : CSA
23
"___ a Grecian Urn." : ODEON
24
Piece of furniture. : DESK
25
Oxen of Tibet. : YAKS
27
Maidenhair. : FERN
28
British island, south of Sicily. : MALTA
29
Substances used in bacteria cultures. : AGARS
31
Visit. : CALLON
32
A tendency to face facts. : REALISM
35
Canal between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, 27½ miles. : WELLAND
36
Sign up. : ENLIST
37
Caravel with Columbus. : PINTA
38
Serve scantily. : STINT
39
Program list. : CAST
40
N. C. O.'s : SGTS
44
Arborvitae. : TREE
45
Bill of fare. : CARTE
46
Wallace of "Ben Hur." : LEW
47
The very British Mr. Fleming. : IAN
48
___ Bell, Charlotte Brontë's nom de plume. : CURRER
49
Mrs. in Poland. : PANI
50
Traveler. : VIATOR
52
Whose symbol is the harp? : IRELANDS
54
Involve as a consequence. : ENTAIL
55
Winds from the Libyan deserts. : SIROCCOS
56
Crowd together, as in ranks. : SERRY
57
Someone whose heyday is over. : HASBEEN
Down
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Plant whose leaves are sensitive to touch. : MIMOSA
2
Hooded jacket worn in the Arctic. : ANORAK
3
___ avis. : RARA
4
African bow-string hemp. : IFE
5
Slow down! : NOTSOFAST
6
Outer membrane. : ECTODERM
7
Symbol of 8 Across. : SHOWERS
8
Potential oak tree. : ACORN
9
Bits of butter. : PATS
10
Track. : RUT
11
Backer of Columbus. : ISABELLA
12
Where Bates College is. : LEWISTON
13
French city. : NANCY
15
___ file (ordinary people). : RANKAND
20
Geological time division. : EON
24
City in Texas. : DALLAS
26
Containing sodium chloride. : SALINE
28
Germinated grain. : MALT
30
Pith of the matter. : GIST
31
Workers with certain speed lathes. : CENTERERS
32
Unruly; balky. : RESTIVE
33
Gets aboard. : ENTRAINS
34
Estrange. : ALIENATE
35
Climbing shrub. : WISTERIA
37
Memorable painter. : PARRISH
39
Coupe. : CAR
41
Quick look. : GLANCE
42
Achilles' ___. : TENDON
43
Natives of Geneva. : SWISS
45
Having ringlets. : CURLY
48
Coconut fiber. : COIR
49
Walk up and down. : PACE
51
Old salt. : TAR
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Throw underhand. : LOB

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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