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Marjorie Morse
New York Times, Wednesday, July 29, 1953
53-Down : Throw underhand.
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.
1 M | 2 A | 3 R | 4 I | 5 N | 6 E | 7 S | 8 A | 9 P | 10 R | 11 I | 12 L | |||
13 N | I | N | A | F | O | C | H | 14 C | A | U | S | E | 15 R |
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16 A | M | O | R | E | T | T | O | 17 O | T | T | A | W | A |
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18 N | O | R | A | 19 S | O | W | 20 E | R | S | 21 B | I | N |
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22 C | S | A | 23 O | D | E | O | N | 24 D | E | S | K |
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25 Y | A | K | 26 S | 27 F | E | R | N | 28 M | A | L | T | A |
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29 A | 30 G | A | R | S | 31 C | A | L | L | O | N |
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32 R | 33 E | 34 A | L | I | S | M | 35 W | E | L | L | A | N | D |
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36 E | N | L | I | S | T | 37 P | I | N | T | A | ||||
38 S | T | I | N | T | 39 C | A | S | T | 40 S | 41 G | 42 T | 43 S |
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44 T | R | E | E | 45 C | A | R | T | E | 46 L | E | W |
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47 I | A | N | 48 C | U | R | R | E | R | 49 P | A | N | I |
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50 V | I | A | 51 T | O | R | 52 I | R | E | 53 L | A | N | D | S |
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54 E | N | T | A | I | L | 55 S | I | R | O | C | C | O | S |
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56 S | E | R | R | Y | 57 H | A | S | B | E | E | N |
© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,501
Across
1
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
17
NATO conference city in Canada. : OTTAWA
18
Ibsen girl. : NORA
19
Seeders. : SOWERS
21
Part of a cellar. : BIN
22
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
1
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
53
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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