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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Thursday, January 24, 1991

42-Across : Birdsong of the N.B.A.

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,052
Across
1
Campanology item : BELL
5
Monsters : OGRES
10
First of a Latin trio : AMO
13
Writer Kingsley ___ : AMIS
14
Take to a soapbox : ORATE
15
Caesar's 504 : DIV
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Start of a quip : BIRTHDAYCANDLES
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Quip: Part II : ARE
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Motorcar manufacturer : OLDS
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Watchful : ALERT
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Seine aits : ILES
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Alludes : ADVERTS
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Roves : RANGES
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Threesome : TRIAD
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Helm position : ALEE
31
___ ha-Shanah : ROSH
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Where good eggs often meet : PAN
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Quip: Part III : FORTHOSEWHOMAKE
40
G-man, e.g. : FED
41
Cinders of comics : ELLA
42
Birdsong of the N.B.A. : OTIS
43
Waited : BIDED
44
Powerful : POTENT
46
Earnest : ENGAGED
49
Whom to put the blame on : MAME
50
Averse : LOATH
51
Bring home the bacon : EARN
52
Semi, for one : RIG
55
End of the quip : LIGHTOFTHEIRAGE
59
Bishopric : SEE
60
Islam's Bible : KORAN
61
Bard's river : AVON
62
Double curve : ESS
63
Exhausted : SPENT
64
Scarcely enough : MERE
Down
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Rum cake : BABA
2
Arabian bigwig : EMIR
3
Coins in Calabria : LIRE
4
D-day craft : LST
5
Loads : OODLES
6
Alums : GRADS
7
Sol's output : RAYS
8
Handy abbr. : ETC
9
Red or Black : SEA
10
Confused : ADDLED
11
Certain runner : MILER
12
Manifest : OVERT
17
Orifice : HOLE
18
Blanket weaver : NAVAHO
19
Main and Wall: Abbr. : STS
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"___ a Kick Out of You" : IGET
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In single file : AROW
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Entree, for one : DISH
26
Rabble : RAFF
27
Medicinal plant : ALOE
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"The ___," Shue play : NERD
29
Trample : TREAD
32
Noggin : PATE
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Related : AKIN
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Fit snugly : NEST
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Stature : HEIGHT
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Word with shoppe : OLDE
38
Coaster : SLED
39
Dust particle : MOTE
43
Uses the tub : BATHES
44
Progenitor : PARENT
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All: Comb. form : OMNI
46
Building wing : ELL
47
Hubbub : NOISE
48
Personal pledges : GAGES
49
Naval historian : MAHAN
51
To be, in Toulon : ETRE
52
Talk insanely : RAVE
53
Operatic prince : IGOR
54
Heredity carrier : GENE
56
Gives a thumbs-up sign : OKS
57
Dandy : FOP
58
Aries : RAM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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