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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Friday, January 31, 1992

60-Across : Difficult situation

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { B J K V X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,424
Across
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Kind of fool : APRIL
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Ingredient of flips : EGGS
10
Intimidate : COW
13
Forest opening : GLADE
14
Did K.P. work : PARED
16
In the manner of : ALA
17
Abhors : HATES
18
Ship that brought Miss Liberty to N.Y. : ISERE
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"Yes ___, That's My Baby" : SIR
20
Start of a quip : ANEASYCHAIRSHOP
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Sock part : TOE
24
Use shears : SNIP
25
Unfeeling : INSENSATE
30
Kyd work : DRAMA
34
Fate : LOT
35
"Winterset" hero : MIO
36
Actress Anne's family : MEARAS
37
Qiup: Part II : ISAHEADQUARTERS
41
Sea named for an Amazon queen : AEGEAN
42
Service letters : USN
43
Secure : TIE
44
Gloomy, to Goldsmith : DREAR
45
Will : TESTAMENT
48
Robin's refuge : TREE
50
Wade's opponent : ROE
51
End of the quip : FORHINDQUARTERS
59
Address on V-mail : APO
60
Difficult situation : NODUS
61
Import : TENOR
62
Steinbeck protagonist : CAL
63
Shine : GLEAM
64
Bouquet : AROMA
65
Building wing : ELL
66
"Dovo sono" is one : ARIA
67
Mississippi quartet : ESSES
Down
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Turkish title : AGHA
2
Blueprint : PLAN
3
Be important : RATE
4
Take part in a think tank : IDEATE
5
Pericope : LESSON
6
Work like 25 Down : EPIC
7
Deep slit : GASH
8
Kind of monkey or paint : GREASE
9
Canary's cousin : SERIN
10
Singer from Kingland, Ark. : CASH
11
Mélange : OLIO
12
Bend out of shape : WARP
15
He may give three jeers : DERIDER
21
Toady : YESMAN
22
Herring : SPRAT
25
Homeric classic : ILIAD
26
Blow on the beak, old style : NOSER
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World, to the Bard : STAGE
28
Sometimes this is first : AID
29
Brimless hat : TOQUE
31
Range ridge : ARETE
32
"Lower Manhattan" painter : MARIN
33
Plus item : ASSET
36
Chant word : MANTRA
38
Wasteland : HEATH
39
Auricular adornment : EARRING
40
Letters on the Lexington : USS
45
R.A.F. commander in W.W. II : TEDDER
46
Main arteries : AORTAE
47
European yards : METERS
49
___ Gay : ENOLA
51
Kind of card : FACE
52
Libra-Scorpio stone : OPAL
53
Pageboy feature : ROLL
54
Paris wharf : QUAI
55
The Black Knights' inst. : USMA
56
Noted space monkey : ENOS
57
Sinclair Lewis died here : ROME
58
Sp. titles : SRAS

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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