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Betty Jorgensen
New York Times, Wednesday, February 22, 1989
65-Across : Material for an idol's feet?
Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, 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.
1 S | 2 L | 3 A | 4 M | 5 A | 6 B | 7 B | 8 Y | 9 P | 10 R | 11 A | 12 T | 13 E |
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14 P | I | L | E | 15 R | A | R | A | 16 H | O | N | E | Y |
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17 A | L | E | S | 18 O | R | A | L | 19 A | L | T | A | R |
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20 R | I | C | H | 21 F | U | D | G | E | 22 I | S | L | I | K | E |
23 R | N | S | 24 R | E | E | |||||||||
25 S | 26 O | 27 L | I | D | 28 A | 29 R | A | 30 R | 31 A | 32 G | 33 S |
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34 R | E | R | I | G | 35 C | R | A | N | 36 E | 37 C | R | I |
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38 A | D | I | V | I | 39 N | I | T | Y | I | N | 40 T | H | A | T |
41 T | A | O | 42 D | O | T | E | S | 43 D | I | E | T | S |
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44 E | N | N | 45 A | 46 T | Y | L | 47 T | E | N | S | E | |||
48 D | 49 R | U | 50 T | R | A | |||||||||
51 I | 52 T | 53 S | H | A | P | 54 E | 55 S | O | U | R | 56 E | 57 N | 58 D | 59 S |
60 T | A | K | E | N | 61 L | A | N | A | 62 T | O | R | T |
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63 S | M | I | R | K | 64 A | M | E | N | 65 C | L | A | Y |
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66 A | P | S | E | S | 67 N | E | S | T | 68 H | A | T | E |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,351
Across
1
Bridge coup : SLAM
5
Dear ___, advice column : ABBY
9
Babble : PRATE
14
Rug surface : PILE
15
___ avis : RARA
16
Much-used pet name : HONEY
17
Pub quaffs : ALES
18
Kind of exam : ORAL
19
"I do" site : ALTAR
20
Start of a quip : RICHFUDGEISLIKE
23
Important O.R. group : RNS
24
Female ruff : REE
25
Not liquid : SOLID
28
Ex-coach Parseghian : ARA
30
Symbols of poverty : RAGS
34
Fit out again : RERIG
35
Lifting device : CRANE
37
Dernier ___ : CRI
38
More of the quip : ADIVINITYINTHAT
41
The way, in China : TAO
42
Is overly fond : DOTES
43
Goes on a losing spree? : DIETS
44
Sicilian resort : ENNA
46
Practical joker Eulenspiegel : TYL
47
Jittery : TENSE
48
Actress Joanne : DRU
50
Ditty syllable : TRA
51
End of the quip : ITSHAPESOURENDS
60
Accepted : TAKEN
61
A Turner : LANA
62
Legal wrong : TORT
63
Smile smugly : SMIRK
64
So be it : AMEN
65
Material for an idol's feet? : CLAY
66
Cathedral parts : APSES
67
Cozy place : NEST
68
Abhor : HATE
Down
1
Bandy words : SPAR
2
Caron role : LILI
3
Anchovy sauce : ALEC
4
Interlock : MESH
5
"Don't Get ___ Much Anymore" : AROUND
6
Poets : BARDS
7
Toot one's own horn : BRAG
8
Where G.R.F. studied law : YALE
9
Stage : PHASE
10
Hair curler : ROLLER
11
Against : ANTI
12
Deck wood : TEAK
13
Brontë's Jane : EYRE
21
Very cold : FRIGID
22
Middle East native : IRANI
25
Four-door vehicle : SEDAN
26
Hunter in the heavens : ORION
27
Actress Ullmann : LIV
28
U.S.S.R. workers' cooperative : ARTEL
29
Sun's output : RAYS
31
Yearns : ACHES
32
Fireplace fixture : GRATE
33
Poses : SITS
34
Deserve : RATE
35
Metropolis : CITY
36
Make beloved : ENDEAR
39
Still abed : NOTUP
40
Kind of type or horn : TIN
45
Stick : ADHERE
47
AWOL student : TRUANT
49
Grades : RANKS
50
Musical sounds : TONES
51
"___ girl!" : ITSA
52
Pack down : TAMP
53
Takes to the slopes : SKIS
54
Panache : ELAN
55
Identical : SAME
56
Engrave with acid : ETCH
57
V. Lopez theme song : NOLA
58
Mild oath : DRAT
59
Eye problem : STYE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 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.