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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, March 1, 1989

29-Across : Massenet opera

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,358
Across
1
Tardy : LATE
5
Davis or Midler : BETTE
10
Kind of iron : SAD
13
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
14
A Kennedy : ETHEL
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State positively : AVER
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Start of a question to a cleric : DOYOUTHINKABOUT
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Affirmation : YES
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Sometime business abbr. : BROS
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Cut the cake : SLICE
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Carrots' companions : PEAS
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Electric-current units : AMPERES
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Set of prayer beads : ROSARY
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Massenet opera : THAIS
30
Emend : EDIT
31
Full of sound : AROAR
32
Greek letter : CHI
35
More of the question : NOTHINGELSETHAN
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Three, in Torino : TRE
40
Scandinavian : NORSE
41
Plane or space preceder : AERO
42
Grimm villains : OGRES
43
Of the pre-Easter season : LENTEN
45
Tree with a red bark : MADRONE
48
Marlene's are famous : LEGS
49
Undersea prowler : UBOAT
50
Middling : SOSO
51
View : SEE
54
End of the question : SECTSSECTSSECTS
58
Rice liquor : SAKE
59
Babble : PRATE
60
Turner or Cantrell : LANA
61
Auths.' offerings : MSS
62
Suit for Galahad : ARMOR
63
Herr's spouse : FRAU
Down
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Luck or Bountiful : LADY
2
Medicinal plant : ALOE
3
"___ in the Attic": Hellman : TOYS
4
D.D.E.'s command : ETO
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Be disloyal : BETRAY
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Basic spirit of a culture : ETHOS
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Not that : THIS
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Decimal-system base : TEN
9
B.P.O.E. member : ELK
10
Rich furs : SABLES
11
To have, in Le Havre : AVOIR
12
Two-spot : DEUCE
16
Road-map abbrs. : RTES
18
"Deutschland ___ Alles" : UBER
19
Hope to achieve : ASPIRE
23
Foot trail : PATH
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"Boston's ___ ... ": Browning : AHOLE
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Netherlands river : MAAS
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Landlord's concern : RENT
27
Aroma : ODOR
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Locale : SITE
29
Long lock of hair : TRESS
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See eye to eye : AGREE
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Guitarist Atkins : CHET
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Tortoise's adversary : HARE
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Privy to : INON
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Metal bars : INGOTS
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Scandinavian goddess of fate : NORN
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Sunbathers' goals : TANS
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Takes to the podium : ORATES
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Not so important : LESSER
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Selves : EGOS
45
Tousle : MUSS
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Nautical term : ABEAM
47
Ties to a pier : DOCKS
48
Game of chance : LOTTO
50
Swindle : SCAM
51
Wound memento : SCAR
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Sicilian volcano : ETNA
53
Jacob's twin : ESAU
55
Health resort : SPA
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Slip : ERR
57
Pixie : ELF

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle.

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