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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, April 26, 1989

36-Across : See 35 Across

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 3, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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. 14,414
Across
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
5
Lessen : ABATE
10
Land measure : ACRE
14
"The ___ Not Taken": Frost : ROAD
15
Former Russian farmer : KULAK
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Slim : THIN
17
Groaning shoe clerk's apologetic remark : IAMALITTLESTIFF
20
Citrus drink : ADE
21
U.N. financial system : IMF
22
East German city : HALLE
23
Fed. agcy. aiding minority enterprises : OMBE
24
Selfish one; magpie : HOARDER
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Continuation of apology : FROMBOWLING
30
Air: Comb. form : AERI
31
Table scraps : ORTS
32
Kind of relief : BAS
35
With 36 and 38 Across, start of impatient customer's response : JUST
36
See 35 Across : GETTO
38
See 35 Across : WORK
39
G.I.'s address : APO
40
Veteran sailor : SALT
41
Half: Prefix : HEMI
42
More of response : NOBODYCARES
46
Laydown hand at bridge : PIANOLA
50
Clean a pipe stem : REAM
51
Jacob's eighth son : ASHER
52
Sound receiver : EAR
53
Math course : ALG
56
End of response : WHEREYOUAREFROM
61
Take on cargo : LOAD
62
Rhett's last words : ADAMN
63
Skin problem : ACNE
64
Norms: Abbr. : STDS
65
Friendly: Slang : PALSY
66
Subsequently : THEN
Down
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Opera highlight : ARIA
2
Wart giver? : TOAD
3
Domesticate : TAME
4
Okla. city : ADA
5
With hands on hips : AKIMBO
6
" ... ___ are chosen" : BUTFEW
7
High, in music : ALT
8
Former chess champ : TAL
9
Stretch the budget : EKE
10
Petal perfume : ATTAR
11
Julia of TV : CHILD
12
Ransack and rob : RIFLE
13
Hell, to Henri : ENFER
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Arm or leg : LIMB
19
Chases flies : SHAGS
23
Skip : OMIT
24
Trumpeter Al : HIRT
25
Not fooled by : ONTO
26
Spaniard's broad sash : FAJA
27
Enlist again : REUP
28
Thereabouts : ORSO
29
Game of chance : LOTTO
32
Afrikaner : BOER
33
Weapon, to Pierre : ARME
34
Takes to the slopes : SKIS
36
British prison : GAOL
37
Exile isle : ELBA
38
Forcible impact : WHAM
40
Night sound : SNORE
43
Castles in the air : DREAMS
44
"Never thought my heart could be so ___" : YEARNY
45
Be concerned : CARE
46
Ratchet stops : PAWLS
47
"___ an arrow into the air" : ISHOT
48
Leading : AHEAD
49
Saps' kin : NERDS
53
Sly : ARCH
54
Solitary : LONE
55
F.B.I. agents : GMEN
57
Pup's plaint : YAP
58
Seraglio room : ODA
59
Suffix with effect : UAL
60
Type of cat : FAT

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 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.

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