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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, August 15, 1990

42-Across : Thigh-high skirts

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, 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.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,890
Across
1
Entreaty : PLEA
5
Escorts : DATES
10
Anguish : PAIN
14
Diner sign : EATS
15
Crème de la crème : ELITE
16
Florence's river : ARNO
17
Start of a quip : ATTHEFLEACIRCUS
20
Christie's "Murder ___ Said" : SHE
21
Regan's father : LEAR
22
Cordwood measure : STERE
23
Martin or Hart : MARY
24
Walked triumphantly : STRODE
26
Choir accompaniments : ORGANS
29
Pertaining to bees : APIAN
30
Olds classics : REOS
31
Place for an élève : ECOLE
32
"___ About the Boy": Coward : MAD
35
More of the quip : AMUTTSTROLLEDBY
39
Kismet : LOT
40
Where Joan of Arc was executed : ROUEN
41
Bibliotheca: Slang : LIBE
42
Thigh-high skirts : MINIS
43
Pampers : BABIES
45
Author of "Popo": 1980 : REEVES
47
Tree's torso : BOLE
48
Idaho's capital : BOISE
49
Like the White Rabbit : LATE
50
Little piggie : TOE
53
End of the quip : ANDSTOLETHESHOW
57
___ fixe : IDEE
58
Like Mary Lou Retton : LITHE
59
Loll : LAZE
60
Manor master : LORD
61
Discourage : DETER
62
Washington bills : ONES
Down
1
Garbanzos' cousins : PEAS
2
Plaster backer : LATH
3
Major or kitchen follower : ETTE
4
St. Helens's output : ASH
5
Tables : DEFERS
6
Mollify : ALLAY
7
Stratum in a stadium : TIER
8
Greek vowel : ETA
9
Like some wine : SEC
10
Dolly from Tenn. : PARTON
11
Rainbow-shaped : ARCED
12
Harden : INURE
13
Proboscis : NOSE
18
Panache : ELAN
19
Lebanon neighbor : ISRAEL
23
Forest food : MAST
24
Dish's elopement partner : SPOON
25
Cash drawer : TILL
26
Spoken : ORAL
27
San ___, Riviera resort : REMO
28
Gourmand's gripe? : GOUT
29
Farmers' fields : ACRES
31
Small cases : ETUIS
32
DCCLI x II : MDII
33
French secular cleric : ABBE
34
Changes color : DYES
36
Table protector : TRIVET
37
Loudness measure : SONE
38
River to the North Sea : ELBE
42
Ate aboard a U.S. warship : MESSED
43
Take the trouble : BOTHER
44
Helm position : ALEE
45
Last movement of a sonata : RONDO
46
Down producer : EIDER
47
Use the Jacuzzi : BATHE
48
Pail handle : BAIL
49
Latvian : LETT
50
Comparative word : THAN
51
Seep : OOZE
52
Merinos' moms : EWES
54
On in years : OLD
55
Golfer's concern : LIE
56
Terse road sign : SLO

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.

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