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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, August 3, 1988

53-Across : Ease

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,148
Across
1
Columbus's departure city: 1492 : PALOS
6
Elec. current units : AMPS
10
___-free : SCOT
14
Polishing abrasive : EMERY
15
A Roosevelt : SARA
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Actress Raines : ELLA
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With full force : AMAIN
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Iraq's foe : IRAN
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Source of many news items : LEAK
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What you'd be, according to Cole Porter : OHSOEASYTOLOVE
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Harem room : ODA
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Otologist's specialty : EAR
25
Auxiliary verb : BEEN
28
Incursion : RAID
31
F.D.R. gave his by the fireside : CHATS
36
Shade tree : ELM
37
W.W. II battle site : STLO
38
Homo sapiens : HUMAN
39
Kind of ditty to sing: 1930 : SOMETHINGSIMPLE
43
La Scala production : OPERA
44
Angered : IRED
45
Mauna ___ : LOA
46
Silver or copper : METAL
47
Read quickly : SCAN
48
Hang : PEND
49
Initials for mind reading : ESP
51
Women's patriotic org. : DAR
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April forecast : RAIN
62
Make more comfortable : EASE
63
He wrote "Voyage aux Pyrénées" : TAINE
65
Fish lung : GILL
66
Former despot : TSAR
67
Brilliance : ECLAT
68
Paris airport : ORLY
69
Close : SHUT
70
Hunts for bargains : SHOPS
Down
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Kind of jacket : PEA
2
Gun fodder, for short : AMMO
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Jacob's first wife : LEAH
4
Prayer : ORISON
5
Church council : SYNOD
6
Huge land mass : ASIA
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Red planet : MARS
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Entreated : PRAYED
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Claus or Cruz : SANTA
10
Vend : SELL
11
Asp's victim, for short : CLEO
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Norwegian king : OLAV
13
Capture : TAKE
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Blue planet : EARTH
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Shade of purple : ORCHID
25
Colonial wife's broom : BESOM
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Skip formal nuptials : ELOPE
27
Irish patriot : EMMET
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___ Baba : ALI
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Kind of column : IONIC
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Wordless vocal music : HUM
33
Enough and maybe more : AMPLE
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Claw : TALON
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Golfdom great : SNEAD
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More vapid : STALER
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NOW aim : ERA
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Sweetheart, in Eire : GRA
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Ships : SENDS
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Spatter : SPLASH
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Sermonize : PREACH
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Editor's instructive words : STETS
52
Sweetens the kitty : ANTES
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Therefore : ERGO
54
Equitable : FAIR
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Sate : FILL
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Merely : ONLY
57
Biblical twin : ESAU
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Spanish painter: 1876-1945 : SERT
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Farm structure : SILO
60
Cinch : SNAP
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French connections : ETS

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

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