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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Friday, September 29, 1989

38-Across : Compressed cotton pad

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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. 14,570
Across
1
Author Hamill : PETE
5
Con ___ (tenderly) : AMORE
10
Wire measure : MIL
13
Satanic : EVIL
14
Patten's cousin : SABOT
15
Lagomorph : HARE
16
Start of a quip : GOLFISLIKETAXES
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Coterie : SET
20
Twin in "The Other" : NILES
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Noël Coward's "To Step ___" : ASIDE
22
Conditions : IFS
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Sluggard's suggested role model : ANT
24
More of the quip : YOUDRIVETOGETTO
33
Temporary loss of breath : APNEA
34
Neck and neck : EVEN
35
Moroccan mountains : RIF
36
Screams, to Simone : CRIS
37
Obey the alarm : ARISE
38
Compressed cotton pad : BATT
39
Kady or petasus : HAT
40
Punkie : GNAT
41
Usher's beat : AISLE
42
More of the quip : THEGREENANDTHEN
46
Started the bridge game : LED
47
Tidbit for Seattle Slew : OAT
48
Unflappable : STOIC
51
Do a double take : REACT
54
Equivoke : PUN
57
End of the quip : WINDUPINTHEHOLE
60
To the sheltered side : ALEE
61
Ade book : ARTIE
62
Hebrides island : IONA
63
Part of r.p.m. : PER
64
Lowly laborers : PEONS
65
Cry of disgust : DRAT
Down
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Throws : PEGS
2
Cry at Pan's parties : EVOE
3
Joust : TILT
4
Sprite : ELF
5
Town near Perugia : ASSISI
6
Shopping center : MALL
7
Drama award : OBIE
8
South Korean G.I.'s : ROKS
9
Juin, juillet et août : ETE
10
Dress length : MAXI
11
Angered : IRED
12
___-majesté : LESE
15
Waste maker : HASTE
17
Below: Prefix : INFRA
18
Chinese dynasty : TANG
22
Roman dates : IDES
23
Tops : AONE
24
Trump's Princess, e.g. : YACHT
25
Talk-show hostess Winfrey : OPRAH
26
Wed : UNITE
27
Early sci-fi writer : VERNE
28
Kind of mineral water : EVIAN
29
Seed coat : TESTA
30
Claptrap : TRASH
31
Nobleman's inheritance : TITLE
32
Frequently : OFTEN
37
Like good cheese : AGED
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Bollard : BITT
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" ... ___ which will live in infamy ... ": F.D.R. : ADATE
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Dance smoothly : GLIDE
44
Receipt, in Reims : RECU
45
Buenas ___ (good night, in Granada) : NOCHES
48
Exchange : SWAP
49
Mah-jongg piece : TILE
50
Nonesuch : ONER
51
To laugh, in Lille : RIRE
52
Within: Comb. form : ENTO
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Squire in "The Faerie Queene" : ATIN
54
Adjective for Yorick : POOR
55
Forearm bone : ULNA
56
Bandbox : NEAT
58
Baby food : PAP
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Secreted : HID

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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