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Betty Jorgensen
New York Times, Thursday, January 24, 1991
48-Down : Personal pledges
Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 B | 2 E | 3 L | 4 L | 5 O | 6 G | 7 R | 8 E | 9 S | 10 A | 11 M | 12 O | |||
13 A | M | I | S | 14 O | R | A | T | E | 15 D | I | V | |||
16 B | I | R | T | 17 H | D | A | Y | C | A | 18 N | D | L | E | 19 S |
20 A | R | E | 21 O | L | D | S | 22 A | L | E | R | T |
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23 I | L | E | S | 24 A | 25 D | V | E | R | T | S |
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26 R | 27 A | 28 N | G | E | S | 29 T | R | I | A | D | ||||
30 A | L | E | E | 31 R | O | S | H | 32 P | 33 A | 34 N |
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35 F | O | R | T | 36 H | 37 O | 38 S | E | W | H | O | 39 M | A | K | E |
40 F | E | D | 41 E | L | L | A | 42 O | T | I | S |
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43 B | I | D | E | D | 44 P | 45 O | T | E | N | T |
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46 E | 47 N | 48 G | A | G | E | D | 49 M | A | M | E | ||||
50 L | O | A | T | H | 51 E | A | R | N | 52 R | 53 I | 54 G |
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55 L | I | G | H | T | 56 O | 57 F | T | H | E | I | 58 R | A | G | E |
59 S | E | E | 60 K | O | R | A | N | 61 A | V | O | N |
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62 E | S | S | 63 S | P | E | N | T | 64 M | E | R | E |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,052
Across
1
Campanology item : BELL
5
Monsters : OGRES
10
First of a Latin trio : AMO
13
Writer Kingsley ___ : AMIS
14
Take to a soapbox : ORATE
15
Caesar's 504 : DIV
16
Start of a quip : BIRTHDAYCANDLES
20
Quip: Part II : ARE
21
Motorcar manufacturer : OLDS
22
Watchful : ALERT
23
Seine aits : ILES
24
Alludes : ADVERTS
26
Roves : RANGES
29
Threesome : TRIAD
30
Helm position : ALEE
31
___ ha-Shanah : ROSH
32
Where good eggs often meet : PAN
35
Quip: Part III : FORTHOSEWHOMAKE
40
G-man, e.g. : FED
41
Cinders of comics : ELLA
42
Birdsong of the N.B.A. : OTIS
43
Waited : BIDED
44
Powerful : POTENT
46
Earnest : ENGAGED
49
Whom to put the blame on : MAME
50
Averse : LOATH
51
Bring home the bacon : EARN
52
Semi, for one : RIG
55
End of the quip : LIGHTOFTHEIRAGE
59
Bishopric : SEE
60
Islam's Bible : KORAN
61
Bard's river : AVON
62
Double curve : ESS
63
Exhausted : SPENT
64
Scarcely enough : MERE
Down
1
Rum cake : BABA
2
Arabian bigwig : EMIR
3
Coins in Calabria : LIRE
4
D-day craft : LST
5
Loads : OODLES
6
Alums : GRADS
7
Sol's output : RAYS
8
Handy abbr. : ETC
9
Red or Black : SEA
10
Confused : ADDLED
11
Certain runner : MILER
12
Manifest : OVERT
17
Orifice : HOLE
18
Blanket weaver : NAVAHO
19
Main and Wall: Abbr. : STS
23
"___ a Kick Out of You" : IGET
24
In single file : AROW
25
Entree, for one : DISH
26
Rabble : RAFF
27
Medicinal plant : ALOE
28
"The ___," Shue play : NERD
29
Trample : TREAD
32
Noggin : PATE
33
Related : AKIN
34
Fit snugly : NEST
36
Stature : HEIGHT
37
Word with shoppe : OLDE
38
Coaster : SLED
39
Dust particle : MOTE
43
Uses the tub : BATHES
44
Progenitor : PARENT
45
All: Comb. form : OMNI
46
Building wing : ELL
47
Hubbub : NOISE
48
Personal pledges : GAGES
49
Naval historian : MAHAN
51
To be, in Toulon : ETRE
52
Talk insanely : RAVE
53
Operatic prince : IGOR
54
Heredity carrier : GENE
56
Gives a thumbs-up sign : OKS
57
Dandy : FOP
58
Aries : RAM
Answer summary:
2 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.