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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, January 4, 1989

31-Down : Bottom-of-a-letter letters

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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G
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A
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M
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M
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A
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A
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W
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A
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R
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E
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T
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A
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R
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A
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P
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P
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M
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P
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R
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R
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P
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T
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H
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R
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L
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Y
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P
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H
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E
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C
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B
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T
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L
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P
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A
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S
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T
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B
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H
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M
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P
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O
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K
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A
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L
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Y
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N
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W
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G
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,302
Across
1
Third of 52 Across : GAMMA
6
Not in the dark : AWARE
11
Salt : TAR
14
Throw for ___ (overwhelm) : ALOOP
15
Danger : PERIL
16
Important time : ERA
17
Underage : MINOR
18
Rio de la ___, Argentina : PLATA
19
Asian holiday : TET
20
Important archeological discovery: 1799 : ROSETTASTONE
23
J.F.K. posting : ARR
26
A daughter of Ingrid : PIA
27
Hues : TINTS
28
Egyptian figures on 20 Across : HIEROGLYPHICS
33
Pseudonym of sorts : ALIAS
34
The "Iliad," e.g. : EPIC
35
Propensity : BENT
36
Rental document : LEASE
38
History : PAST
42
Pinball no-no : TILT
43
Noodles, macaroni, etc. : PASTA
44
Where 20 Across is displayed : BRITISHMUSEUM
48
Chef's garb : APRON
50
Dory power : OAR
51
Soft drink : ADE
52
Other inscriptions on 20 Across : GREEKLETTERS
57
Cato's tongue: Abbr. : LAT
58
Actor in "The Maltese Falcon" : LORRE
59
A neighbor of Switzerland : ITALY
63
Exclamation of discovery : OHO
64
Ford lemon : EDSEL
65
"The ___ and the Dead": Mailer : NAKED
66
Looking like a ghost : WAN
67
Locales : SITES
68
Third-day creation : GRASS
Down
1
Get-together at sea : GAM
2
Former ring king : ALI
3
Washday: Abbr. : MON
4
Spain invader : MOOR
5
Relevant : APROPOS
6
Second chance in court : APPEAL
7
Strip of shoe leather : WELT
8
Smell ___ (be suspicious) : ARAT
9
Hayworth or Moreno : RITA
10
Flexible : ELASTIC
11
Rockies range : TETONS
12
"I'm a dreamer, ___ we all?" : ARENT
13
Counts : RATES
21
Mr., in Pisa : SIG
22
Facial problem : TIC
23
Moby Dick's pursuer : AHAB
24
Raise one's dander : RILE
25
Bridle part : REIN
29
Sinking ship's evacuee : RAT
30
Nobelist in Literature: 1923 : YEATS
31
Bottom-of-a-letter letters : PPS
32
Hurry : HIE
36
Afire : LIT
37
David ___ Lilienthal : ELI
38
Dance step : PAS
39
Cruising : ASEA
40
Shirt-front fastener : STUD
41
Not feral : TAME
42
Small bell sounds : TINKLES
43
Like a contented cat : PURRING
44
Brest native : BRETON
45
Fish delicacy : ROE
46
Monopoly structures : HOTELS
47
A West from the East : MAE
48
Shining : AGLOW
49
Czech capital, to Czechs : PRAHA
53
Calif. city : LODI
54
Once, once : ERST
55
Arboretum member : TREE
56
Have the lead : STAR
60
Police-blotter letters : AKA
61
Bandleader Brown : LES
62
Linear measures: Abbr. : YDS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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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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