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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Thursday, January 4, 1990

36-Down : Encore!

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { F J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, 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. 14,667
Across
1
Snatch : GRAB
5
Shore up : PROP
9
Arrest : STOP
13
Wedding missiles : RICE
14
One of Jupiter's satellites : LEDA
15
Sugar-maple spout : SPILE
16
Indian tourist town : AGRA
17
Currier's partner : IVES
18
Boccaccio's "The ___ Heart" : EATEN
19
Start of a quip : THEMINISTERWHO
22
Ands, in Avignon : ETS
23
Tippler's trouble : DTS
24
Factories, to Fifi : USINES
25
Quip: Part II : REHEARSES
27
Portends : BODES
30
Dregs : LEES
31
"High ___," M. Anderson play : TOR
34
Saharan : ARID
35
Pansy's pad : BED
36
Mayor of Palm Springs : BONO
37
Crest : TOP
38
Kodiak, e.g. : BEAR
40
Emulated Clementine's dad : MINED
41
Quip: Part III : PRACTICES
44
Emulate Delbert Mann : DIRECT
46
Today's jrs., next year : SRS
47
Ditty syllable : TRA
50
End of the quip : WHATHEPREACHES
53
Former Pacific defense gp. : SEATO
54
Harvest : REAP
55
"Scourge of mortals": Homer : ARES
56
Of the distant past, poetically : OLDEN
57
Bright thought in Toulon : IDEE
58
Ancient Persian's contemporary : MEDE
59
Play the lead : STAR
60
Has the misery : AILS
61
Gnat or rat : PEST
Down
1
Rasp : GRATE
2
Correct : RIGHT
3
Character in "The Rivals" : ACRES
4
Grin : BEAM
5
Column base : PLINTH
6
Change the text : REVISE
7
Genethliacons : ODES
8
Grazed upon : PASTURED
9
Generates : SPAWNS
10
Give a tenth of one's income : TITHE
11
Lineup in a supermarket : OLEOS
12
Stylograph : PEN
15
Sequential events : SERIES
20
Roman date : IDES
21
Being : ESSE
25
___ rover (children's game) : RED
26
Raid warning : ALERT
27
Belfry occupant : BAT
28
Pizarro's quest : ORO
29
Pickpocket : DIP
31
Heavy weight : TON
32
Bill passed regularly : ONE
33
If spared, it spoils : ROD
35
One-celled microorganisms : BACTERIA
36
Encore! : BIS
38
Type of lace : BRETON
39
Apiece : EACH
40
Tableland : MESA
41
Famous Vienna park : PRATER
42
___ Baline (Irving Berlin) : ISRAEL
43
Delicate pancakes : CREPES
44
Resided : DWELT
45
"___ little pony ... " : IHADA
47
Unlucky number on a match : THREE
48
Bulrushes : REEDS
49
Plus item : ASSET
51
Foot: Comb. form : PEDI
52
Corny : CAMP
53
Mayday's cousin : SOS

Answer summary:
3 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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