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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Monday, November 1, 1993

2-Down : Dunderhead

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { G J K M Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, 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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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,064
Across
1
Way off : AFAR
5
Monastery head : ABBOT
10
Big brewers : URNS
14
Proverbial world rotator : LOVE
15
Steel-plow man : DEERE
16
Spree : TOOT
17
Start of a quip : SOIFTHEYCANTUNE
20
Long in the tooth : OLD
21
Mug marking : HERS
22
Fabulous moralist : AESOP
23
Well-ventilated : AIRY
24
Fits and starts : SPURTS
26
Navigator's concern : COURSE
29
Word with chard or cheese : SWISS
30
Sharpen : HONE
31
Make up for : ATONE
32
Crestfallen : SAD
35
Quip: Part II : APIANOCERTAINLY
39
Hey, softly : PST
40
Chose : OPTED
41
Scene : SITE
42
Subordinate to 5 Across : PRIOR
43
O.T.B. client : BETTOR
45
Buttery : LARDER
47
Would-be pilot's test : SOLO
48
Stopover for caravans : SERAI
49
Brevity, to wit : SOUL
50
Distillery container : VAT
53
End of the quip : THEYCANTUNAFISH
57
Lois of The Daily Planet : LANE
58
Wild goose : BRANT
59
Con : ANTI
60
Toward the mouth : ORAD
61
What liquor is quicker than à la Ogden Nash : CANDY
62
Midday : NOON
Down
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What's more : ALSO
2
Dunderhead : FOOL
3
Devoted : AVID
4
Library dept. : REF
5
Stick : ADHERE
6
Long John Silver portrayer : BEERY
7
Ottoman dignitaries : BEYS
8
Grampus : ORC
9
Elevenses, in England : TEA
10
Says aloud : UTTERS
11
Drive out : ROUST
12
Parental taboos : NONOS
13
Short distance : STEP
18
Not that : THIS
19
Mal de mer symptom : NAUSEA
23
Vicinity : AREA
24
Yataghan, e.g. : SWORD
25
Porter order : PINT
26
Fellow : CHAP
27
Butterfingers' bleat : OOPS
28
Military subdivision : UNIT
29
Take the helm : STEER
31
Part of a cast : ACTOR
32
Pet : SNIT
33
Kind of sax : ALTO
34
Color changer : DYER
36
Scandinavian : NORDIC
37
Andy's son in Mayberry : OPIE
38
Ratio words : ISTO
42
Said a rosary : PRAYED
43
Bligh's command : BOUNTY
44
Cinders of comics : ELLA
45
Hungarian operetta composer : LEHAR
46
Field of conflict : ARENA
47
Noise or body of water : SOUND
48
Capital of Manche department : STLO
49
Ollie's sidekick : STAN
50
Valpollcella, e.g. : VINO
51
In re : ASTO
52
Dilute : THIN
54
Basics : ABC
55
The Blue Eagle was its sym. : NRA
56
Lady Windermere's accessory : FAN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle.

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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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