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Janet R. Bender
Janet R. Bender

New York Times, Monday, November 30, 1992

47-Down : The time being

Author:
Janet R. Bender
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Janet R. Bender has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 27 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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G
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,728
Across
1
Border on : ABUT
5
Tombouctou's country : MALI
9
"Olympia" artist : MANET
14
Abundant : RIFE
15
Immorality : EVIL
16
Acid type : AMINO
17
Kubrick film, with "A": 1971 : CLOCKWORKORANGE
20
Netman Nastase : ILIE
21
Put a match to : LIT
22
Fastened, as sheets of paper : STAPLED
26
Equipment for a TV crewman : MINICAM
30
Harbinger : HERALD
31
Give a great review : RAVE
32
Mine output : ORE
33
Dinsmore or Janis : ELSIE
34
Vanished : GONE
35
Part of some skirts : SLIT
36
Rusty Staub's nickname in Montreal : LEGRANDORANGE
39
Track strip : LANE
40
Activist : DOER
41
Blazers or ulsters : COATS
43
Actress MacGraw : ALI
44
Bullets and bombs : AMMO
45
Opera singer Renata : SCOTTO
46
Dagwood's wife : BLONDIE
48
Nick Nolte film: 1977 : THEDEEP
49
Rowboat implement : OAR
50
God of war : ARES
51
South African province : ORANGEFREESTATE
59
Samba or rumba, e.g. : DANCE
60
Naturalist Fossey : DIAN
61
"Jeopardy!" host Trebek : ALEX
62
Units of force : DYNES
63
Utah ski resort : ALTA
64
Mirth : GLEE
Down
1
Circle part : ARC
2
Puppeteer Baird : BIL
3
Flying saucer : UFO
4
P.I. : TEC
5
Whined : MEWLED
6
Keep away from : AVOID
7
Moola in Milano : LIRE
8
Kind; sort : ILK
9
Gyrene : MARINE
10
Italian violinmaker : AMATI
11
French-born diarist : NIN
12
Chang's twin : ENG
13
Pedal digit : TOE
18
Assassin : KILLER
19
Director Stone : OLIVER
22
H. Rider Haggard novel : SHE
23
Like a Kitty Kelley biography : TELLALL
24
Late-night TV's Hall : ARSENIO
25
Satchel of pitching fame : PAIGE
26
Landed estate : MANOR
27
University in Hamilton, N.Y. : COLGATE
28
Short melody : ARIETTE
29
Shea Stadium player : MET
31
Cowboy exhibition : RODEO
34
Dwarf : GNOME
35
Decorative hairnet : SNOOD
37
Esteem : ADMIRE
38
Admission : ACCESS
39
Chemist's workplace : LAB
42
Bribe : SOP
44
Saws : ADAGES
45
Singer Easton : SHEENA
47
The time being : NONCE
48
Actor Williams from Conn. : TREAT
50
Seed covering : ARIL
51
Unusual : ODD
52
Singer Charles : RAY
53
Actress Jillian : ANN
54
Govt. regulatory org. : FDA
55
Child's game : TAG
56
Everything : ALL
57
Peg for Faldo : TEE
58
English river : EXE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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