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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Thursday, February 21, 1991

31-Down : Descendant

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, 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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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,080
Across
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Baritone Gorin : IGOR
5
A rival of ABC : CBS
8
Vesicle; sac : BURSA
13
Shade of green : NILE
14
Assay : RATE
16
Tatum or Ryan : ONEAL
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Chew on wood, as some horses : CRIB
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Jacob's twin : ESAU
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Vocation : TRADE
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What a Missourian might be : ADOUBTINGTHOMAS
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Shoe saver : TREE
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Of an important period : ERAL
25
Salsa's bed : PASTA
28
Anecdotal collection : ANA
29
Ko-Ko's notations : LIST
33
Wait on : ATTEND
35
Strength: Lat. : VIS
36
Mil. detector : GCR
37
Hedonist? : GOODTIMECHARLIE
41
House wing : ELL
42
Chief, in Calcutta : MIR
43
Yokels : YAHOOS
44
Ruck : SLEW
46
Hosts on TV shows : MCS
47
Birthplace of Ampère : LYONS
48
Mimic : APER
50
Steam-engine pioneer : WATT
52
Stargazer? : STAGEDOORJOHNNY
59
Charles is its prince : WALES
60
Vivacity : BRIO
61
Dairy sounds : MOOS
62
Wide-awake : ALERT
63
"___, Brute!" : ETTU
64
Man, for one : ISLE
65
Sanctify : BLESS
66
" ... and bells on ___ toes" : HER
67
Blacken on the outside : CHAR
Down
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Peruvian of yore : INCA
2
Hem in : GIRD
3
Mishmash : OLIO
4
Answered a debater : REBUTTED
5
Greek isle : CRETE
6
Count who played winning numbers : BASIE
7
Musial or Getz : STAN
8
Former South African president : BOTHA
9
Ready the red carpet : UNROLL
10
Paper measure : REAM
11
Actress Thompson : SADA
12
City in S France : ALES
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Aiming at improving the breed : EUGENIC
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Type of goose : BRANT
22
Worthless : TRASHY
25
Senate boys : PAGES
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Lagoon holder : ATOLL
27
Shoulder piece : STOLE
28
Maintains : AVERS
30
Dome-shaped hut : IGLOO
31
Descendant : SCION
32
Lock : TRESS
34
Lowered the lights : DIMMED
38
Pathogenic bacterium : MICROBE
39
Finnish architect: 1898-1976 : AALTO
40
Cadenced : RHYTHMIC
45
Actions at Belmont : WAGERS
49
Nuisances : PESTS
50
Compose prose : WRITE
51
Of a certain openwork pattern : AJOUR
52
Clean the deck : SWAB
53
Lofty : TALL
54
Helm position : ALEE
55
Straight: Comb. form : ORTH
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Raid the refrigerator : NOSH
57
Lopez theme : NOLA
58
Flanders river : YSER

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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