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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, March 11, 1992

34-Down : " 'Crocodile' ___"

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, 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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H
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N
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O
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B
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,464
Across
1
N.F.L.-game interval : HALF
5
Bulrush : SEDGE
10
Noted Israeli diplomat : EBAN
14
Seed covering : ARIL
15
Virginia willows : ITEAS
16
Riviera resort : NICE
17
Start of a quip : GESUNDHEITISTHE
20
Wound, in a way : SPOOLED
21
Lodged : HOUSED
22
Stagger : REEL
23
Serranid fish : CONEYS
24
Pauline's problems : PERILS
27
Place that has had its dey : TUNIS
28
Anagram for maid : AMID
29
Name of a black police van : MARIA
30
Kimono sash : OBI
33
Quip: Part II : IMMEDIATEANSWER
37
Eosin or indigo : DYE
38
___ den Linden : UNTER
39
Division word : INTO
40
Stage direction : ENTER
41
Notorious site of W.W. II : BELSEN
43
Proverbial blushers : BRIDES
45
Regale : FETE
46
Certain roofer : SLATER
47
___ de Lisle, 19th-century French poet : LECONTE
50
End of the quip : TOTHECOMMONCOLD
53
Be defeated : LOSE
54
Abhorrence : ODIUM
55
Beloved scat lady : ELLA
56
Repute : ODOR
57
Cannes official : MAIRE
58
Consider : DEEM
Down
1
Beldam : HAG
2
A son of Zeus : ARES
3
Speech defect : LISP
4
Tooth-saving compound? : FLUORIDE
5
Moves obliquely : SIDLES
6
Barrymore or Waters : ETHEL
7
Geste : DEED
8
Merry, in Metz : GAI
9
Baltic country : ESTHONIA
10
Follows : ENSUES
11
Itsy's partner : BITSY
12
Pines : ACHES
13
Require : NEED
18
Carol : NOEL
19
Heraclitus was one : IONIAN
23
Doctor, hopefully : CURER
24
Receipt stamp : PAID
25
TV award : EMMY
26
"The ___ was on the spray": Hardy : RIME
27
Spud : TATER
29
Weds : MATES
30
Holds title to : OWNS
31
___ noire : BETE
32
Something to pump : IRON
34
" 'Crocodile' ___" : DUNDEE
35
Syst. for sharing ideas : INTERCOM
36
Gagged : SILENCED
40
Or's companion : EITHER
41
Look good on : BECOME
42
Collar for a scholar : ETON
43
Turnip's lack : BLOOD
44
Hoffman role : RATSO
45
Thighbone : FEMUR
46
W.W. II battle town : STLO
47
952, to Cato : LMII
48
Enameled metalware : TOLE
49
That girl, to Gigi : ELLE
51
Seraglio segment : ODA
52
What Sen. Norris gave : DAM

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 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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