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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Saturday, March 24, 1990

54-Down : Urgent requests

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { B J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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. 14,746
Across
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The Censor of ancient Rome : CATO
5
Bugle call : TAPS
9
Mine access : ADIT
13
Holy image : ICON
14
Berchtesgaden, for one : AERIE
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Muscle condition : TONE
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TRABANTS : CHROMOSOMEMOONS
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Beginning on : ASOF
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Old World finch : LINNET
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Elaborate ploys : SCAMS
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Tom's booty : PIG
28
Prognosticators : SEERS
29
One of Noah's descendants : HAMITE
31
Allowances for waste : TRETS
33
Having knowledge of : INON
34
Used-car transaction : RESALE
36
Greek letter : PSI
39
TRABANTS : PORTERS
41
TRABANTS : DURWANS
43
Observe : SEE
44
Kind of interest : VESTED
46
Of a notable period : ERAL
47
Blip maker : RADAR
48
Whole : ENTIRE
50
Poseur : FRAUD
53
Slangy affirmative : YEP
55
Double curves : ESSES
56
Castigated : RAILED
58
Swing around : SLUE
60
TRABANTS : ARMEDATTENDANTS
66
___-do-well : NEER
67
Caesar, for one : SALAD
68
Custer's last major : RENO
69
Wyes' followers in England : ZEDS
70
Pedro's pittance : PESO
71
Dorothy Gale's pet : TOTO
Down
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Title F.D.R. held : CIC
2
Fritz's exclamation : ACH
3
Rocky peak : TOR
4
Yoko : ONO
5
N.M. art colony : TAOS
6
Fabulous fellow : AESOP
7
Gains : PROFITS
8
Alastair ___ of British films : SIM
9
Makes up for : ATONES
10
Fictional Lorna : DOONE
11
"___ Sanctum" (old radio show) : INNER
12
Tries : TESTS
15
Smoked delicacy : EEL
18
Food from the forest : MAST
19
Term of address for an ensign : MISTER
22
Liners : SHIPS
23
Vessel for Stuart Little : CANOE
24
"That's ___," Dean Martin hit : AMORE
25
Pristine : MINT
27
Slope : GRADE
30
Made a bull : ERRED
32
Slip away from : ELUDE
35
Elia product : ESSAY
36
April's city in songdom : PARIS
37
Delusion's partner : SNARE
38
British ___ : ISLES
40
Dodged, as taxes : EVADED
42
Moistens : WETS
45
Bridge for the B.&O. : TRESTLE
47
Sticks with numbers : RULERS
49
Require : NEED
50
Author Werfel : FRANZ
51
Peep show : RAREE
52
Drew a bead on : AIMED
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Urgent requests : PLEAS
57
"___ Kapital" : DAS
59
Open : UNDO
61
Broach a cask : TAP
62
Magritte's field : ART
63
Avant-gardist : NEO
64
Explosive letters : TNT
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U.S.-Canada canals : SOO

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