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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, May 31, 1989

2-Down : Trot and canter

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,449
Across
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"Good fortune is ___ ... ": Aeschylus : AGOD
5
West Coast shrub : SALAL
10
First of a Latin trio : AMO
13
Unusual : RARE
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Carpenter's tool : PLANE
15
"___ Three Lives": Philbrick : ILED
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Baseball glove : MITT
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Waste maker : HASTE
18
Swelling : NODE
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Start of a quip : THEREISASIGNAT
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Depth sounder : SONAR
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Christmas carols : NOELS
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More of the quip : THEUSMINT
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Records : TAPES
32
Wild animals' homes : LAIRS
33
Old French coin : ECU
36
Some paintings : OILS
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Trick : STUNT
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Halt : STOP
39
Snoop : PRY
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Coerce : FORCE
41
Approves : OKAYS
42
More of the quip : ITSAYSTHE
44
Plant of the goosefoot family : ORACH
47
A Hawkeye : IOWAN
50
End of the quip : BUCKSTARTSHERE
55
Noble Italian family : ESTE
56
Concerning : ABOUT
57
Very favorable review : RAVE
59
Fr. holy women : STES
60
"O ill-starr'd ___!": Othello : WENCH
61
Emerald Isle : ERIN
62
Sigmoid letter : ESS
63
What to do with a claim : STAKE
64
Jutlander : DANE
Down
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Estuary : ARM
2
Trot and canter : GAITS
3
Correct: Comb. form : ORTHO
4
Easings of enmities : DETENTES
5
Globe : SPHERE
6
Jai ___ : ALAI
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Lad's girl : LASS
8
Square column : ANTA
9
Dregs : LEES
10
Solo : ALONE
11
Military award : MEDAL
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He wrote "Golden Boy" : ODETS
15
Metal bar : INGOT
20
Stadium cheers : RAHS
21
Wayside stopovers : INNS
25
Extreme : ULTRA
26
Pert : SAUCY
27
Digs for pay dirt : MINES
28
N.Y.C. transit line : IRT
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Acme : TOP
30
Tune : AIR
31
Thickness, as of wood : PLY
33
Greek letter : ETA
34
Artfully shy : COY
35
Periods of prosperity : UPS
37
Distress call : SOS
38
Prepared shish kebab : SKEWERED
40
Depth measures: Abbr. : FTHS
41
Cousin of oops : OHOH
42
Secretary of the Interior under F.D.R. : ICKES
43
"___ season to be jolly" : TISTHE
44
More than chubby : OBESE
45
Becomes oxidized : RUSTS
46
Parts of Racine's plays : ACTES
48
Macaw : ARARA
49
U.S. composer Ethelbert : NEVIN
51
Square-dance partners : TAWS
52
Aid in a crime : ABET
53
Columnist Barrett : RONA
54
Diving position : TUCK
58
Nantes-to-Angers dir. : ENE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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