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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Saturday, June 24, 1989

11-Down : "La Plume de ma ___"

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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. 14,473
Across
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Drink greedily : GULP
5
Kind of geometry : PLANE
10
Neighbor of Sp. : PTG
13
___ Smith, O'Neill hero : ERIE
14
Dipper : OUSEL
15
Abnormal breathing sound : RALE
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Mary Martin musical: 1943 : ONETOUCHOFVENUS
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Frames for drying clothes : AIRERS
21
Composition for eight : OCTET
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Markets successfully : SELLS
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Designers' workshops : ATELIERS
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" ... and pulled out ___" : APLUM
27
King of Lyrnessus, killed by Achilles : MYNES
28
Black Sea peninsula : CRIMEA
30
Hwy. sign : SLO
31
In the past : AGO
34
Scene of "A Night to Remember" : TITANIC
36
Stretchable : ELASTIC
39
Fr. holy woman : STE
40
Me, to Mimi : MOI
42
"Los de Abajo" novelist : AZUELA
43
Like a martinet : STERN
45
Aids in an illegality : ABETS
46
Light-bulb part : FILAMENT
49
Grads : ALUMS
50
Old-womanish : ANILE
51
Famous park in Vienna : PRATER
53
TV series that starred R. Stack : THEUNTOUCHABLES
58
Kitchen fixture : SINK
59
Calif. date city : INDIO
60
Baltic island : AERO
61
Gov. assistance to the needy: Abbr. : SSI
62
British university : LEEDS
63
Without a mixer : NEAT
Down
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Pres. Bush : GEO
2
Samovar : URN
3
Recline : LIE
4
Calif. city or river : PETALUMA
5
Officiates at the tea table : POURS
6
A Time founder : LUCE
7
Gurus' communes : ASHRAMS
8
Manifolding device : NEOSTYLE
9
Pixie : ELF
10
Summary : PRECIS
11
"La Plume de ma ___" : TANTE
12
Adhesive applier : GLUER
16
Superlative endings : ESTS
18
Some Sooners : OILMEN
19
Field mouse : VOLE
22
Diagonal pole on a boat : SPRIT
23
Crème de la crème : ELITE
25
___ Gay, famed bomber : ENOLA
26
Bible book : ACTS
29
Evangelist McPherson : AIMEE
31
Swarming : ATEEM
32
Young sows : GILTS
33
Wood sorrels : OCAS
35
Dixie dish : CORNPONE
37
Spring bloomer : AZALEA
38
Station wagon : SUBURBAN
41
Trespass : INTRUDE
43
Gazelle hound : SALUKI
44
Gov. agents : TMEN
46
Waller or Domino : FATS
47
"He's Got the Whole World ___ Hands" : INHIS
48
Legal claims : LIENS
49
Greek peak : ATHOS
52
Aqua fortis, e.g. : ACID
54
Sesame : TIL
55
Shubert or Strasberg : LEE
56
Notable period : ERA
57
Barfly : SOT

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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