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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, June 6, 1990

1-Down : "Fish or cut ___"

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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. 14,820
Across
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Winter pear : BOSC
5
"Of ___ and Men" : MICE
9
Romantic isle : CAPRI
14
Woody's boy : ARLO
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Muscat's land : OMAN
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Belgian battle site in W.W. I : YPRES
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Sacred image : ICON
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Green, in Grenoble : VERT
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"___ With a View": Forster : AROOM
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Start of a quip : THECHILDRENOF
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Regretted : RUED
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Mavourneen's land : ERIN
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Quip: Part II : THETSARAND
28
Swiss mountain : ALP
31
Hurries along : TROTS
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" ... ___ of sympathy with other men": Emerson : ATIE
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Extinct flightless bird of N.Z. : MOA
34
Assess : RATE
35
Concise : TERSE
37
___ the bill (pay for) : FOOT
38
King topper : ACE
39
White or fire follower : SALE
40
Lint remover : BRUSH
41
Tormé or Ferrer : MEL
42
Quip: part III : TSARINAARE
45
Butter portions : PATS
46
Glaciation stage : WURM
47
End of the quip : BABYTSARDINES
52
Overindulge : SPOIL
54
Charged particles : IONS
55
Variable star : NOVA
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Dress style : ALINE
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Adorable; attractive : CUTE
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Grating : GRID
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Sheds feathers : MOLTS
60
Health resorts : SPAS
61
Casa division : SALA
Down
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"Fish or cut ___" : BAIT
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Maestro's gp. : ORCH
3
Blackthorn : SLOE
4
Actual : CONCRETE
5
The silver screen : MOVIES
6
Shoe lover Marcos : IMELDA
7
Funny fellow : CARD
8
Begs : ENTREATS
9
It smells like bitter almonds : CYANIDE
10
Front part of a stage : APRON
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N.Y.U. teacher, e.g. : PROF
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Classic car : REO
13
Tenet : ISM
21
Crude shelters : HUTS
22
A Ford : ERNIE
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Vestige : TRACE
26
Urban home away from home : HOTEL
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More unusual : RARER
28
Love affair : AMOUR
29
Untethered : LOOSE
30
World's access to the maker of a better mousetrap : PATH
31
London trolley : TRAM
35
Yummy : TASTY
36
Rubber bands : ELASTICS
37
Skeletal structures : FRAMINGS
39
Horses' homes : STABLES
40
Shakespeare, e.g. : BARD
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"___ Girl Just Like the Girl ... " : IWANTA
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Some are practical : NURSES
45
Pinto : PAINT
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Seethe : BOIL
48
Minestrone or won ton : SOUP
49
Mrs. Charles : NORA
50
Wicked : EVIL
51
Actress Thompson : SADA
52
"Play it, ___" : SAM
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Arafat's gp. : PLO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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