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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, July 11, 1990

25-Down : Imprecise

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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. 14,855
Across
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Pacific salmon : COHO
5
Penurious : MEAN
9
Leading : AHEAD
14
Rib donor : ADAM
15
Poet Lazarus : EMMA
16
Fla. key : LARGO
17
Bare : MERE
18
Tie a boat to a dock : MOOR
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Thirstier : DRIER
20
Start of a quip : PATRIOTICBAKERY
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Three, in Torino : TRE
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Compass pt. : ESE
25
___ Forge, Pa. : VALLEY
29
Ditty syllable : TRA
31
Neck part : NAPE
35
"Abdul the Bulbul ___" : AMEER
36
Roughage for a dieter : BRAN
37
Enclosure : PEN
38
More of the quip : GOODSARECOVERED
42
Samovar : URN
43
Frequent source of Washington news : LEAK
44
Martini munch : OLIVE
45
"L'___, c'est moi" : ETAT
47
Snack for Sea Biscuit : OAT
48
Like fuzz on worn sweaters : PILLED
49
In the past : AGO
51
Fixation : TIC
52
End of the quip : WITHOFTHEEICING
61
Own up : ADMIT
62
Justice's seat : BANC
63
Margarine : OLEO
64
D.M.D.'s concern : TEETH
65
Out of the wind : ALEE
66
Extremely : VERY
67
Ancient Nile-delta city : TANIS
68
Decays : ROTS
69
Icelandic epic : EDDA
Down
1
Tent : CAMP
2
Concert halls : ODEA
3
Red deer : HART
4
Hebrew dry measure : OMER
5
Flashback : MEMORY
6
Ham it up : EMOTE
7
Mine, to Mimi : AMOI
8
Fed. flic : NARC
9
Robert and Alan of films : ALDAS
10
Listen to : HARKEN
11
Tribe whose name means "long tail" : ERIE
12
Ripener : AGER
13
Fishing boat : DORY
21
Anatomical passages : ITERS
22
Bingo's brother : BEANO
25
Imprecise : VAGUE
26
Lifeless, old style : AMORT
27
Soprano Mitchell : LEONA
28
Started the bridge play : LED
29
Trick's alternative : TREAT
30
Hat holder : RACK
32
"The cruellest month," to Eliot : APRIL
33
Annoy : PEEVE
34
Over : ENDED
36
Calif. city : BREA
39
Remote : ALOOF
40
Behold, in Bayonne : VOICI
41
House wing : ELL
46
One of the Society Islands : TAHITI
48
Parts : PIECES
50
Barbarians : GOTHS
51
Belief : TENET
52
Bulb-brightness measure : WATT
53
Fresh thought : IDEA
54
Gov. agents : TMEN
55
Ski lift : TBAR
56
Holy circle : HALO
57
Where vessels nestle : COVE
58
"___ Three Lives" : ILED
59
Simp of a sort : NERD
60
"The Naked Maja" painter : GOYA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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