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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, July 31, 1991

8-Down : He wrote "Lord Jim"

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F G J X Y }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,240
Across
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He calls no place home : NOMAD
6
Circle segments : ARCS
10
Knife : STAB
14
Think : OPINE
15
Word with camp or black : BOOT
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Irish Gaelic : ERSE
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Cape ___ Islands : VERDE
18
Lab burner : ETNA
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Hair holders : NETS
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Start of a quip : ACOMPUTERDATEIS
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Devour : EAT
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Thine, in Toulon : ATOI
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Was an angel : SPONSORED
30
Genes' molecules : RNAS
33
Tail: Comb. form : URO
34
Buddy : PAL
35
"___ Dallas" : STELLA
37
Quip: Part II : SOMETIMESCALLED
41
Ore. river to the Pacific : UMPQUA
42
Acct. preparer : CPA
43
Ref. book : OED
44
Avoid : SHUN
45
Chickweeds : STARWORTS
48
Man Friday : AIDE
50
Memorable Calloway : CAB
51
End of the quip : ACALCULATEDRISK
59
Island east of Java : BALI
60
Flask for Plato : OLPE
61
___-Prayer : DIALA
62
N.M. neighbor : ARIZ
63
Tableland : MESA
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Dud : LEMON
65
Pigeon coop : COTE
66
Native metals : ORES
67
Relation on Mom's side : ENATE
Down
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Popular PBS series : NOVA
2
Cartel letters : OPEC
3
Spanish novelist Gabriel ___ : MIRO
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"Of Mice ___" : ANDMEN
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" ... 'tis not so ___ a well ... ": Shak. : DEEPAS
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Be an accomplice : ABET
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Surf sound : ROTE
8
He wrote "Lord Jim" : CONRAD
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Town, in Germany : STADT
10
Guard : SENTINEL
11
Shoe accessory : TREE
12
Piedmontese city : ASTI
13
Porgy's woman : BESS
21
More's island : UTOPIA
22
Main trunk : AORTA
25
Guinean tribal group : SUSU
26
School events : PROMS
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Pizazz : OOMPH
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Battering weapon : RAM
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Vote into office : ELECT
31
___ nothing : ALLOR
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Perilous precipitation : SLEET
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Like hens' teeth : SCARCE
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Does sums : ADDS
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Make uniform : EQUALIZE
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Blouse style : TUNIC
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Bath, for one : SPA
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Vendor : SELLER
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Wigeon's walk : WADDLE
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A star of "Seven Days in May" : OBRIEN
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Cathedral, in Firenze : DUOMO
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Rhyme scheme : ABAC
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"___ nome," Verdi aria : CARO
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Hit the tarmac : ALIT
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Cathedral recess : APSE
55
Afternoon affairs : TEAS
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"___ Camera": Van Druten : IAMA
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Reno's ___ machines : SLOT
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Welles role : KANE

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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