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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Tuesday, September 20, 1988

33-Down : Columbia or Missouri

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,196
Across
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"Thy word is ___ unto my feet" : ALAMP
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Pretty girl: Slang : DISH
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Baal, for one : IDOL
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Farr who played Klinger : JAMIE
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Sweeten the pot : ANTE
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San ___, Riviera resort : REMO
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Herbert's "___ in the Dark" : AKISS
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Clock part : DIAL
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Last word at church : AMEN
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Warning to sailors : REDSKYATMORNING
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Orb : EYE
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School org. : PTA
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Sal and Sunday : GALS
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Swabs : MOPS
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Was solicitous : CARED
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Altar constellation : ARA
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Notable period : ERA
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Poet Dickinson : EMILY
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Time of day to Browning : MORNINGSATSEVEN
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Shaker's partner : MOVER
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Tango number : TWO
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Emerger from Adam's rib : EVE
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Precious violin : AMATI
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Earth inheritors : MEEK
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Mine finds : ORES
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Health club : SPA
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Jabber : YAP
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Berlin's waking sentiments : HOWIHATETOGETUP
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Always : EVER
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Trick : RUSE
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Silly : INANE
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Scarce : RARE
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Pravda founder : LENIN
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"Scots wha hae wi' Wallace ___": Burns : BLED
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Appear : SEEM
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Limits : EDGES
Down
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Not fully closed : AJAR
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Veronica of films : LAKE
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Among : AMID
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Is lonesome for : MISSES
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Annoying : PESKY
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Art cult : DADA
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"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
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Collectors' items : STAMPS
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Spartan slave : HELOT
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Iraqi neighbor : IRAN
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Half: Prefix : DEMI
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Sign : OMEN
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Yearn : LONG
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Red Sea country : YEMEN
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Big A events : RACES
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Greek letter : GAMMA
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"___ With a View": Forster : AROOM
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Imago, when young : LARVA
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Assn. : ORG
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Adhesive : PASTE
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Soul, in Savoie : AME
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Columbia or Missouri : RIVER
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Pupil, to Pierre : ELEVE
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Units of force : DYNES
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Left, after taxes : NET
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Hibernians : IRISH
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Reverent respect : AWE
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Edo, today : TOKYO
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Ripe : MATURE
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Pried a crate : OPENED
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Peels : PARES
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Lithe : AGILE
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Basil or tarragon : HERB
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Avocado's shape : OVAL
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"If I ___ a Rich Man" : WERE
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Angered : IRED
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To exist, to Cato : ESSE
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Abound : TEEM
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Zest : TANG
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Unicorn fish : UNIE
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Writes : PENS

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

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