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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Friday, January 1, 1988

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { F J K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 246 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 31.7 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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. 13,933
Across
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With 68 Across, puzzle theme : ANA
4
Porsena : LARS
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Postpone : TABLE
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Coll. building : DORM
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Blind as ___ : ABAT
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Hautboys : OBOES
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Grayish yellow : ECRU
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Verne captain : NEMO
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Intended : MEANT
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Sch. groups : PTAS
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Was she a real Copt? : CLEOPATRA
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Kind of paper : TISSUE
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Roast rod : SPIT
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Oyster: Comb. form : OSTRE
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Swindle: Br. slang : NOBBLE
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Nimble : AGILE
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"Lord, ___ I?" : ISIT
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Lined up : AROW
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Did his painting make him miss tea? : MATISSE
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Did she attract real men? : MARLENE
43
Collar or jacket : ETON
44
Writer Bombeck : ERMA
46
Mink's cousin : OTTER
47
High-pitched : SHRILL
49
Stradivari's teacher : AMATI
51
Surrounded by : AMID
53
Walked lamely : LIMPED
57
On the podium did he say, "O, I can't sin!"? : TOSCANINI
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Church calendar : ORDO
62
Lake Erie's ___ Island : PELEE
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A ___ apple : ASIN
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Take a bus : RIDE
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Avid : EAGER
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Zero : NONE
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Moslem prince : EMIR
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See 1 Across : GRAMS
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A son of Seth : ENOS
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Shoe widths : EES
Down
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Expert : ADEPT
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Night: Comb. form : NOCTI
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Wall hanging : ARRAS
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Surgeon's implement : LANCET
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Third male : ABEL
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What Pharaoh said, "How happy Ra seems!"? : RAMESES
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Condescend : STOOP
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Kind of paste : TOMATO
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Incite : ABET
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Wild hog : BOAR
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Siberian river : LENA
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Sum, es, ___ : EST
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Did he appeal to mini souls? : MUSSOLINI
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Niña sister : PINTA
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Employs : USES
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Whaler's cask : RIER
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Did this lord have a moral bite? : BALTIMORE
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___ Harte : BRET
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Single : LONE
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Pitcher : EWER
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Iowa college town : AMES
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Philistine city : GATH
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Take ___ leave it : ITOR
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Moslem prayer leader : IMAM
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City in Ala. : SELMA
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Type of entrée : ROTI
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Did he have no maids? : MADISON
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Group in a shoe factory : LACERS
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Straightens : ALINES
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Foolish : INANE
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Word with ribs or time : PRIME
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Comic Murphy : EDDIE
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Active ones : DOERS
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Spree : TEAR
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Gymnast Korbut : OLGA
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Give the impression : SEEM
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Boy: Sp. : NINO
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Dowel : PEG

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

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