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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Thursday, October 13, 1988

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 21.8
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. 14,219
Across
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Sounds from Santa : HOHO
5
Valley : DALE
9
Health resort : SPA
12
One of a Latin trio : AMAT
13
Mr. ___, minstrel endman : BONES
14
Frau's counterpart : HERR
15
Mobster's cry in a gunfight : YOWTHEYGOTMEPAL
18
Daughter's sib : SON
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U.S. author James : AGEE
20
Take the stump : ORATE
21
One of a pair : TWIN
22
Snuggles : CUDDLES
24
Venetian's neighbor : PADUAN
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Punishes a schoolboy : CANES
28
Excuse : ALIBI
29
Rani's robe : SARI
30
Mimic : APE
33
Second mobster's query : DOESITHURTAWFUL
37
Gel : SET
38
Optimistic : ROSY
39
Bellini opera : NORMA
40
Strike : SMITE
42
Hones a straightedge : STROPS
43
Allah is their God : MOSLEMS
46
Throb painfully : ACHE
47
Spaces : AREAS
48
Dies ___ : IRAE
49
Royal symbol : ORB
52
First mobster's reply : NAWTHEYGOTMEPAL
56
Compass points : ENES
57
Lock of hair : TRESS
58
Tardy : LATE
59
Clam, at times: Abbr. : STR
60
Italian noble family : ESTE
61
Took a jet : FLEW
Down
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Reaps alfalfa : HAYS
2
Melville novel : OMOO
3
Actress Goldie : HAWN
4
Baseball great : OTT
5
Dean : DOYEN
6
Heavenly being, to Henri : ANGE
7
Zodiacal sign : LEO
8
Id follower : EST
9
Flower part : SEPAL
10
Talk foolishly : PRATE
11
Van Gogh painted here : ARLES
13
Commence : BEGIN
14
Livestock groups : HERDS
16
Fiftieth state : HAWAII
17
Fashion : MODE
21
Bath fixtures : TUBS
22
Tote : CARRY
23
One : UNIT
24
Shoulder enhancers : PADS
25
S. African lily : ALOE
26
Eat sparingly : DIET
27
Effect's beginning : CAUSE
29
Injections : SHOTS
30
Hair style : AFRO
31
Gas-station fixture : PUMP
32
Greek mil. group of W.W. II : ELAS
34
Remove excess : TRIM
35
Song of praise : ANTHEM
36
"She ___ a Yellow Ribbon" : WORE
40
Parts of beds : SLATS
41
Fit neatly : MESH
42
Sings like Fitzgerald : SCATS
43
Lions' prides : MANES
44
Praying figure : ORANT
45
Drain : SEWER
46
Hit the deck : AROSE
48
"___ a Kick Out of You" : IGET
49
October birthstone : OPAL
50
Assess : RATE
51
Exploded, as a tire : BLEW
53
Nice summer : ETE
54
Correspondence abbr. : YRS
55
Nixie or pixie : ELF

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