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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Saturday, October 3, 1992

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 10.5
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,670
Across
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Starboard side of a compass : EAST
5
Pedestrian pathways : SIDEWALKS
14
On the Ligurian : ASEA
15
Sailor's light rope for seizing : HOUSELINE
16
Swim's alternative : SINK
17
Subsurface movement of water : UNDERFLOW
18
Ford failure : EDSEL
20
Tonic : BRACER
22
Get the point : SEE
23
Cries of surprise : OHS
26
So-so grade : CEE
27
Asian isthmus : KRA
28
L-Q connection : MNOP
29
Plus : AND
30
Margay, e.g. : CAT
31
They sponge : CADGERS
33
Funeral oration : ELOGE
35
Galore : AGOGO
37
Delete : CUT
38
A U.S. Open winner: 1992 : SELES
39
TV's Alice Hyatt : LAVIN
40
Adjusted the jib : TRIMMED
42
Kind of world : ONE
43
Kind of fly : BAR
45
Island garlands : LEIS
46
Singular : ODD
47
Genetic acid, for short : RNA
48
Tuck away : EAT
49
Actress Alicia : ANA
52
Ban : FORBID
54
Costume or custom : HABIT
56
" ... the ___ Te Deums of the Canterbury bells": Lowell : LOUDSWEET
61
Hollywood and ___ : VINE
62
Illegal copies : FORGERIES
63
Lyric literature : ODES
64
With 5 Across, puzzle's theme : OFNEWYORK
65
Port side of a compass : WEST
Down
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Slackens : EASES
2
Stage whisper : ASIDE
3
Sight, for one : SENSE
4
Appropriate : TAKE
5
Confucian golden rule : SHU
6
Type of jet engine : ION
7
Failure : DUD
8
Suffix with Tyrol : ESE
9
To woo, in Wiesbaden : WERBEN
10
Puzzle's theme was his campaign song : ALFREDESMITH
11
Actress Kedrova : LILA
12
Render unconscious : KNOCKCOLD
13
Waste-disposal system : SEWERAGE
19
Tuneful subject of deterioration : LONDONBRIDGE
21
Counts : RATES
24
Take the lion's share : HOG
25
Broad ranges of related ideas : SPECTRA
26
Kind of soap : CASTILE
28
Star followers : MAGI
31
Cloister vault : COVEDROOF
32
Capek opus : RUR
34
" ___ Lieutenants," Freeman book : LEES
35
Standoffish : ALOOF
36
Castel ___, summer residence of popes : GANDOLFO
41
___ culpa : MEA
44
"___ a fine seam" : ANDSEW
49
Stand : ABIDE
50
Royals and Reds : NINES
51
Nuclear experiment : ATEST
53
Scorch : BURN
55
Admit : AVOW
57
Askew : WRY
58
End of the dell farmer's refrain : EIO
59
Finisher for musket : EER
60
Sound of disapproval : TSK

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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