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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, December 18, 1991

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J P Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 31.2
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. 15,380
Across
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Work gang : CREW
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Confined, as a canary : CAGED
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Boater, e.g. : HAT
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Stairway piece : RISER
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White poplar : ABELE
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Pizarro's quest : ORO
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City in Fla. : OCALA
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Stropped : HONED
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Felix or Garfield : CAT
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Quip: Part I : COULDANUDNICKBE
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One, to Otto : EIN
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Per : EACH
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Blass is one : DESIGNER
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Helper : AIDE
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Brink : RIM
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Songwriter Crane : LOR
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Pied-___ (temporary lodging) : ATERRE
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Quip: Part II : ANOTHERNAMEFORA
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Modus operandi : METHOD
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Seine sight : ILE
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Decalogue adverb : NOT
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Evening, in Este : SERA
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More laid-back : MELLOWER
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Lake port : ERIE
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Nest-egg acct. : IRA
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End of quip : NAKEDSANTACLAUS
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Clay today : ALI
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"Dallas" matriarch : ELLIE
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Similar : ALIKE
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Staff : MAN
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Marie Antoinette, e.g. : REINE
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Lorelei : SIREN
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Sometimes it is bitter : END
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Prepare butter clams : STEAM
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Org. : SYST
Down
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Gator's kin : CROC
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Puerto ___ : RICO
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One of Rebekah's twins : ESAU
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Memorable Orson : WELLES
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Sammy, of Tin Pan Alley : CAHN
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Father, in Arabic : ABOU
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Sex : GENDER
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"Maria ___," 1933 song : ELENA
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Commit; pledge : DEDICATE
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Use a pawnshop : HOCK
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Bedouin : ARAB
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Kind of bag : TOTE
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Circle dimensions : RADII
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Emulated Izaak Walton : ANGLED
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Braves' boss : CHIEF
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Has a feast : DINES
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Pour on the theatrics : EMOTE
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Neither's partner : NOR
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Cartoonist Bushmiller : ERNIE
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Stingless bee : DRONE
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Mistake : ERROR
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Aries : RAM
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Memorable Earhart : AMELIA
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Ingest : EAT
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Crowd, at times : THREE
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Pack rats : HOARDERS
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Entire : ALL
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South American's ear of corn : MEALIE
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One of the San Juan Islands : ORCAS
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Memorable Simpson : WALLIS
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Ait : ISLET
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Dub : NAME
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Memorable Paton : ALAN
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Considerate : KIND
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Pinta sister ship : NINA
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Abound : TEEM
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Light; flippant : AIRY
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Haw. music makers : UKES
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Transmitted : SENT

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

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