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Betty Jorgensen
New York Times, Wednesday, December 20, 1989
Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { B J Q U W X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 42.3
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 S | 2 E | 3 E | 4 P | 5 A | 6 S | 7 S | 8 C | 9 R | 10 A | 11 S | 12 H |
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13 L | A | I | R | 14 L | O | A | 15 M | 16 A | E | R | I | E |
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17 A | C | R | E | 18 I | R | A | E | 19 N | E | A | T | S |
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20 T | H | E | R | 21 E | V | E | R | S | 22 E | O | F | |||
23 I | L | E | S | 24 S | N | E | E | 25 R | 26 E | 27 R |
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28 E | 29 R | N | E | 30 A | I | D | 31 D | A | D | A |
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32 P | L | A | S | M | 33 A | 34 R | A | M | 35 S | 36 D | I | T |
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37 L | O | V | E | I | S | 38 N | T | H | A | T | 39 E | I | T | S |
40 E | P | I | 41 S | T | E | S | 42 N | A | V | A | H | O |
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43 N | E | N | 44 E | 45 R | E | Y | 46 G | A | L | S | ||||
47 A | D | E | N | 48 O | I | D | 49 A | 50 M | E | N | ||||
51 I | N | D | I | 52 F | F | E | R | E | 53 N | 54 C | 55 E |
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56 O | 57 M | 58 E | G | A | 59 E | A | R | S | 60 S | E | A | L |
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61 M | I | A | M | I | 62 R | I | O | T | 63 C | O | R | K |
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64 S | I | T | A | R | 65 R | S | A | 66 E | N | D | S |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,652
Across
1
Ooze : SEEP
5
Balaam's beast : ASS
8
Stock-market bugaboo : CRASH
13
Puma's pad : LAIR
14
Rich soil : LOAM
16
Hawk's home : AERIE
17
Farm measure : ACRE
18
Dies ___ : IRAE
19
___-foot oil : NEATS
20
Start of a quotation : THEREVERSEOF
23
French aits : ILES
24
Disdainful one : SNEERER
28
Lake in Ireland : ERNE
30
Help : AID
31
Art cult : DADA
32
Transfusion fluid : PLASMA
34
Butts : RAMS
36
Dah's partner : DIT
37
Middle of the quotation : LOVEISNTHATEITS
40
On: Prefix : EPI
41
Fr. holy women : STES
42
Southwestern Indian : NAVAHO
43
State bird of Hawaii : NENE
45
Monarch in Madrid : REY
46
Guys' dates : GALS
47
Tonsil's neighbor : ADENOID
49
So be it : AMEN
51
End of the quotation : INDIFFERENCE
56
Last Greek letter : OMEGA
59
Anthony's loan request : EARS
60
Close hermetically : SEAL
61
"___ Vice" : MIAMI
62
Civil disturbance : RIOT
63
Champagne popper : CORK
64
Indian lute : SITAR
65
Apartheid country: Abbr. : RSA
66
Remnants : ENDS
Down
1
Bed support : SLAT
2
Apiece : EACH
3
Douglas Hyde's land : EIRE
4
Washer function : PRERINSE
5
Like Molly Malone's cockles : ALIVE
6
Lesions : SORES
7
German industrial basin : SAAR
8
Birchbark : CANOE
9
Shortened sail : REEFED
10
Altar constellation : ARA
11
Command to Marmaduke : SIT
12
"For ___ a jolly good fellow" : HES
15
Handel oratorio : MESSIAH
21
Fragrant resins : ELEMIS
22
Mr. Bones, e.g. : ENDMAN
25
Type of tire : RADIAL
26
Piaf and Wharton : EDITHS
27
Hoffman in "Midnight Cowboy" : RATSO
28
Spared Dad the marriage money : ELOPED
29
Narrow deep-sided valley : RAVINE
30
___-craftsy : ARTSY
32
Full assemblies : PLENA
33
Norwegian princess : ASTRID
35
Old hand : STAGER
38
More indigent : NEEDIER
39
Fade away : EVANESCE
44
Puzzle : ENIGMA
48
Walking ___ (elated) : ONAIR
49
Hair styles : AFROS
50
Memorable "hostess with the mostes'" : MESTA
52
Blond : FAIR
53
Tube light : NEON
54
Funny fellow : CARD
55
Benevolent brothers : ELKS
56
Ashram sounds : OMS
57
Cato's 1002 : MII
58
Take nourishment : EAT
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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