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Betty Jorgensen
New York Times, Thursday, April 18, 1991
Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 22.2
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 S | 2 T | 3 E | 4 P | 5 R | 6 E | 7 S | 8 T | 9 S | 10 G | 11 A | 12 M |
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13 T | R | I | O | 14 E | R | I | E | S | 15 A | U | R | A |
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16 O | U | R | L | 17 O | C | A | L | D | R | 18 I | V | E | I | N |
19 W | E | E | 20 D | I | S | K | 21 N | O | S | E | S |
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22 R | O | T | E | 23 M | 24 A | T | I | S | S | E |
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25 D | 26 E | 27 M | U | R | E | 28 T | A | B | O | R | ||||
29 I | V | A | N | 30 B | E | R | E | T | 31 E | 32 L | 33 K |
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34 R | E | S | T | 35 A | 36 U | R | A | N | T | O | 37 F | T | E | N |
38 T | N | T | 39 F | R | A | M | E | 40 R | O | S | E |
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41 S | T | A | G | S | 42 F | 43 L | E | N | S | E |
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44 P | 45 A | 46 S | T | E | L | S | 47 C | L | O | T | ||||
48 A | R | O | A | R | 49 M | O | O | D | 50 H | 51 I | 52 D |
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53 C | U | R | B | S | 54 M | 55 Y | A | P | P | E | 56 T | I | T | E |
57 E | B | B | S | 58 P | E | S | T | S | 59 A | L | E | E |
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60 D | A | S | 61 S | A | S | S | Y | 62 R | O | M | P |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,136
Across
1
Short distance : STEP
5
Musical symbols : RESTS
10
Visit between whalers at sea : GAM
13
Small combo : TRIO
14
Lake Indians : ERIES
15
Emanation : AURA
16
Start of a hungry man's quip : OURLOCALDRIVEIN
19
Teeny-weeny : WEE
20
It can be floppy : DISK
21
Pries : NOSES
22
Wave sound : ROTE
23
He painted "Interior With Eggplants" : MATISSE
25
Modest : DEMURE
28
Mount near Nazareth : TABOR
29
A "terrible" czar : IVAN
30
Basque beanie : BERET
31
Wapiti : ELK
34
More of the quip : RESTAURANTOFTEN
38
Explosive letters : TNT
39
Film segment : FRAME
40
Ascended : ROSE
41
Solo males : STAGS
42
Strip blubber : FLENSE
44
Gentle colors : PASTELS
47
Prepare the Devon cream : CLOT
48
Like an enthusiastic crowd : AROAR
49
State of mind : MOOD
50
Secreted : HID
53
End of the quip : CURBSMYAPPETITE
57
Wanes : EBBS
58
Gnats and rats : PESTS
59
Helm position : ALEE
60
"___ Kapital" : DAS
61
Fresh : SASSY
62
Cavort : ROMP
Down
1
Pack away : STOW
2
Veritable : TRUE
3
Irish republic : EIRE
4
D.C. denizen : POL
5
Say by heart : RECITE
6
Clean the slate : ERASE
7
Parachute : SILK
8
A Kennedy : TED
9
Ukr., e.g. : SSR
10
Conjecture : GUESS
11
Ram on high : ARIES
12
Minister's residence : MANSE
15
To have, in Le Havre : AVOIR
17
Repute : ODOR
18
Entirely : INTOTO
22
Litter's littlest : RUNT
23
Seine feeder : MARNE
24
Drive the getaway car : ABET
25
Gossip : DIRT
26
Neck-and-neck : EVEN
27
Sail suspender : MAST
28
Sides : TEAMS
30
Toots one's own horn : BRAGS
31
On its playing fields, "Waterloo was won" : ETON
32
Minus : LESS
33
Place for a cap : KNEE
35
Dessert, in Devon : AFTERS
36
Eurasia's ___ Mountains : URAL
37
Stew : FRET
41
Wild guesses : STABS
42
A sibling of Cottontail : FLOPSY
43
Sourdough's strike : LODE
44
Emulated some expectant fathers : PACED
45
West Indian island : ARUBA
46
European trees or apples : SORBS
47
Egyptian Christians : COPTS
49
Large lump : MASS
50
Hawaiian seaport : HILO
51
List segment : ITEM
52
Like the Mariana Trench : DEEP
54
AWOL's nemeses : MPS
55
Verily : YEA
56
A danger for smokers : TAR
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