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Betty Hinman
Betty Hinman

New York Times, Friday, May 3, 1991

Author:
Betty Hinman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { F Q X }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 21.0
Betty Hinman has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,151
Across
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She scats with cats : ELLA
5
School subj. : HIST
9
"Tosca," e.g. : OPERA
14
Goneril's father : LEAR
15
One of the tapirs : ANTA
16
Kipling's "The ___ Seas" : SEVEN
17
Wimsey's lady, Harriet ___ : VANE
18
Actor Neeson : LIAM
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Golfer-turned-announcer : SNEED
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"The fat ___ the fire": Heywood : ISIN
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"The Firebird" composer : STRAVINSKY
23
Mails or wires : SENDS
25
Item for some surgeons : TREE
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Cylindrical : TUBULAR
29
Tommy of musicals : TUNE
33
Part of to be : ARE
36
Etui or pomander : CASE
37
Prolific composer : BERLIN
39
Leopold and Wolfgang : MOZARTS
41
Met tenor : DOMINGO
42
Theatrical floodlight : OLIVET
43
Vile : BASE
44
Sounds of pleasure : AHS
45
Classic cars : REOS
46
Some are free : LOADERS
49
Darr or medrick : TERN
50
Abbey Theatre pioneer : YEATS
54
Famed Austrian conductor : VONKARAJAN
60
Kind of school : PREP
61
Byzantine images : IKONS
62
"Mr. Relaxation" : COMO
63
Actor who played Hulot : TATI
64
Maestro Rapee et al. : ERNOS
65
Director David ___ : LEAN
66
Black, to Blake : EBON
67
Fritter : WASTE
68
Tasso's patron : ESTE
69
Actress Daly : TYNE
Down
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Graceland name : ELVIS
2
Rent : LEASE
3
Bandleader Lester ___ : LANIN
4
German-born philosopher: 1906-75 : ARENDT
5
Famed Haarlem name : HALS
6
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
7
Surprise : STARTLE
8
Ballerina Geva : TAMARA
9
Actor Davis : OSSIE
10
Sean or William : PENN
11
"___ Diary": Twain : EVES
12
What garlic buds do : REEK
13
Rooney or Williams : ANDY
22
Prolix : VERBOSE
24
Nice sugar : SUCRE
27
Scrappy fellow : BATTLER
28
Seagoing initials : USS
29
Prefix with chord : TRI
30
Cubitus : ULNA
31
Almost : NIGH
32
A son of Seth : ENOS
33
Cupid : AMOR
34
Histrion's quest : ROLE
35
Basso Pinza or Flagello : EZIO
38
Grinding material : EMERY
40
Lindbergh and Post: Abbr. : AVS
41
Pop : DAD
43
Bluegrass instruments : BANJOES
47
Seer : ORACLE
48
Musical group : SEPTET
49
Part of a knight's armor : TASSE
51
Sheik of ___ : ARABY
52
Grand ___ National Park : TETON
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Book back : SPINE
54
Opinion : VIEW
55
Gumbo ingredient : OKRA
56
St.-Lô negatives : NONS
57
Wood feature : KNOT
58
He loves: Lat. : AMAT
59
Word after bar : NONE

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

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