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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Thursday, January 28, 1993

22-Across : Sublime; pure

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 42.6
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,787
Across
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Like ___ out of Hell : ABAT
5
Egyptian goddess : ISIS
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Put on cloud nine : ELATE
14
Be defeated : LOSE
15
Lacoste of tennis : RENE
16
Ore.'s capital : SALEM
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Quip: Part I : MYFRIENDWITHFLU
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Wakener : ALARM
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"___ at Eight" : DINNER
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Sublime; pure : SERAPHIC
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City in N Italy : CESENA
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Charged particle : ION
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Sugar-cane product : RUM
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Semi : RIG
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Necklace part : CLASP
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Actor Selleck : TOM
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Physiognomy : FACE
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Quip: Part II : SAYSHESOKBUTTHE
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Fen footing : MIRE
40
Suit : FIT
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Orlando attraction : EPCOT
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Single : ONE
43
Kind of feeling or reaction : GUT
44
Remnant : END
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U.S. psychologist-pediatrician : GESELL
47
Drumbeat sound : RATAPLAN
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Bravery, to a Brit : VALOUR
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" ... ___ passion to tatters": Shak. : TEARA
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End of the quip : MALADYLINGERSON
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Eat away : ERODE
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Virgil hero: Fr. : ENEE
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British Open winner: 1964 : LEMA
62
Ebb and neap : TIDES
63
Grimms' grim one : OGRE
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Historic periods : ERAS
Down
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Egyptian geishas : ALMAS
2
Actor Peter or author Kay : BOYLE
3
___ as the eye can see : ASFAR
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___ firma : TERRA
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Choler : IRE
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"___ the Clowns": Sondheim : SENDIN
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Of a subcontinent : INDIC
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Stitched : SEWN
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Regard highly : ESTEEM
10
Comedian Bert and family : LAHRS
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A Landon : ALF
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___ Aviv : TEL
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Big bird : EMU
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Like a little devil : IMPISH
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One in office : INCUMBENT
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In a promising way : HOPEFULLY
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Muse for Milton : ERATO
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Hours of darkness in Ayr : NICHT
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U.S. author James ___ : AGEE
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Seoul soldier : ROK
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"The ___ Mutiny" : CAINE
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Citharas' cousins : LYRES
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Peer Gynt's mother : ASE
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Small child : TOT
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Agcy. watching for price-fixing : FTC
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Metropolitan menace : SMOG
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Preside at a trial : SIT
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Bring to the present : UPDATE
43
Forest openings : GLADES
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Bacon bringer : EARNER
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Duck an issue : EVADE
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Regretful : RUING
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Mesta of hostess fame : PERLE
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Kind of beam : LASER
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Redolence : AROMA
51
Pram pushers : NANAS
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Grocery item : OLEO
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Encountered : MET
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Jackie's second : ARI
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Israeli city : LOD
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Golly! : GEE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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