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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, January 31, 1990

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 22.6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,694
Across
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Said "I do" : WED
4
Second chance in court : APPEAL
10
Chinese gelatin : AGAR
14
Rocks at the bar : ICE
15
Auto's "face" : GRILLE
16
Tempo : PACE
17
Start of a quip : SHELOOKSLIKESHE
20
It springs eternal : HOPE
21
Born, to Fifi : NEE
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Drive forward : IMPEL
23
Convened : SAT
25
Wool producer : EWE
26
More of the quip : WASPOUREDINTO
33
Kitchen utensil : CORER
34
Abnormal breathing sounds : RALES
35
Mate of 25 Across : RAM
37
Exhort : URGE
38
Lincoln's logs? : CABIN
39
Rani's garb : SARI
40
English heat measure: Abbr. : BTU
41
Mysterious biblical word : SELAH
42
Was skittish : SHIED
43
More of the quip : HERCOSTUMEAND
46
Cries of surprise : OHS
47
Far along in years : OLD
48
"Topless towers" city : ILIUM
51
Blemish : MAR
53
Gumbo : OKRA
57
End of the quip : FORGOTTOSAYWHEN
61
Cleaving tool : FROE
62
Narrated again : RETOLD
63
Okla. city : ADA
64
Yearnings : YENS
65
Saves Dad the nuptial costs : ELOPES
66
"I am ___ a crook": Nixon : NOT
Down
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"When You ___ Upon a Star" : WISH
2
Repeat : ECHO
3
Area in an ocean floor : DEEP
4
Past : AGO
5
ASAP : PRONTO
6
Toll road : PIKE
7
Other : ELSE
8
Entirety : ALL
9
Island necklace : LEI
10
Missing links? : APEMEN
11
Pant : GASP
12
Long : ACHE
13
Walk erratically : REEL
18
Rent payer : LESSEE
19
New Zealanders, informally : KIWIS
24
Spring mo. : APR
25
Garden spot : EDEN
26
Fort ___, Tex. : WORTH
27
Debate : ARGUE
28
Russian mountains : URALS
29
Morocco's capital : RABAT
30
Nobel Peace Prize winner Root : ELIHU
31
Orient Express, e.g. : TRAIN
32
Like a galley : OARED
33
Den denizen : CUB
36
"___ pleasures and palaces ... " : MID
38
Company V.I.P.'s : CEOS
39
What Peter Pan lost : SHADOW
41
Jerk : SCHMO
42
This goes with poivre : SEL
44
Reddens the cheeks : ROUGES
45
Esprit de corps : MORALE
48
Uncertain: Slang : IFFY
49
Body of knowledge : LORE
50
Something to pump : IRON
51
Fictional sleuth : MOTO
52
Soaking wet : ASOP
54
Asian title of respect : KHAN
55
Freshen the décor : REDO
56
Premed course : ANAT
58
Three, in Torino : TRE
59
___ Aviv : TEL
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Material measures: Abbr. : YDS

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