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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, November 16, 1988

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 19.0
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,253
Across
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Champagne word : BRUT
5
Iron or gold : METAL
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Craze : FAD
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Air: Prefix : AERO
14
Dwelling : ABODE
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Nev. city : ELKO
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Start of a quotation : BEGOODSWEETMAID
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Supplement, with "out" : EKE
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Causes wrath : IRES
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Cake topping : ICING
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Mountain valley : GLEN
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Loath : AVERSE
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Berlin favorite : ALWAYS
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Plant used in cosmetics : ALOE
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Pullman track : RAIL
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Entire : TOTAL
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Moonstruck : MAD
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With 42 Across, end of quotation : ANDLETWHOWILLBE
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Busy insect : BEE
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Greek poet who rode on a dolphin : ARIAN
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Haste, in Hamburg : EILE
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British gun : BREN
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See 34 Across : CLEVER
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Deprived : BEREFT
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God of thunder : THOR
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Japanese seaport : OTARU
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Ireland's ___ Islands : ARAN
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Little devil : IMP
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Author of quotation : CHARLESKINGSLEY
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Lamarr of "Ecstasy" : HEDY
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Sully : TAINT
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Rend : TEAR
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Sounds of hesitation : ERS
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Queen ___ lace : ANNES
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Car part : AXLE
Down
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Paul Bunyan's ox : BABE
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Smell strongly : REEK
3
Encourage : URGE
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Also : TOO
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Mothers, in Madrid : MADRES
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Barnaby Jones portrayer : EBSEN
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Pulls : TOWS
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Summer cooler : ADE
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C.S.A. V.I.P. : LEE
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Panache : FLAIR
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Claude of TV : AKINS
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Elude : DODGE
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Show host : EMCEE
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Suave and glib : OILY
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Copenhagen's ___ Gardens : TIVOLI
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Moxie : GALL
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"There oughta be ___" : ALAW
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Swift steed : ARAB
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Country road : LANE
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Broad : WIDE
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Like ___ of bricks : ATON
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One of Cybill Shepherd's offspring : TWIN
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Cry of amused surprise : OHA
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Year in Macbeth's reign : MLIV
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Qualified : ABLE
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Hart : DEER
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Scolding : EARFUL
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Weight allowance : TRET
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Villainous look : LEER
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Ken or Chuck : BERRY
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Intones : CHANTS
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Extended : LONG
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German, to a W.W. I poilu : BOCHE
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An anesthetic : ETHER
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Electric fishes : RAADS
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Group of three : TRINE
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Related : AKIN
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Holly : ILEX
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Repast : MEAL
52
This stack'll crackle : PYRE
54
Greek vowel : ETA
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Pedro or Francisco : SAN
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Depot: Abbr. : STA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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