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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, December 26, 1990

45-Down : Chirps

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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. 15,023
Across
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Makes doilies : TATS
5
Uppity one : SNOB
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The Censor of ancient Rome : CATO
13
Beehive State : UTAH
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Put on cargo : LADE
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Burning : AFIRE
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Emperor of Rome: A.D. 54-68 : NERO
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Appian Way, for one : ITER
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Honey badger : RATEL
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Start of a quip : ANOPHTHALMOLOGY
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"Taffy ___ Welshman" : WASA
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Electrically charged atoms : IONS
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"Like ___, he hunts in dreams": Tennyson : ADOG
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Very small: Comb. form : NANO
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Advantage : EDGE
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From behind, Roman style : ATERGO
35
Suffixes for mountain and auction : EERS
37
Ger. is here : EUR
38
More of the quip : CLINICISREALLYA
41
Label : TAG
42
French battle site: 7/7/44 : STLO
43
Martin and Allen : STEVES
44
"___ This a Lovely Day?" : ISNT
46
Pennines, e.g. : ALPS
48
Like a summer tea : ICED
49
Undulating : WAVY
51
Wrongful act, in law : TORT
53
End of the quip : SITEFORSOREEYES
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Different : OTHER
61
Hebrides island : IONA
62
Musical symbol : REST
63
Peachy-keen! : NEATO
64
Shake ___ (hurry) : ALEG
65
Western alliance : NATO
66
America or Muffet : MISS
67
Knob : NODE
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Skiers' delight : SNOW
Down
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Sandwich fish : TUNA
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Solar disk : ATEN
3
Source of poi : TARO
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Like tired merchandise? : SHOPWORN
5
Opens an envelope : SLITS
6
Hale or Detroit : NATHAN
7
Music halls : ODEA
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"lch bin ein ___": J.F.K. : BERLINER
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Leslie of films : CARON
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"A dagger of the mind, ___ creation": Macbeth : AFALSE
11
Josip Broz : TITO
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Beaver St. : OREG
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TV Tarzan : ELY
21
Scottish pudding : HAGGIS
22
Dudley and Roger : MOORES
25
Mercator product : ATLAS
26
Condescend : DEIGN
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Fabulous moralist : AESOP
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Plunge into : DELVE
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Ridiculed : GUYED
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Notable periods : ERAS
33
Play start : ACTI
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Book size : OCTAVO
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Swift's forte : SATIRE
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Duke Orsino's nationality : ILLYRIAN
40
Speakers' stands : LECTERNS
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Chirps : TWEETS
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Plastered : STONED
50
Kin of dreadlocks : AFROS
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Storm, to Simone : ORAGE
53
Chip off the old block : SON
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List entry : ITEM
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Siamese : THAI
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Alone : SOLO
57
Lamb : YEAN
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This, in Toledo : ESTO
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Pack : STOW

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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