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Jane S. Flowerree
Jane S. Flowerree

New York Times, Wednesday, February 14, 1990

Author:
Jane S. Flowerree
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 40.1
Jane S. Flowerree has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,708
Across
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Siouans : OTOS
5
"___ Dream," Isaac Hayes hit : IHADA
10
Candlestick Pk. protection : TARP
14
"Paper ___," 1942 song : DOLL
15
Sweetie pie : SUGAR
16
Discharge : EMIT
17
See 10 Down : ENDEARMENT
19
Repetition : ROTE
20
Grayish green : RESEDA
21
More sultry : STEAMIER
23
Verse : POEM
25
Titles for U.S. atts. : ESQS
26
Small quilt : COVERLET
30
Weather-map line : ISOBAR
34
"___ Ben Jonson!" : ORARE
35
Polynesian cloth : TAPA
37
Chilly, in Chile : FRIO
38
Vigor : PEP
39
Honeybunch : DARLING
42
Dipl. : AMB
43
Uttered : SAID
45
River immortalized by Burns : DOON
46
Bride, to groom : ANGEL
48
Whirled : EDDIED
50
Boudoir attire : NEGLIGEE
52
Blow by Zsa Zsa : SLAP
54
Space : ROOM
55
See 15 and 39 Across, e.g. : PETNAMES
59
Stage whispers : ASIDES
63
Fever : AGUE
64
One's valentine : SWEETHEART
66
Type of boom : BABY
67
Uncanny : EERIE
68
A Turner or Sinatra : TINA
69
Thirst quenchers : ADES
70
Fishing net : SEINE
71
North Sea feeder : YSER
Down
1
Stettin's stream : ODER
2
Sound : TONE
3
Automobile pioneer : OLDS
4
Beauty, for one : SLEEPER
5
Mideastern democracy : ISRAEL
6
Buzz : HUM
7
Ripens : AGES
8
Beatrice's adorer : DANTE
9
Kind of well : ARTESIAN
10
With 17 Across, 1983 Oscar film : TERMSOF
11
Mine, to Mitterrand : AMOI
12
Nuptials, e.g. : RITE
13
Wing: Comb. form : PTER
18
Worshiped : ADORED
22
Ed.-dev. test scores : AQS
24
Parisian subway : METRO
26
Thicket : COPSE
27
Mountain nymph : OREAD
28
Prosaic : VAPID
29
Claw : TALON
31
Fort in N.C. : BRAGG
32
Evangelist McPherson : AIMEE
33
White oak : ROBLE
36
One who yearns : PINER
40
Family of cartoonist Chas. : ADDAMSES
41
Rubber : GALOSH
44
Family that created a World : DISNEYS
47
Overabundance : NIMIETY
49
Guido's high note : ELA
51
Abbreviated beard : GOATEE
53
Flycatcher : PEWEE
55
Acronym for a sunscreen ingredient : PABA
56
Consarn it! : EGAD
57
Cylinder : TUBE
58
Mexican Indian : SERI
60
Emcee's platform : DAIS
61
Lake in Ireland : ERNE
62
Celebrity : STAR
65
A in Aachen : EIN

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

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