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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, March 21, 1990

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 52, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 39.7
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. 14,743
Across
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Mixer : SODA
5
Elevenses in London : TEA
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Bogland : SWALE
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A Dodge City marshal : EARP
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Animal shelter : BARN
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D.C. doings : POLIT
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Stumble : TRIP
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Kimono sashes : OBIS
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Pizazz : OOMPH
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A pun is a ___ : PLAYONWORDS
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As well : ALSO
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Newts : EFTS
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He created the Wizard of Oz : BAUM
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Vassal : SERF
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Puppy talk : YIPS
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They perform "Asleep in the Deep" : BASSOS
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Rosary segment : BEAD
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King, in Reims : ROI
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A pun is the ___ : LOWESTFORMOFWIT
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Steely Dan album : AJA
41
Spill the beans : TELL
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She lived at the Plaza : ELOISE
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Twining plant stem : BINE
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April visitor : RAIN
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Dig for pay dirt : MINE
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Legal claim : LIEN
50
Oct. stone : OPAL
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A pun is an example of ___ : PARONOMASIA
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A lone star? : GRETA
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"L'___ c'est moi" : ETAT
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Island goose : NENE
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Piece for eight : OCTET
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Lucky prospector's find : LODE
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Increase : GROW
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Old hat : PASSE
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Draft letters : SSS
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"___ Came Running": J. Jones : SOME
Down
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Adjust a clock : SET
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Paddle's cousin : OAR
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Wet blanket : DRIP
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Bacall musical : APPLAUSE
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No-nos : TABOOS
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A Walton : ERIN
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Respondent : ANSWERER
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Big spender : SPORT
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Forested : WOODSY
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Mendicant's plea : ALMS
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Sass : LIP
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Biblical verb ending : ETH
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They will be themselves : BOYS
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Not quite : ALMOST
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Baseball's Hall ___ : OFFAME
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City in central China : BAOJI
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Nile dam : ASWAN
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Town near Salerno : EBOLI
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U.S. author Shaw : IRWIN
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Composure : POISE
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Locale : SITE
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Tell a secret : BLAB
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Music player : STEREO
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Turkish dishes : DOLMAS
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Long johns : FLANNELS
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Certain ornamentations : FOILINGS
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Puts on cloud nine : ELATES
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Wanderers : NOMADS
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Angry : IRATE
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Head : PATE
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Favorites : PETS
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Siouan group : OTOS
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Beginning for dynamic or space : AERO
55
Org. that backed G.H.W.B. : GOP
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Former N.Y.C. skyline sign : RCA
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___ de plume : NOM
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Merino's mother : EWE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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