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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, March 22, 1989

5-Down : Route used to avoid traffic

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { C F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,379
Across
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She played Hot Lips : SWIT
5
I or sun follower : BEAM
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Hide away : STASH
14
Swimming pool on a liner : LIDO
15
Korean boundary river : YALU
16
Aunt, in Arles : TANTE
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Short report : ITEM
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Paid athletes : PROS
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Do a tailoring job : ALTER
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Start of a quip : THATMANWHOKEEPS
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The Cartwright played by Dan Blocker : HOSS
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Gymnast's perfect score : TEN
25
Affairs of the heart : AMOURS
28
Ditty syllable : TRA
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Scarlett's place : TARA
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Fermenting yeasts : BARMS
35
Equipment : GEAR
36
Pro ___ : TEM
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More of the quip : BIGBENINTUNEISA
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"___ Clear Day" : ONA
42
On the sheltered side : ALEE
43
He had an Alley : ALLEN
44
Incline : TEND
46
What to keep a secret under : HAT
47
U.S. folk singer : ODETTA
48
Cassowary's cousin : EMU
50
Petty thief, to a Brit : SPIV
51
End of the quip : BIGTIMEOPERATOR
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Negatively charged atom : ANION
60
Stratford-on-___ : AVON
61
Mah-jongg piece : TILE
62
Refute by argument : REBUT
63
Stravinsky's made progress : RAKE
64
Heraldic band : ORLE
65
Prognosticators : SEERS
66
Cart on runners : SLED
67
Frost's "The ___ Not Taken" : ROAD
Down
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Skirt feature : SLIT
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"___ malice toward none ... " : WITH
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Notion : IDEA
4
Diminutive hero of folk tales : TOMTHUMB
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Route used to avoid traffic : BYPASS
6
Merits : EARNS
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Below deck, at sea : ALOW
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Command to a Yukon dog : MUSH
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What to do with a claim : STAKE
10
Innate gift : TALENT
11
Bellum or meridian preceder : ANTE
12
Phase : STEP
13
Towel word : HERS
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Kind of code : MORSE
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Japanese seaport : OTARU
25
Monastery head : ABBOT
26
Site of a Bush retreat : MAINE
27
Church instrument : ORGAN
28
Ism : TENET
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Classify : RATE
31
Leaning to one side : ATILT
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Fix the clock for D.S.T. : RESET
33
Church society in Iowa : AMANA
35
Kind of monster : GILA
38
Book of the Bible : NAHUM
39
The pits : NADIR
40
Stairs alternative : ELEVATOR
45
Roundabout way : DETOUR
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Emulated Pandora : OPENED
49
Money makers : MINTS
50
Wheel part : SPOKE
51
Jail-window "décor" : BARS
52
Arrow poison : INEE
53
Twitting remark : GIBE
54
Antony's loan request : EARS
55
Race track : OVAL
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Green one: Var. : TIRO
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Spiced stew : OLLA
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Musical pipe : REED

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

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