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Betty Hinman
Betty Hinman

New York Times, Saturday, April 23, 1988

36-Down : Wavering

Author:
Betty Hinman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J K V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 45.2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Betty Hinman has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,046
Across
1
Social group : CLUB
5
Bitter : ACRID
10
Goodman and Jane : ACES
14
Jennifer of WKRP : LONI
15
Hangman's need : NOOSE
16
The man for all seasons : MORE
17
Onassis et al. : ARISTOTLES
19
Nice night : NUIT
20
Shrub used in barbecuing : MESQUITE
21
Castle and Dunne : IRENES
23
Forearm bone : ULNA
24
Antonym for absorb : EGEST
25
Least feral : TAMEST
28
Large baskets : PANNIERS
31
Burrows or Vigoda : ABE
32
Patronage : AEGIS
34
Fortuneteller's card : TAROT
35
Composer for all ages : BACH
37
Meted (out) : DOLED
39
Fish barrel : CADE
40
Alternate : OTHER
42
Consumer advocate : NADER
44
Alphabet series : CDE
45
Harry of TV news : REASONER
47
St. Sebastian was one : MARTYR
49
Forty ___ : NINER
50
___ Tube (Alaska's pipeline) : LUBE
51
Instrument for Segovia : GUITAR
53
Canada's ___ Provinces : MARITIME
57
Early Peruvian : INCA
58
General; universal : ECUMENICAL
60
Satirist Freberg : STAN
61
Tiny bits : IOTAS
62
Kit Nubbles's friend : NELL
63
Actor Tim or Jack : HOLT
64
Jefferson was one : DEIST
65
Region : AREA
Down
1
Seafood item : CLAM
2
Knowledge : LORE
3
Les Etats-___ : UNIS
4
Nutty ice cream : BISQUE
5
Rubbed with oil in a rite : ANOINTED
6
Terra ___ : COTTA
7
Function : ROLE
8
Expert follower : ISE
9
Pattern : DESIGN
10
Victim of memory loss : AMNESIAC
11
Offset : COUNTERACT
12
Coloratura Mills : ERIE
13
Bulbs for planting : SETS
18
Home of the Golden Hurricane : TULSA
22
Lease : RENT
24
Comforted : EASED
25
Haw ___, silver tycoon: 1830-99 : TABOR
26
Quash, in law : ABATE
27
Kind of drawing : MECHANICAL
28
Diva Lorengar : PILAR
29
Actor McDowall : RODDY
30
Mosshorn : STEER
33
Hopeless case : GONER
36
Wavering : HESITANT
38
Most modest : DEMUREST
41
Jaffe or Barrett : RONA
43
Israeli statesman : RABIN
46
Poseidon attendant : NEREID
48
Eye part : RETINA
50
Fernando or Lorenzo : LAMAS
51
Lillian of filmdom : GISH
52
Biblical preposition : UNTO
53
Conductor Riccardo ___ : MUTI
54
Bakery artist : ICER
55
Capital of the Maldives : MALE
56
Eugene O'Neill's mother : ELLA
59
An Iowa college : COE

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

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