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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, May 27, 1992

60-Across : Lara's lost love

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 18.2
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,541
Across
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Desert dweller : ARAB
5
State, on the Seine : ETAT
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Eliot's "cruellest month" : APRIL
14
Pedestal part : DADO
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Remote broadcast, for short : NEMO
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Commerce : TRADE
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Clock part : DIAL
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Kind of joint : CLIP
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Earl (Fatha) ___ of music : HINES
20
Quasimodo's lost love : ESMERALDA
22
Cosmetics name : ESTEE
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Liberation : RANSOM
24
Bluish-white metallic element : ZINC
26
Acronym for a powerful cartel : OPEC
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Fastening device : NAILER
33
Sailors' bedding : SLOPS
37
Kind of forest : RAIN
39
Caron film : LILI
40
Bourn : LIMIT
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"___ a girl" : ITS
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Inamorato : FLAME
43
Church corner : AMEN
44
Yearn : ACHE
45
Moses' brother : AARON
46
Sideshow tout : BARKER
48
Calendar period : YEAR
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Austen novel : EMMA
52
Egyptian beetle : SCARAB
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"The Treasure of the Sierra ___" : MADRE
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Lara's lost love : DRZHIVAGO
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Let up : ABATE
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Kind of lens : ZOOM
65
Notable times : ERAS
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Yenta's tidbit : RUMOR
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Sicilian spouter : ETNA
68
Check : REIN
69
Tommy's guns : STENS
70
Observed : SEEN
71
Gymnasts' perfect scores : TENS
Down
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Viper : ADDER
2
Mikhail's mate : RAISA
3
Rhett's last words : ADAMN
4
Tree trunks : BOLES
5
Bivouac : ENCAMP
6
Ace archer : TELL
7
In with : AMID
8
Uris novel : TOPAZ
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Goddess of wisdom : ATHENA
10
Miles's lost love : PRISCILLA
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Talk wildly : RANT
12
Concept, in Caen : IDEE
13
___-majesté : LESE
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Hen's home : ROOST
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Hostelry : INN
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Guitarist Clapton : ERIC
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Heathcliff's lost love : CATHY
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Taleteller : LIAR
31
His fire lights the masthead : ELMO
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Nothing, in Nice : RIEN
33
Thick slice : SLAB
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Bean type : LIMA
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One-tenth of an ephah : OMER
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Cio-Cio-San's lost love : PINKERTON
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"Is this a dagger which ___ ... ?" : ISEE
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Stuffed, to Brillat-Savarin : FARCI
44
Sleeve holding : ARM
47
Islamic commanders : EMEERS
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Trash collector : ASHMAN
51
Timber-shaping tools : ADZES
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Stave off : AVERT
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Peep show : RAREE
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Over : AGAIN
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Petty offs. : BOSNS
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Red planet : MARS
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Be cheek by jowl to : ABUT
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Title for Evans or Sutherland : DAME
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Surf sound : ROTE
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Specific area : ZONE

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