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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, May 27, 1992

26-Across : Acronym for a powerful cartel

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
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
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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
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Quasimodo's lost love : ESMERALDA
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Cosmetics name : ESTEE
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Liberation : RANSOM
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Bluish-white metallic element : ZINC
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Acronym for a powerful cartel : OPEC
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Fastening device : NAILER
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Sailors' bedding : SLOPS
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Kind of forest : RAIN
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Caron film : LILI
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Bourn : LIMIT
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"___ a girl" : ITS
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Inamorato : FLAME
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Church corner : AMEN
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Yearn : ACHE
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Moses' brother : AARON
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Sideshow tout : BARKER
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Calendar period : YEAR
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Austen novel : EMMA
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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
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Notable times : ERAS
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Yenta's tidbit : RUMOR
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Sicilian spouter : ETNA
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Check : REIN
69
Tommy's guns : STENS
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Observed : SEEN
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Gymnasts' perfect scores : TENS
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Viper : ADDER
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Mikhail's mate : RAISA
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Rhett's last words : ADAMN
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Tree trunks : BOLES
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Bivouac : ENCAMP
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Ace archer : TELL
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In with : AMID
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Uris novel : TOPAZ
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Goddess of wisdom : ATHENA
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Miles's lost love : PRISCILLA
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Talk wildly : RANT
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Concept, in Caen : IDEE
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___-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
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His fire lights the masthead : ELMO
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Nothing, in Nice : RIEN
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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
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Sleeve holding : ARM
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Islamic commanders : EMEERS
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Trash collector : ASHMAN
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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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