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Betty Hinman
Betty Hinman

New York Times, Tuesday, August 13, 1991

Author:
Betty Hinman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F Q X }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 16.9
Betty Hinman has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,253
Across
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Alliance acronym : NATO
5
Moist : DAMP
9
Fast fliers : SSTS
13
Q.E.D. segment : ERAT
14
Buckeye State : OHIO
15
___-de-mer (sea cucumber) : BECHE
16
Exactly : ONTHENOSE
18
The clear sky : ETHER
19
Bouquets : NOSEGAYS
20
Hags : CRONES
21
Nonsense : ROT
22
"In hoc ___ vinces" : SIGNO
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Author Wallace : LEW
26
Thousand ___ (summer resorts) : ISLANDS
29
Aries, Leo et al.: Abbr. : ZOD
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Etchers' needs : ACIDS
34
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
35
Ivan or Nicholas : CZAR
36
He painted "Haystack at Giverny" : MONET
37
Kennel sound : YAP
38
Discoverer of Orion's fifth star : HOOKE
39
German river : ELBE
40
___ de vivre : JOIE
41
Christmastides : YULES
42
Juan Carlos I is one : REY
43
Ranchers' event : ROUNDUP
45
Suburb of Liège : ANS
46
"Halt, you tars!" : AVAST
48
___ Trang, Vietnamese port : NHA
50
Akin : AGNATE
52
Downward plunge : NOSEDIVE
57
Actor Jeremy : IRONS
58
Strait-laced ones : BLUENOSES
59
Type of night club : DISCO
60
Female bear, in Bologna : ORSA
61
Image on a radar screen : BLIP
62
Widgeon : SMEE
63
Prime for a crime : ABET
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Start of a counting-out refrain : EENY
Down
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Main St. light : NEON
2
Late satirical cartoonist : ARNO
3
Makes lace : TATS
4
Alternate : OTHER
5
Kin of Mr. Chips's portrayer : DONATS
6
"Ship ___!" : AHOY
7
Lass : MISS
8
He wrote "The Raven" : POE
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Mother ___, U.S. saint : SETON
10
Durante nickname : SCHNOZZOLA
11
Quaker pronoun : THEE
12
Sun. orations : SERS
15
Arctic scenery : BERGS
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Believer in selfhood : EGOIST
20
Slayer: Comb. form : CIDE
22
Shot from ambush : SNIPED
23
Debussy work : LAMER
24
Paris school : ECOLE
25
Beat, but barely : WINBYANOSE
27
Plan : LAYOUT
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Actor Delon : ALAIN
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"The Old ___ Bucket" : OAKEN
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Woman's garment : DRESS
33
Actor Billy ___ Williams : DEE
35
Neck, in Nice : COU
38
Kin of a dash : HYPHEN
40
Tenor Carreras : JOSE
43
Hoffman role in "Midnight Cowboy" : RATSO
44
Oust a senator : UNSEAT
47
Detective Philo : VANCE
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Baked-clay structure : ADOBE
50
Assists : AIDS
51
Harsh : GRIM
52
Org. for workers' rights : NLRB
53
A river at York : OUSE
54
Offshore sight : ISLE
55
Blood vessel : VEIN
56
Notice : ESPY
58
Feathery stole : BOA

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

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