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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Thursday, August 20, 1987

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 11.9
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,799
Across
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Lens aperture : STOP
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Fodder plants : TARES
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Jettison : DUMP
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She's back in town : LULU
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Seaport in SW Japan : OMUTA
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To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
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Gen. Patton : OLDBLOODANDGUTS
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Command to a horse : GEE
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Helm position : ALEE
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Showy bird : EGRET
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Weaving defect : SCOB
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Climbs up : ASCENDS
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Alfred E. Smith : HAPPYWARRIOR
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One of the Greats : ERIE
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The Tent Maker : OMAR
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Retrieving dog, for short : LAB
35
Rip apart : REND
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Sudden energetic spurt : SPASM
38
"Cavalleria" temptress : LOLA
39
Pilcorn, e.g. : OAT
40
Hardens : GELS
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Type of type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Ehrich Weiss : GREATHOUDINI
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Inculcate : IMPLANT
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As well : ALSO
50
"My ___ days,/When I was green ... ": Shak. : SALAD
51
Wave on la mer : ONDE
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Alias, for short : AKA
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Perry of the Bears : THEREFRIGERATOR
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Czech name for the Elbe : LABE
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Pleasant changes : OASES
61
Asian desert : GOBI
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Compass points : ENES
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Motionless : INERT
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Mimed : APED
Down
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Move with difficulty : SLOG
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Marsh bulrush : TULE
3
Word with shoppe : OLDE
4
Place for darts : PUB
5
"___ they build ... "': Young : TOOLOW
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One-celled animal : AMOEBA
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Uncivil : RUDE
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Letter from Piraeus : ETA
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Honorific Japanese suffix : SAN
10
Printer's obelisk : DAGGER
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Driver's maneuver : UTURN
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Apportioned : METED
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Mosquitoes, e.g. : PESTS
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Covered with Alençon : LACY
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Restaurateur's concern : DECOR
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Hastened : SPED
24
What Venus de Milo is missing : ARMS
25
Thailand, once : SIAM
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Edible submarine : HERO
27
Tract : AREA
28
Four noggins : PINT
29
Cook without liquid : ROAST
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Louis Marie Julien Viaud : LOTI
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Lyricist ___ Jay Lerner : ALAN
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Romantic island : BALI
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Espied : SEEN
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Plan for building lots : PLAT
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Beach resort : LIDO
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Teacher's decision : GRADE
42
Stares angrily : GLARES
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Closet adjunct : HANGER
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Adjective for Methuselah : OLDEST
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Addict : USER
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Basket fiber : ISTLE
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U.S. naval historian : MAHAN
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Freshman cadet : PLEBE
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Seine feeder : OISE
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On the peak : ATOP
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Japanese seaport : KOBE
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Saharan : ARID
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Faith, in France : FOI
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Sought elective office : RAN
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Moslem chief : AGA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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