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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, August 21, 1991

8-Down : Presenting a general view

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 40.4
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,261
Across
1
Attention-getting word : AHEM
5
Some P.M. periods : AFTS
9
Take as one's own : ADOPT
14
Alpha follower : BETA
15
Sport : PLAY
16
Breed of cattle or sheep : DEVON
17
Apiece : EACH
18
Actor Rip : TORN
19
Out in the open : OVERT
20
Start of a quip : THATOUTOFWORK
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Become oxidized : RUST
24
Structure in Avignon : PONT
25
West Coast shrub : SALAL
28
Fill up : SATE
30
General Bradley : OMAR
34
Afghan neighbors : IRANIS
36
Uncle ___, richest of the Gumps : BIM
37
The Beaver St. : ORE
38
More of the quip : STRIPPERCANFIND
42
Succor : AID
43
"___ Loser," Beatles song : IMA
44
Approached : NEARED
45
___-majesté : LESE
47
Terza ___ (Dante's verse form) : RIMA
49
Lab bottles : VIALS
50
Wahines' garlands : LEIS
52
Liang : TAEL
54
End of the quip : NOACTSTOGRIND
59
Deserve : MERIT
60
Hebrides island : IONA
61
Lack : NEED
63
Prosperous church society : AMANA
64
German-Polish border river : ODER
65
Argonauts' quest: 1848-49 : GOLD
66
Meted : DOLED
67
Indicates agreement : NODS
68
Agitated state : SNIT
Down
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Presidential nickname : ABE
2
What cooks must take : HEAT
3
Delineate : ETCH
4
Former title for an Indian princess : MAHARANI
5
Town near Santa Cruz, Calif. : APTOS
6
Scoffs at : FLOUTS
7
Fruity pastry : TART
8
Presenting a general view : SYNOPTIC
9
"___ the long years": G.B.S. : ADOWN
10
Pulitzer Prize writer: 1948 : DEVOTO
11
Finished : OVER
12
Scrapple ingredient : PORK
13
Blast material : TNT
21
Holland flower : TULIP
22
Enemy : FOEMAN
25
Agave fiber : SISAL
26
Bandleader Shaw : ARTIE
27
Enriches the roast : LARDS
29
President James ___ Garfield : ABRAM
31
Ballerina Shearer : MOIRA
32
Manufactured fiber : ARNEL
33
Salmons' spawning grounds : REDDS
35
Angel or demon : SPIRIT
39
Discharge : EMISSION
40
At no time : NEVER
41
Weaknesses : FAILINGS
46
Actress Stritch : ELAINE
48
Made up for : ATONED
51
Outward : ECTAD
53
Thickening agents : AGARS
54
Verne's captain : NEMO
55
Evangelist Roberts : ORAL
56
Brouhaha : TODO
57
Garish light : NEON
58
Sub's base? : DELI
59
Like Carroll's hatter : MAD
62
Banned insecticide : DDT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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