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Betty Jorgensen
Betty Jorgensen

New York Times, Wednesday, August 3, 1988

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 21.5
Betty Jorgensen has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 8 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,148
Across
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Columbus's departure city: 1492 : PALOS
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Elec. current units : AMPS
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___-free : SCOT
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Polishing abrasive : EMERY
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A Roosevelt : SARA
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Actress Raines : ELLA
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With full force : AMAIN
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Iraq's foe : IRAN
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Source of many news items : LEAK
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What you'd be, according to Cole Porter : OHSOEASYTOLOVE
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Harem room : ODA
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Otologist's specialty : EAR
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Auxiliary verb : BEEN
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Incursion : RAID
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F.D.R. gave his by the fireside : CHATS
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Shade tree : ELM
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W.W. II battle site : STLO
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Homo sapiens : HUMAN
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Kind of ditty to sing: 1930 : SOMETHINGSIMPLE
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La Scala production : OPERA
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Angered : IRED
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Mauna ___ : LOA
46
Silver or copper : METAL
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Read quickly : SCAN
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Hang : PEND
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Initials for mind reading : ESP
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Women's patriotic org. : DAR
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April forecast : RAIN
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Make more comfortable : EASE
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He wrote "Voyage aux Pyrénées" : TAINE
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Fish lung : GILL
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Former despot : TSAR
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Brilliance : ECLAT
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Paris airport : ORLY
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Close : SHUT
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Hunts for bargains : SHOPS
Down
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Kind of jacket : PEA
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Gun fodder, for short : AMMO
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Jacob's first wife : LEAH
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Prayer : ORISON
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Church council : SYNOD
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Huge land mass : ASIA
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Red planet : MARS
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Entreated : PRAYED
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Claus or Cruz : SANTA
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Vend : SELL
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Asp's victim, for short : CLEO
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Norwegian king : OLAV
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Capture : TAKE
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Blue planet : EARTH
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Shade of purple : ORCHID
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Colonial wife's broom : BESOM
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Skip formal nuptials : ELOPE
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Irish patriot : EMMET
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___ Baba : ALI
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Kind of column : IONIC
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Wordless vocal music : HUM
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Enough and maybe more : AMPLE
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Claw : TALON
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Golfdom great : SNEAD
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More vapid : STALER
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NOW aim : ERA
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Sweetheart, in Eire : GRA
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Ships : SENDS
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Spatter : SPLASH
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Sermonize : PREACH
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Editor's instructive words : STETS
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Sweetens the kitty : ANTES
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Therefore : ERGO
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Equitable : FAIR
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Sate : FILL
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Merely : ONLY
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Biblical twin : ESAU
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Spanish painter: 1876-1945 : SERT
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Farm structure : SILO
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Cinch : SNAP
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French connections : ETS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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