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Bette Sue Cohen
Bette Sue Cohen

New York Times, Thursday, July 14, 1983

23-Across : Esau's father-in-law

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Bette Sue Cohen has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,301
Across
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Subsequently : THEN
5
Double or blind follower : DATE
9
To be, in Brest : ETRE
13
Selassie : HAILE
14
Main stem of a plant : AXIS
15
Hospital photograph : XRAY
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" ... Passion, or the ___ of the heart": Poe : EXCITEMENT
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River into the Ouse : AIRE
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"Ferd'nand" cartoonist : MIK
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Walked on : TROD
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Shabby : RAGGED
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Esau's father-in-law : ELON
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Child cowboy's cry : BANG
25
Wheedles : COAXES
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Placed in the middle : CENTERED
32
Black-and-blue : LIVID
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At ___ last : LONG
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Decorate again : REDO
35
Cry of sorrow : ALAS
36
Recoil : WINCE
37
Finished a flight : ALIT
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What the weary don't get : REST
39
Oriental nursemaid : AMAH
40
Vapid : STALE
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This might well be well : ARTESIAN
43
Bent : FLEXED
44
Bar refreshment : NUTS
45
Prevailing attitude : MOOD
46
Phillips ___ Academy, N.H. : EXETER
49
Gertrude of radio fame : BERG
50
Place to slow one's pace : SPA
53
Matthew's original name : LEVI
54
Flock of larks : EXALTATION
57
Solo for "Bubbles" : ARIA
58
Missile-storage place : SILO
59
He runs with Johnson : NIXON
60
Flanders of fiction : MOLL
61
Caesar and Silvers : SIDS
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Mizar is one : STAR
Down
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Judd Hirsch's TV series : TAXI
2
Boondocks resident : HICK
3
Clockmaker Terry : ELI
4
Vexed : NETTLED
5
Legendary Syracusan : DAMON
6
Fired : AXED
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Part of pewter : TIN
8
Alienate : ESTRANGE
9
Opposite of minimized : EXAGGERATED
10
Smart-looking : TRIG
11
Recherché : RARE
12
Watched sharply : EYED
13
Fashion's bottom line : HEM
17
Piccadilly Circus figure : EROS
22
Colony denizen : ANT
23
Like Sartre's philosophy : EXISTENTIAL
24
Scrubs' perch : BENCH
25
Bow or Barton : CLARA
26
Fuel ship : OILER
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Nautical command : AVAST
28
Schwarzenegger role : CONAN
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Advice to a workaholic : RELAX
30
Cato was one : EDILE
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___ on (adored) : DOTED
33
California crop : LIMAS
36
Occupation for Alice : WAITRESS
40
Shibboleths : SLOGANS
42
Bring action against : SUE
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"___ Apache, the Bronx" : FORT
45
Cyclades island : MELOS
46
Character actor Jack : ELAM
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Dry: Comb. form : XERO
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Sinful : EVIL
49
Glabrous : BALD
50
Shoe size : SIXA
51
Penurious : POOR
52
___-Margret : ANN
55
Roman time for lunch : XII
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Long-tailed bird : TIT

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

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