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Bette Sue Cohen
Bette Sue Cohen

New York Times, Monday, December 10, 1984

1-Down : Dexterous

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Bette Sue Cohen has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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D
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A
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V
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I
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D
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B
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E
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S
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J
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A
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M
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S
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E
L
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N
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C
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U
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F
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N
N
Y
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B
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D
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T
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T
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P
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B
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K
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S
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G
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T
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H
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M
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T
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R
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V
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E
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N
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C
R
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B
O
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R
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R
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M
O
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H
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R
T
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B
U
R
N
S
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L
E
E
S
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A
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O
N
C
E
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B
A
R
R
Y
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P
L
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M
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O
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P
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N
S
Y
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I
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A
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W
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O
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E
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D
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O
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G
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W
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V
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R
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O
N
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L
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N
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R
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L
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S
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,816
Across
1
Director Lean : DAVID
6
Porgy's woman : BESS
10
Predicaments : JAMS
14
Actress Verdugo : ELENA
15
Porter or Portman : ERIC
16
Monad : UNIT
17
She played the Palace : FANNYBRICE
19
Roy Rogers's wife : DALE
20
Demolition team's explosive : TNT
21
Narrative : TALE
22
Metalious's "___ Place" : PEYTON
24
Two-wheeled vehicle : BIKE
25
Hind's mate : STAG
26
Composition : THEME
28
Poe poem : THERAVEN
32
Jalopy : CRATE
33
Male guinea pig : BOAR
34
San ___, Italy : REMO
35
Powers or Wagner role : HART
36
Allen's partner at the Palace : BURNS
37
Majors and Grant : LEES
38
River into the Ouse : AIRE
39
"___ More, With Feeling," 1960 film : ONCE
40
Hearn's co-star at the Palace : BARRY
41
Site of a famous rock : PLYMOUTH
43
Colorful garden flower : PANSY
44
Adjective suffixes : IALS
45
Dry : ARID
46
"A ___ the wise ... " : WORDTO
49
Habeas corpus, e.g. : WRIT
50
Tokyo, formerly : EDO
53
Roman cit. : ITAL
54
She played the Palace : GWENVERDON
57
Balcony's rich cousin : LOGE
58
"Nil ___ bonum" : NISI
59
"___ the Titanic!," 1980 film : RAISE
60
Evil look : LEER
61
Suffix with luncheon : ETTE
62
Scoff : SNEER
Down
1
Dexterous : DEFT
2
A Ladd : ALAN
3
Outlet : VENT
4
Hostel : INN
5
Postdawn period : DAYTIME
6
He played the Palace : BERLE
7
Pa. city : ERIE
8
Incite to attack : SIC
9
Emblems of authority : SCEPTERS
10
She played the Palace : JUDYGARLAND
11
Med. subject : ANAT
12
Venus de ___ : MILO
13
British carbine : STEN
18
Set for 350°, e.g. : BAKE
23
Where the malleus is : EAR
24
She played the Palace : BETTEMIDLER
25
Role played by 2 Down : SHANE
26
Lag behind : TRAIL
27
Houdini who played the Palace : HARRY
28
Fierstein's "___ Song Trilogy" : TORCH
29
Swerves : VEERS
30
___ board : EMERY
31
Intrusive : NOSY
32
Crack : CHAP
33
Baseball ploys : BUNTS
36
French port : BOULOGNE
40
Tormentors : BAITERS
42
Bit for Dobbin : OAT
43
Not pub. : PRIV
45
Golfer Palmer : ARNIE
46
Rogers who played the Palace : WILL
47
Sioux Indian : OTOE
48
Sheldon's "___ of Angels" : RAGE
49
She played the Palace : WEST
50
Adams from Pa. : EDIE
51
Sedate, in a way : DOSE
52
Standout : ONER
55
Humor : WIT
56
Fled : RAN

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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