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Bette Sue Cohen
Bette Sue Cohen

New York Times, Thursday, March 30, 1978

41-Across : Gasoline and Tin Pan

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 34.1 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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C
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H
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U
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M
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O
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A
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T
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S
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C
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T
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H
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D
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A
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D
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I
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C
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C
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T
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A
D
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P
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N
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L
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B
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P
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C
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,456
Across
1
Sidekick : CHUM
5
Vow : OATH
9
Skiddoo! : SCAT
13
Round dance of Rumania : HORA
14
Water plants : ALGAE
15
Weary Willie : HOBO
16
Book by Agatha Christie : EVILUNDERTHESUN
19
Took umbrage : RESENTED
20
Make effervescent : AERATE
21
Leo : LION
22
Gallic family man : PERE
23
Ponce ___ : DELEON
26
Bog : MIRE
27
Fluttery fuss : ADO
30
French resort : EVIAN
31
Tittle : IOTA
32
Ball of yarn : CLEW
33
Book by Agatha Christie : CARDSONTHETABLE
36
Actress Rehan et al. : ADAS
37
Tactic : PLOY
38
City near Buffalo : OLEAN
39
Paul or Brown : LES
40
It crosses the bar : BEER
41
Gasoline and Tin Pan : ALLEYS
42
Larboard : PORT
43
To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
44
Bloom that bloomed in London : CLAIRE
47
American poet and critic: 1825–1903 : STODDARD
51
Book by Agatha Christie, with "A" : POCKETFULLOFRYE
53
Poker stake : ANTE
54
Button on a calculator : TOTAL
55
Burden of proof : ONUS
56
Char the surface of : SEAR
57
Logging equipment : AXES
58
Grade : RANK
Down
1
Chastity's mother : CHER
2
___ to (halted at sea) : HOVE
3
"Exodus" author : URIS
4
Principal actors : MALELEADS
5
Of yore : OLDEN
6
Like Enos, in the Bible : AGED
7
Seaman : TAR
8
Greek courtesans : HETAERAE
9
Author Hite : SHERE
10
___ Nostra : COSA
11
Be up against : ABUT
12
Franchot of film fame : TONE
14
Chekhov : ANTON
17
Marriages : UNIONS
18
Word with after or by : HERE
22
Concise : PITHY
23
Decorative design : DECAL
24
Sidestep : EVADE
25
Turkish pounds : LIRAS
26
Engine : MOTOR
27
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" playwright : ALBEE
28
Result of a detour : DELAY
29
Olympian who stunned Hitler : OWENS
31
Culvert opening : INLET
32
"He ___ his fiddlers three" : CALLEDFOR
34
"H.M.S. Pinafore" is one : OPERETTA
35
El Greco's city : TOLEDO
40
Evoke yawns : BORE
41
Ring-shaped island : ATOLL
42
Skinflint : PIKER
43
Collection of maps : ATLAS
44
Accountants: Abbr. : CPAS
45
Word with Ranger or Star : LONE
46
Recorded proceedings : ACTA
47
Flock of mallards : SUTE
48
Wild water buffalo : ARNA
49
Famous miler : RYUN
50
Escritoire : DESK
52
Reynard : FOX

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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