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Bette Sue Cohen
Bette Sue Cohen

New York Times, Wednesday, April 11, 1984

24-Across : They go before P's and Q's

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 35.0
Bette Sue Cohen has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,573
Across
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Deep sleep : SOPOR
6
Cut down : HEWN
10
Common rhyme scheme : ABAB
14
Belief : CREDO
15
Composer Siegmeister : ELIE
16
N.Y.C. museum : MOMA
17
Very seldom : ONCEINABLUEMOON
20
Treat in Tijuana : TACO
21
Of diodes, triodes, etc. : ELECTRONIC
22
Carpenter and soldier : ANTS
24
They go before P's and Q's : OES
25
Cow's chew : CUD
27
Uinta Mountains' state : UTAH
30
Designate anew : RENAME
35
Japanese sash : OBI
36
Plummer parts : ROLES
38
Uneven : ALOP
39
Complete surprise : BOLTFROMTHEBLUE
43
Indonesian isle : BALI
44
"___ from the Vienna Woods" : TALES
45
Homophone for heir : ERE
46
One of a film trio : STOOGE
49
Kind of shark : LOAN
50
Pump liquid : GAS
51
Mischievous one : ELF
53
Start of Caesar's report : VENI
55
Make an acronym of, perhaps : ABBREVIATE
61
Facility : EASE
64
Carefully picked jury : BLUERIBBONPANEL
66
Art of songdom : LUND
67
Enlist again, as a G.I. : REUP
68
Killer whales : ORCAS
69
Tokyo, once : YEDO
70
TV's Johnson : ARTE
71
Grenoble's river : ISERE
Down
1
Burns or Watt : SCOT
2
Wine measure in Trieste : ORNA
3
Slight fault : PECCADILLO
4
Gray's "___ the Spring" : ODEON
5
Louis XIV, e.g. : ROI
6
Free from evil : HEAL
7
Hamburg's river : ELBE
8
Roger's follower : WILCO
9
Asexual : NEUTER
10
G.I.'s fighting need : AMMO
11
Blessing : BOON
12
To me, in Paris : AMOI
13
Judge's bench : BANC
18
Wise old Greek : NESTOR
19
Gaelic : ERSE
23
Gang's territory : TURF
25
Baseball's Ty and family : COBBS
26
Convoy raider : UBOAT
28
"Loads" : ALOT
29
Of arteries, veins, etc. : HEMAL
31
Collar : NAB
32
It's often pledged : ALLEGIANCE
33
English pianist Lympany : MOURA
34
Rapiers' relatives : EPEES
37
Town near Omaha Beach : STLO
40
Pedro's uncle : TIO
41
Devaloka, to a Hindu : HEAVEN
42
Serf of yore : ESNE
47
Actor Will: 1902–78 : GEER
48
Soprano role in "Don Giovanni" : ELVIRA
52
Texture : FIBER
54
Approximates : NEARS
55
With competence : ABLY
56
Gloomy or indecent : BLUE
57
League : BUND
58
Offer a new version : REDO
59
Be juxtaposed with : ABUT
60
Small shark : TOPE
62
Brand : SEAR
63
In addition : ELSE
65
Taro-root food : POI

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

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