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Bette Sue Cohen
Bette Sue Cohen

New York Times, Wednesday, April 28, 1982

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 28.0
Bette Sue Cohen has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,859
Across
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Winged predator : EAGLE
6
Solemn, nocturnal group : OWLS
10
Spartan queen : LEDA
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Closet item : BROOM
15
Tootsies : FEET
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City south of Moscow : OREL
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Sitting pretty : ONTOPOFTHEWORLD
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Served poorly, in tennis : NETTED
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Resort near Bradenton : SARASOTA
22
Silkworm : ERIA
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Murals of a Mexican master : RIVERAS
25
Early American landlords : PATROONS
29
MCMI to MM, e.g. : CEN
30
Actress Merkel : UNA
31
"In a sort of ___ rhyme": Poe : RUNIC
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Kind of race : RELAY
37
U. of Md. athlete : TERP
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Bristlelike : SETAL
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Twice penta : DECA
42
Turf : SWARD
44
Spanish sherry : XERES
46
Haw's partner : HEM
47
L.B.J.'s antipoverty agcy. : OEO
49
Estate managers : STEWARDS
51
Merle and a fairy king : OBERONS
55
Clean the orlop : SWAB
56
Islamic sights : MINARETS
58
Items in one's favor : ASSETS
62
From the ___ (without reservation) : BOTTOMOFMYHEART
64
Infinitive in Finistère : ETRE
65
Wings, in botany : ALAE
66
Come after : ENSUE
67
Alpha and beta : RAYS
68
Sequent : NEXT
69
Soak in hot water : STEEP
Down
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Quite dark : EBON
2
Composer of "Rosamond" : ARNE
3
Deity, in Düsseldorf : GOTT
4
Post-riot criminal : LOOTER
5
Quartet by Haydn : EMPEROR
6
On a holiday : OFF
7
Antiprohibitionists : WETS
8
"Alone at Last" composer : LEHAR
9
Of the spacing of atoms in a molecule : STERIC
10
Relaxed a bit : LOOSENED
11
Faux pas : ERROR
12
Triangular letter : DELTA
13
Robert and Alan : ALDAS
18
Disgusting : ODIOUS
19
Vacillate : WAVER
23
Subjoin : ANNEX
25
Tosses the shot : PUTS
26
Freshly : ANEW
27
Mitchell ménage : TARA
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Loci : SITES
32
Tumbrels : CARTS
34
Noted comic: 1896–1950 : LEHR
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Opposite of 20 Across : ACED
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Vitamin A sources : YAMS
38
Applies percentages to : PRORATES
40
Elbow room : LEEWAY
43
Rio ___, Spanish Sahara : DEORO
45
Splashing sounds : SWASHES
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Kind of band : ONEMAN
50
Keep (oneself) away : ABSENT
51
Game played with 40 cards : OMBER
52
Natural life of a region : BIOTA
53
Bookkeeper's item : ENTRY
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Wrap : STOLE
57
Tunisian city : SFAX
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Ameliorate; allay : EASE
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Accurately formed : TRUE
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Kind of ladder : STEP
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Foster or Kingman : MET

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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