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Bette Sue Cohen
Bette Sue Cohen

New York Times, Tuesday, June 15, 1982

40-Down : First name of the star of 57 Across

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 246 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 22.0
Bette Sue Cohen has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

NYT mistake in 65-Across entry, which should be ERIK (not ERIC); could not fix.

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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,907
Across
1
Carlyle was one : SCOT
5
"I Remember ___" : MAMA
9
Flop on Broadway : BOMB
13
Finish line : TAPE
14
Curtail : ELIDE
16
Single : UNAL
17
Mad. & Lex. : AVES
18
Column style : IONIC
19
Command to Felix : SCAT
20
These are new for you to view : FIRSTRUNMOVIES
23
Natural aptitude : FLAIR
24
Dash : ELAN
25
Canvas holder : EASEL
29
Sun issuance : ENERGY
33
King Kong, for one : APE
36
Brinkley or Hartman : DAVID
38
Vendition : SALE
39
Medium in the news : CABLETELEVISION
43
Scarlett's home : TARA
44
Literary gathering : SALON
45
Wt. measures : LBS
46
Excite : AROUSE
49
Bevels : CANTS
51
Decorate again : REDO
53
High perch : ROOST
57
Film about Archie Rice: 1960 : THEENTERTAINER
62
Bank transaction : LOAN
63
Roman rooms : ATRIA
64
"___ Smile Be Your Umbrella" : LETA
65
Estrada : ERIC
66
Import : SENSE
67
Jacket or collar : ETON
68
Erase : DELE
69
Quantity of film : REEL
70
Meredith and Knotts : DONS
Down
1
Mace : STAFF
2
Criticize : CAVIL
3
"Norma," e.g. : OPERA
4
O'Shea of music-hall fame : TESSIE
5
Bergman TV role : MEIR
6
Baseball's Matty : ALOU
7
St. Paul's state : MINN
8
Stop on ___ : ADIME
9
Show ___ : BUSINESS
10
Story starter : ONCE
11
Author of "Serpico" : MAAS
12
Sandwich, for short : BLT
15
French school : ECOLE
21
Do business : TRADE
22
Heflin or Johnson : VAN
26
Mat. day : SAT
27
Arden et al. : EVES
28
Pale purple flower : LILAC
30
Good spot for a Preakness entry : RAIL
31
Lumpish mass : GLOB
32
Hankerings : YENS
33
Minutes of a meeting : ACTA
34
Carson's predecessor : PAAR
35
Tortosa's river : EBRO
37
Designer ___ Renta : DELA
40
First name of the star of 57 Across : LAURENCE
41
Actor Max ___ Sydow : VON
42
Prefix with mural : INTRA
47
Archdiocese : SEE
48
Best and Wallace Hopper : EDNAS
50
Not clean as a whistle : SOILED
52
Weasel's kin : OTTER
54
___ a customer : ONETO
55
"Green Darkness" author : SETON
56
Prefix with port : TRANS
57
Anagram for rote : TORE
58
Spheric precipitation : HAIL
59
Sea eagle : ERNE
60
Soprano Stevens : RISE
61
Former Chinese monetary unit : TAEL
62
"I ___ Three Lives" : LED

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

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