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Bette Sue Cohen
Bette Sue Cohen

New York Times, Thursday, July 14, 1983

16-Across : " ... Passion, or the ___ of the heart": Poe

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 28.7
Bette Sue Cohen has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,301
Across
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Subsequently : THEN
5
Double or blind follower : DATE
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To be, in Brest : ETRE
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Selassie : HAILE
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Main stem of a plant : AXIS
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Hospital photograph : XRAY
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" ... Passion, or the ___ of the heart": Poe : EXCITEMENT
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River into the Ouse : AIRE
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"Ferd'nand" cartoonist : MIK
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Walked on : TROD
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Shabby : RAGGED
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Esau's father-in-law : ELON
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Child cowboy's cry : BANG
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Wheedles : COAXES
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Placed in the middle : CENTERED
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Black-and-blue : LIVID
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At ___ last : LONG
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Decorate again : REDO
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Cry of sorrow : ALAS
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Recoil : WINCE
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Finished a flight : ALIT
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What the weary don't get : REST
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Oriental nursemaid : AMAH
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Vapid : STALE
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This might well be well : ARTESIAN
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Bent : FLEXED
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Bar refreshment : NUTS
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Prevailing attitude : MOOD
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Phillips ___ Academy, N.H. : EXETER
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Gertrude of radio fame : BERG
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Place to slow one's pace : SPA
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Matthew's original name : LEVI
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Flock of larks : EXALTATION
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Solo for "Bubbles" : ARIA
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Missile-storage place : SILO
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He runs with Johnson : NIXON
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Flanders of fiction : MOLL
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Caesar and Silvers : SIDS
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Mizar is one : STAR
Down
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Judd Hirsch's TV series : TAXI
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Boondocks resident : HICK
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Clockmaker Terry : ELI
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Vexed : NETTLED
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Legendary Syracusan : DAMON
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Fired : AXED
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Part of pewter : TIN
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Alienate : ESTRANGE
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Opposite of minimized : EXAGGERATED
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Smart-looking : TRIG
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Recherché : RARE
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Watched sharply : EYED
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Fashion's bottom line : HEM
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Piccadilly Circus figure : EROS
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Colony denizen : ANT
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Like Sartre's philosophy : EXISTENTIAL
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Scrubs' perch : BENCH
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Bow or Barton : CLARA
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Fuel ship : OILER
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Nautical command : AVAST
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Schwarzenegger role : CONAN
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Advice to a workaholic : RELAX
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Cato was one : EDILE
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___ on (adored) : DOTED
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California crop : LIMAS
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Occupation for Alice : WAITRESS
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Shibboleths : SLOGANS
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Bring action against : SUE
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"___ Apache, the Bronx" : FORT
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Cyclades island : MELOS
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Character actor Jack : ELAM
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Dry: Comb. form : XERO
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Sinful : EVIL
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Glabrous : BALD
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Shoe size : SIXA
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Penurious : POOR
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___-Margret : ANN
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Roman time for lunch : XII
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Long-tailed bird : TIT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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