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Bette Sue Cohen
Bette Sue Cohen

New York Times, Tuesday, July 22, 1980

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Y Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 34.7
Bette Sue Cohen has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,214
Across
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Aficionado's abode : CASA
5
Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
10
From ___ to stern : STEM
14
Kind of tournament : OPEN
15
Undisturbed : QUIET
16
Operated a loom : WOVE
17
Dave ___ of N.B.A. fame : BING
18
Suffix with fraud : ULENT
19
Range : AREA
20
Sight at Candlestick Park : BASEBALLDIAMOND
23
Uneven : ALOP
24
Dernier ___ : CRI
25
Caught : GOT
27
End : PURPOSE
31
Auto racing stat. : MPH
34
Long-running title role : ABIE
36
Inlets : RIAS
37
Gridiron's "Greasy" : NEALE
39
Arrowhead, in Kansas City : FOOTBALLSTADIUM
42
Compete with a foil : FENCE
43
Oriental prince : EMIR
44
Grafted, in heraldry : ENTE
45
Superman's insignia : ESS
46
Tenants : LESSEES
49
Kind of game : CON
50
Ice-hockey team : SIX
51
Saarinen : EERO
53
Sight at Boston Garden : BASKETBALLCOURT
61
Moslem title : AGHA
62
Indian princess : RANEE
63
Fit of shivering : GRUE
64
Outscore : BEAT
65
Off the mark : AMISS
66
Girl in a Salinger tale : ESME
67
The favorite's got it : EDGE
68
Seasons : SALTS
69
Agents, for short : REPS
Down
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All-time batting champ : COBB
2
Samoan seaport : APIA
3
Superstars, e.g. : SENSATIONS
4
California ball player : ANGEL
5
Distilled water : AQUAPURA
6
Garner : CULL
7
Sky over France : CIEL
8
Tear : REND
9
Loci for old toys : ATTICS
10
Pundit : SWAMI
11
Underdog in a certain ring : TORO
12
Neck and neck : EVEN
13
Drink of fermented honey : MEAD
21
Kind of jazz : BOP
22
Madison Square Garden is one : ARENA
25
Social blunder : GAFFE
26
Bassoons' kin : OBOES
28
Gets under one's skin : RILES
29
Victory symbols : PALMS
30
Actor Davis : OSSIE
31
Entree, in the U.S.A. : MAINCOURSE
32
Disney dog : PLUTO
33
John Wayne types : HEMEN
35
List cutoff : ETC
38
Dutch commune : EDE
40
Contradict : BELIE
41
Like a tundra : TREELESS
47
People in a cast of thousands : EXTRAS
48
Dry, as wine : SEC
50
Do a figure eight : SKATE
52
Miler Bannister : ROGER
53
Ruth or Didrikson : BABE
54
Ancient : AGED
55
Chase fly balls : SHAG
56
Bear Bryant's team : BAMA
57
Indigo : ANIL
58
For fear that : LEST
59
Cut of beef : RUMP
60
Eighteen spots at Doral : TEES

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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