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Betty Jane Cometa
Betty Jane Cometa

New York Times, Friday, August 20, 1982

Author:
Cometa
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 17.3
Betty Jane Cometa has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Cometa is an alias for Betty Jane Cometa.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,973
Across
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Rhinitis : COLD
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Theme of this puzzle : GAMES
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McCullers' "sad" place : CAFE
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Medicinal plant : ALOE
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"___ at the office" : IGAVE
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Allay : LULL
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Pope in 903 : LEOV
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Waistcoat : GILET
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Russian sea : ARAL
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Exclusive enterprise? : MONOPOLY
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"What's in ___?" : ANAME
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Roofer's item : TILE
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Armlet and anklet : BANGLES
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Stakes house? : CASINO
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Flits? : DARTS
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"___ Perpetua" (Idaho motto) : ESTO
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___-frutti : TUTTI
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Conjunction : BUT
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Oriental cloakroom attendants? : CHINESECHECKERS
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Cash ending : IER
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Egyptian group : COPTS
41
Actress Swenson : INGA
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"___ not lost": Milton : ALLIS
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Separate : SUNDER
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Fussy female? : OLDMAID
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Await decision : PEND
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Fauna form : BEAST
50
Canonical cloaks? : DOMINOES
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Inactive : IDLE
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Service color : KHAKI
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"(___ as you and I!)": Kipling : EVEN
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Title of respect, in Malay : TUAN
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French writer Jean : GENET
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Indira's gown : SARI
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Skewer : SPIT
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Brassy sound : BLARE
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Swill : SLOP
Down
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Soothe : CALM
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___ strut on a plane : OLEO
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"___ Lake," Doctorow novel : LOON
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Piety : DEVOTION
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Woman's paid escort : GIGOLO
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Nimble : AGILE
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"Honi soit qui ___ pense" : MALY
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Baxter role: 1950 : EVE
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Gelled : SET
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Cymbal sounds : CLANGS
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Of hearing : AURAL
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Girl in a torch song : FLAME
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French pronoun : ELLES
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Wrestling term : PIN
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Ludicrous : ANTIC
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Spas : BATHS
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"Vissi d'___," Puccini aria : ARTE
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Chickpeas: It. : CECI
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Davis Cup captain : ASHE
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Budge : STIR
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Pipes for cables : DUCTS
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Wishy-washy : TEPID
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Stoop : BEND
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Desire : URGE
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Autocrat : TSAR
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Acclaim : ECLAT
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Certain songs : SOLI
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Benevolence : KINDNESS
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"I ___ with broom before ... ": Shak. : AMSENT
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A scion of Shem : SEMITE
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Prefix with cycle or verse : UNI
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Some biog. sketches : OBITS
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Approached gradually, with "to" : LEDUP
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___ Lama : DALAI
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Jabber? : POKER
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Actor Andrews : DANA
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___ Office : OVAL
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Saarinen : EERO
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Bit of fabric : SNIP
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Russian C.I.A. : KGB
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Loki's daughter : HEL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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