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Bette Sue Cohen
Bette Sue Cohen

New York Times, Wednesday, November 25, 1987

62-Across : Tree of the birch family

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Bette Sue Cohen has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,896
Across
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Reps. : AGTS
5
South American plain : CAMPO
10
Singer-actor Nelson : EDDY
14
Sour : TART
15
Relating to birds : AVIAN
16
Perlman of "Cheers" : RHEA
17
Minuet section : TRIO
18
Actress Berger : SENTA
19
Winglike : ALAR
20
Author of "The Way West" : ABGUTHRIE
22
Bear : STAND
23
Bette Davis's "___'N' That" : THIS
24
Not at all, in Dogpatch : NOHOW
26
Block follower : ADE
29
Immobility : INERTIA
31
Privileges, briefly : RTS
34
" ... I ___ to Company G": Bishop : BELONG
36
Time before Easter : HOLYWEEK
38
Hawkeye Pierce actor : ALDA
39
Craggy hill : TOR
40
Nay voter : ANTI
41
Brief period of time : SHORTRUN
44
Enmity : RANCOR
46
___ et ubique (here and everywhere) : HIC
47
Subscribed again : RENEWED
49
Inner: Comb. form : ENT
50
Direct : TRAIN
52
He loves: Lat. : AMAT
54
Porch : STOOP
56
Author of "A Room With a View" : EMFORSTER
61
Illustrious warrior : HERO
62
Tree of the birch family : ALDER
63
Jason's ship : ARGO
64
Moat anagram : ATOM
65
Legatees : HEIRS
66
Artery : ROAD
67
Moist : DEWY
68
Spring : ARISE
69
Auld lang ___ : SYNE
Down
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
2
Dress : GARB
3
Prim : TRIG
4
Brave : STOUT
5
Action at a bank : CASHING
6
Disinclined : AVERSE
7
With 33 Down, Quant creation : MINI
8
Certain D.C. official : PATENTOR
9
Out ___ limb : ONA
10
Greek Muse : ERATO
11
"Sons and Lovers" author : DHLAWRENCE
12
Rusk or Martin : DEAN
13
0.9144 meter : YARD
21
Like Hammett's man : THIN
22
Holmes vehicle : SHAY
25
Cruet filler : OIL
26
Embarrass : ABASH
27
Territory in India : DELHI
28
"Loon Lake" author : ELDOCTOROW
30
Arles's river : RHONE
32
Wyo.'s ___ Range : TETON
33
See 7 Down : SKIRT
35
Row : OAR
37
Pallid : WAN
39
Mole, at times : TUNNELER
42
Mouth: Slang : TRAP
43
Defendants in court : REI
44
Self-reproach : REMORSE
45
Jewish month : ADAR
48
Thin, crisp crackers : WAFERS
51
Spacious : ROOMY
53
Autocrats : TSARS
54
Herringlike fish : SHAD
55
Head, to Pierre : TETE
57
DCCLI doubled : MDII
58
Hector's home : TROY
59
Actor in "A Summer Place" : EGAN
60
Emulated Sheridan : RODE
62
Cry of triumph : AHA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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