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Bette Sue Cohen
Bette Sue Cohen

New York Times, Wednesday, April 9, 1980

15-Across : Average

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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. 11,110
Across
1
"Grand" batting feat : SLAM
5
"La Douce" : IRMA
9
Record-breaker Hank : AARON
14
Entire: Comb. form : HOLO
15
Average : MEAN
16
Lane in London : DRURY
17
Civil liberties org. : ACLU
18
Type of hairdo : AFRO
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Miss by ___ : AMILE
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Announcer's report on a home run : GOINGGOINGGONE
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Active one : DOER
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"___ the ramparts ... " : OER
25
Heartsease : PANSY
28
Record-breaker Roger : MARIS
31
Ott of Polo Grounds fame : MEL
34
Atmospheres : AROMAS
36
Scored more runs : WON
37
Renown : FAME
38
Fine fielding feat : SHOESTRINGCATCH
41
East Indian hemp : SUNN
42
Shutout spoiler : RUN
43
"Third Reich" author : SHIRER
44
D.C.-from-Chi. direction : ESE
45
City on the Red River : FARGO
47
Iroquois members : ERIES
48
___ Deco : ART
49
Biting remark : BARB
51
Mets, Reds et al. : NATIONALLEAGUE
58
Arms and wings : LIMBS
59
Medit. language : ITAL
60
Peer : LORD
61
Of the hipbone : ILIAC
62
Phillies' Rose : PETE
63
Dip : LADE
64
Slow, to Solti : LENTO
65
Observed : SEEN
66
Hit with a bean ball : STUN
Down
1
Chase fly balls : SHAG
2
Nuts : LOCO
3
" ... monarch of ___ survey" : ALLI
4
Hurlers : MOUNDSMEN
5
Candidate's concern : IMAGE
6
What K. M. Landis instituted : REFORM
7
Spouse, in Savoie : MARI
8
Shortly : ANON
9
Saws : ADAGES
10
Lancelot's gear : ARMOR
11
Decaying state : RUIN
12
Heraldic border : ORLE
13
U.S. humorist: 1850-96 : NYE
21
"Naked Maja," etc. : GOYAS
22
___-on (activities) : GOINGS
25
In no way mod : PASSE
26
Danish port : ARHUS
27
Nary a soul : NOONE
29
"On ___ and a prayer" : AWING
30
Yankees' Guidry : RON
31
Mother: Comb. form : MATRI
32
Mike person : EMCEE
33
Glassmakers' ovens : LEHRS
35
Prefix with sphere : STRATO
37
Umpires' calls : FAIRBALLS
39
Capek play : RUR
40
___ amie : CHERE
45
Giants' burg : FRISCO
46
Like a flattened ball : OBLATE
48
Awaiting the pitch : ATBAT
50
Announcer Mel (see 20 Across) : ALLEN
51
Egypt's lifeline : NILE
52
Idi : AMIN
53
Beats by a run : NIPS
54
To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
55
Player who loses the game : GOAT
56
Pakistani tongue : URDU
57
Garden spot : EDEN
58
___ Abner : LIL

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

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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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