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Bette Sue Cohen
Bette Sue Cohen

New York Times, Monday, July 12, 1982

46-Across : Seer at Delphi

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 16, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Bette Sue Cohen has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,934
Across
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Salami emporium : DELI
5
Degrade : ABASE
10
"When I was ___ ... " : ALAD
14
Stratford-on-___ : AVON
15
Role for Heston : MOSES
16
"___-Tough," Reynolds film : SEMI
17
With 53 Across, quote by Emerson : MENAREWHATTHEIR
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Before, to Spenser : ERE
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Robert ___ : ELEE
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Rise rapidly : ROCKET
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Air homophone : HEIR
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___ Hari : MATA
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Gorgon slain by Perseus : MEDUSA
28
Elevate to sainthood : CANONIZE
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Fred's sister : ADELE
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Hope from Conn. : LANGE
34
Gypsy : ROM
35
Acarid : TICK
36
Tureen adjunct : LADLE
37
Dwindle : WANE
38
Guidonian note : ELA
39
Wrong-number word : SORRY
40
Shankar's instrument : SITAR
41
Sibling, e.g. : RELATIVE
43
Just : MERELY
44
Pro ___ (proportionally) : RATA
45
Mentally sound : SANE
46
Seer at Delphi : ORACLE
49
Up-and-down man : OTIS
50
Refreshment for Jane Marple : TEA
53
See 17 Across : MOTHERSMADETHEM
56
Fencing sword : EPEE
57
Gladden : ELATE
58
Underdone : RARE
59
___-do-well : NEER
60
Mamie van ___ : DOREN
61
Presently : ANON
Down
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Subject of a "South Pacific" song : DAME
2
Ending for when or where : EVER
3
Like an anchorite : LONE
4
Pig ___ poke : INA
5
Earhart : AMELIA
6
Arbor : BOWER
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Arthur of tennis : ASHE
8
Goudge's "The Child from the ___" : SEA
9
Alienate : ESTRANGE
10
Depth charge: Slang : ASHCAN
11
Garden herb : LEEK
12
Friend, to Deneuve : AMIE
13
Gossip's lowdown : DIRT
18
Della of songdom : REESE
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From head ___ : TOTOE
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TV's "The Incredible ___" : HULK
24
Virile : MANLY
25
Alma follower : MATER
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Circus Maximus emcee : EDILE
27
Sticker : DECAL
28
Framework : CADRE
29
Incensed : IRATE
30
Of an area : ZONAL
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Abrasive substance : EMERY
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Insect stage : LARVA
36
Lagged behind : LOITERED
37
Cable : WIRE
39
Fusty : STALE
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Paine's "Common ___" : SENSE
42
Macdonald's private eye : ARCHER
43
Kind of aunt or voyage : MAIDEN
45
Utter : STATE
46
"The ___," Peck vehicle : OMEN
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Ratline : ROPE
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Suit to ___ : ATEE
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Sharif or Bradley : OMAR
50
Comparative word : THAN
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Architect Saarinen : EERO
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Last word : AMEN
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Middle-Eur. native : SLO
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___-la-la : TRA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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