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Bette Sue Cohen
Bette Sue Cohen

New York Times, Tuesday, July 9, 1985

29-Across : Hot time in Paris

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { B J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Bette Sue Cohen has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,027
Across
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"Mary ___ little lamb" : HADA
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Hwy. : RTE
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Swiftly : APACE
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"Maria ___," 1933 song : ELENA
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Demeanor : AIR
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Kind of eclipse : LUNAR
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American snake : RACER
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Activity on a boardwalk : STROLLING
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"The Birds" playwright : ARISTOPHANES
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___ over (upset) : TIP
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Plead : ENTREAT
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Tutelary god : LAR
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Hot time in Paris : ETE
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Rottweiler, for one : DOG
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Half a bray : HEE
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Ancient town near Salerno : ELEA
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Suffix with manor : IAL
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That is: Lat. : IDEST
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Vow for a physician : HIPPOCRATICOATH
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PBS's "Reilly: ___ Spies" : ACEOF
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Trojan or Civil follower : WAR
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Leopard's perch : TREE
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Estuary : RIA
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Exhaust : FAG
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Twilled fabric : REP
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___ Aviv : TEL
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Peck's role in "To Kill a Mockingbird" : ATTICUS
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Styron's Mr. Turner : NAT
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Vulnerable point : ACHILLESHEEL
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"I ___ Angel," 1942 film : MARRIEDAN
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"The Gin Game" Tony winner : TANDY
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Greek marketplace : AGORA
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Abbr. at O'Hare : ETD
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Lawyer's catchall combo : ANDOR
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Loren-Newman film: 1955 : LADYL
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D.D.S. or M.F.A. : DEG
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Voluminous volume : TOME
Down
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Zeus's wife : HERA
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Winged : ALAR
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Tenth part: Comb. form : DECI
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" ... ___ of singing birds": S. Johnson : ANEST
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Coarse file : RASP
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Church contribution : TITHE
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Junior's mission : ERRAND
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Sensitive, as to ragweed : ALLERGIC
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Throb : PULSE
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Black bird : ANI
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Tin ___ (destroyer) : CAN
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Work unit : ERG
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Bandleader Shaw : ARTIE
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Hip : ONTO
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Of the eye : OPTIC
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" ... and ___ of lead": Pope : AHEART
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Exam taker : TESTEE
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"Paganini" composer : LEHAR
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Actress on "Falcon Crest" : ALICIA
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Iterate : REPEAT
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Pinna : EAR
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Lucy's TV friend : ETHEL
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Away from: Prefix : APO
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Solon's forte : LAW
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Punctum : DOT
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Authorized : OFFICIAL
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Seaman : TAR
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Goddess of peace : IRENE
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Have the misery : ACHE
50
Led : GUIDED
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Ziti, e.g. : PASTA
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Linger : TARRY
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List of candidates : SLATE
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U ___, former U.N. official : THANT
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Level pt. of a staircase : LNDG
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Within: Comb. form : ENDO
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Biblical country : EDOM
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Apollo's instrument : LYRE
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___ de mer (seasickness) : MAL
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Eastern title : AGA
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Stewart or Serling : ROD

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

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