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Bette Sue Cohen
Bette Sue Cohen

New York Times, Thursday, November 18, 1982

56-Down : Retailer's sign

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, 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. 12,063
Across
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Tunic : ALB
4
Seed; germ : SPORE
9
Arches : SPANS
14
Coral, e.g. : SEA
15
Silent, in music : TACET
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Purposeful : TELIC
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Matteson's invention: 1888 : HARVESTER
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Palindromic bird : ARARA
20
Long river in Europe : ELBE
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Development of Baird et al. : TELEVISION
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Fourth or real follower : ESTATE
25
"___ tu," Verdi aria : ERI
26
Birch : ALDER
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Plant disease : SCAB
30
Kind of line : STAG
34
Patent seeker's need, perhaps : LAWYER
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Invention of Morton, Krum et al. : TELETYPE
38
Word form with form : OVI
39
Poetic contraction : EER
41
D'Amato from N.Y., e.g. : SEN
42
Opposite of neg. : POS
43
Westinghouse's invention: 1868 : AIRBRAKE
46
That much, at a minimum : NOLESS
48
Caribou : DEER
49
Famed coloratura : PONS
51
A hard ___ hoe : ROWTO
52
Galena, e.g. : ORE
54
One who abashes : SHAMER
56
Products of Holland's imagination : SUBMARINES
60
Sack or port : WINE
63
Shirk : AVOID
64
Torricelli's invention: 1643 : BAROMETER
66
___ dog's life : LEADA
67
Book by Hartfeld about the U.S.S.R. : IRINA
68
Time period : ERA
69
Gourmand : EATER
70
Postpone : DEFER
71
Play the stoolie : RAT
Down
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Arthur of court fame : ASHE
2
Liege, in Ayr : LEAL
3
Glidden's invention: 1873 : BARBEDWIRE
4
___ Anne de Beaupré : STE
5
Fare in Firenze : PASTA
6
Works by Mendelssohn and Schubert : OCTETS
7
Verb for an incumbent's campaign : REELECT
8
French anagram for tree : ETRE
9
Type of case : STAIR
10
Continue firmly : PERSIST
11
Range in Turkestan : ALAI
12
Actor Robert De ___ : NIRO
13
Survey : SCAN
18
Early U.S. black leader : VESEY
22
Famed U.S. social scientist: 1857-1929 : VEBLEN
24
Worker on shoe uppers : TREER
26
Take ___ off one's feet : ALOAD
27
"___ en Rose" : LAVIE
29
Bronze, to Brutus : AES
31
Henry Mill's invention: 1714 : TYPEWRITER
32
Silent as ___ : APOST
33
Plaster of paris : GESSO
35
McCormick's invention: 1831 : REAPER
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Huge, in poesy : ENORM
40
Rival of M-G-M : RKO
44
Trite saying : BROMIDE
45
Trap : ENSNARE
47
Broadway collaborator : LOEWE
50
Arab chief : SHERIF
53
Development of Appleton, Page et al. : RADAR
55
Harmoniously : ASONE
56
Retailer's sign : SALE
57
Optic layer : UVEA
58
Bark : BOAT
59
Reference book abbr. : IBID
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River near Spoleto : NERA
62
Quod follower : ERAT
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Injure : MAR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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