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Bette Sue Cohen
Bette Sue Cohen

New York Times, Wednesday, February 17, 1982

23-Down : Class of a sort

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Bette Sue Cohen has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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J
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U
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S
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T
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B
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R
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I
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M
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H
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I
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P
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E
N
C
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R
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O
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M
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A
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L
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F
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M
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A
P
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D
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A
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F
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S
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O
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S
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A
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A
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T
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T
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S
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T
C
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S
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T
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M
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O
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C
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S
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O
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D
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T
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S
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T
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N
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Q
U
I
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S
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D
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S
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R
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A
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S
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C
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A
R
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S
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C
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R
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G
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E
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H
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G
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P
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K
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A
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K
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N
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G
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Y
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C
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Y
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T
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L
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N
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S
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,789
Across
1
Upright : JUST
5
Part of a fedora : BRIM
9
Lollipop, e.g. : SHIP
13
Common noun ending : ENCE
14
Rival of Vegas : RENO
15
Message from Aesop : MORAL
17
MacDonald's property : FARM
18
Impersonated : APED
19
Originate : ARISE
20
Hassles; to-dos : FLAPS
22
Mine finds : ORES
24
Whodunit pooch : ASTA
25
Young ruler of yore : TUT
26
Monosyllabic word meaning "exaggerated" : STRETCHED
28
Hide : SECRETE
31
Jeanne to Jean, perhaps : AMIE
32
Arid tract : SAHARA
33
Auricular : OTIC
34
Lawn material : SOD
37
Mao ___-tung : TSE
38
Jan or Marguerite : STEEN
40
Gallic homophone for key : QUI
41
But, to Cato : SED
42
Twinkler : STAR
43
Give confidence to : ASSURE
46
Fabricate : COIN
47
Most pretentious : ARTIEST
48
Monosyllabic word meaning "cadged" : SCROUNGED
52
Annex : ELL
53
MacDermot musical : HAIR
54
Actress Rowlands : GENA
55
Elects or selects : PICKS
58
Minn. county or city : ANOKA
60
Kádár's predecessor : NAGY
62
Bloke : CHAP
63
Emulate Canova : YODEL
64
Cade or titi : TREE
65
Horne from Brooklyn : LENA
66
Tiber feeder : NERA
67
Cong. sitting : SESS
68
Anthony or Barbara : EDEN
Down
1
Bud Fisher character : JEFF
2
Single : UNAL
3
Monosyllabic word meaning "scribbled" : SCRATCHED
4
Fried food, in Tokyo : TEMPURA
5
Lingerie item : BRA
6
Rest : REPOSE
7
Like xenon : INERT
8
Reasonable : MODERATE
9
Little, to Burns : SMA
10
Great odist : HORACE
11
Kind of coffee : IRISH
12
Defeat badly : PASTE
16
Pb : LEAD
21
Pun ending : STER
23
Class of a sort : SEMINAR
27
Twitching : TIC
28
Concordes : SSTS
29
Freedom from vicissitude : EASE
30
Oenologist's activity : TASTING
33
Key's "above" : OER
34
Monosyllabic word meaning "sat on" : SQUELCHED
35
Cather's "One of ___" : OURS
36
Assembly : DIET
39
Touching lines : TANGENTS
42
Trifle : SOU
44
Something to watch, at times : STEP
45
Mustard pod : SILICLE
46
Lulu : CORKER
47
Saws : ADAGES
48
Dobbin's follower : SHAY
49
Criterion : CANON
50
___ Oro : RIODE
51
Finnish lake, to Swedes : ENARE
56
Welles role : KANE
57
George Washington, e.g. : SPAN
59
"Modish" words : ALA
61
Sycophant's pet word : YES

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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