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Bette Sue Cohen
Bette Sue Cohen

New York Times, Wednesday, April 28, 1982

52-Down : Natural life of a region

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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. 11,859
Across
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Winged predator : EAGLE
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Solemn, nocturnal group : OWLS
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Spartan queen : LEDA
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Closet item : BROOM
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Tootsies : FEET
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City south of Moscow : OREL
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Sitting pretty : ONTOPOFTHEWORLD
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Served poorly, in tennis : NETTED
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Resort near Bradenton : SARASOTA
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Silkworm : ERIA
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Murals of a Mexican master : RIVERAS
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Early American landlords : PATROONS
29
MCMI to MM, e.g. : CEN
30
Actress Merkel : UNA
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"In a sort of ___ rhyme": Poe : RUNIC
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Kind of race : RELAY
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U. of Md. athlete : TERP
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Bristlelike : SETAL
41
Twice penta : DECA
42
Turf : SWARD
44
Spanish sherry : XERES
46
Haw's partner : HEM
47
L.B.J.'s antipoverty agcy. : OEO
49
Estate managers : STEWARDS
51
Merle and a fairy king : OBERONS
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Clean the orlop : SWAB
56
Islamic sights : MINARETS
58
Items in one's favor : ASSETS
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From the ___ (without reservation) : BOTTOMOFMYHEART
64
Infinitive in Finistère : ETRE
65
Wings, in botany : ALAE
66
Come after : ENSUE
67
Alpha and beta : RAYS
68
Sequent : NEXT
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Soak in hot water : STEEP
Down
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Quite dark : EBON
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Composer of "Rosamond" : ARNE
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Deity, in Düsseldorf : GOTT
4
Post-riot criminal : LOOTER
5
Quartet by Haydn : EMPEROR
6
On a holiday : OFF
7
Antiprohibitionists : WETS
8
"Alone at Last" composer : LEHAR
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Of the spacing of atoms in a molecule : STERIC
10
Relaxed a bit : LOOSENED
11
Faux pas : ERROR
12
Triangular letter : DELTA
13
Robert and Alan : ALDAS
18
Disgusting : ODIOUS
19
Vacillate : WAVER
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Subjoin : ANNEX
25
Tosses the shot : PUTS
26
Freshly : ANEW
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Mitchell ménage : TARA
28
Loci : SITES
32
Tumbrels : CARTS
34
Noted comic: 1896-1950 : LEHR
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Opposite of 20 Across : ACED
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Vitamin A sources : YAMS
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Applies percentages to : PRORATES
40
Elbow room : LEEWAY
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Rio ___, Spanish Sahara : DEORO
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Splashing sounds : SWASHES
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Kind of band : ONEMAN
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Keep (oneself) away : ABSENT
51
Game played with 40 cards : OMBER
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Natural life of a region : BIOTA
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Bookkeeper's item : ENTRY
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Wrap : STOLE
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Tunisian city : SFAX
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Ameliorate; allay : EASE
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Accurately formed : TRUE
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Kind of ladder : STEP
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Foster or Kingman : MET

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

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