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Bette Sue Cohen
Bette Sue Cohen

New York Times, Tuesday, September 15, 1987

Author:
Bette Sue Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Bette Sue Cohen has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,825
Across
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Salver : TRAY
5
Comic Wilson : FLIP
9
Family name in rock : GIBB
13
Ship's creation at sea : WAKE
14
Occupation : TRADE
15
First-floor apartment : ONEE
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Words from John Lyly : ITISAWORLDTOSEE
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Second-highest pinochle card : TEN
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Gold of "Benson" : MISSY
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Tooth: Comb. form : ODONT
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Price : COST
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Fashionable resort : SPA
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Words from George Herbert : POVERTYISNOSIN
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Event for Irwin : OPEN
32
Carol : NOEL
33
Utter : SAY
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Superman : KENT
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Throb : PULSE
38
TV's Hawkeye : ALDA
39
Period : ERA
40
Flatfish : SOLE
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Twins or socks, e.g. : PAIR
42
Words from Robert Burton : ALLPOETSAREMAD
47
Corn unit : EAR
48
Bufo : TOAD
49
Concerning : ANENT
52
Bright : SMART
54
Torah repository : ARK
57
Words from F.D.R. : WARISACONTAGION
60
Give off, as light : EMIT
61
Puccini heroine : TOSCA
62
Poker stake : ANTE
63
Disavow : DENY
64
Kitchen or major suffix : ETTE
65
Mulligan : STEW
Down
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Taunt : TWIT
2
Deserve : RATE
3
Related : AKIN
4
Nod's meaning : YES
5
Snowman of song : FROSTY
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Papa of TV's "Mama" : LARS
7
In a lazy way : IDLY
8
Foot: Comb. form : PED
9
As ___ gold : GOODAS
10
___ many words : INSO
11
"I've ___ to London ... " : BEEN
12
Borscht ingredient : BEET
14
Contort : TWIST
17
Cupid : AMOR
18
Actor in "Fiddler ... " : TOPOL
22
Penny : CENT
23
Snick and ___ : SNEE
24
Jab : POKE
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Verdi work : OPERA
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Mercenary : VENAL
27
Creek : INLET
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Help! : SOS
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Moslem faith : ISLAM
30
Gymnast Comaneci : NADIA
34
Word with arm or stick : YARD
36
___ Clare (nun) : POOR
37
Rubber tree : ULE
38
Mimicked : APED
40
Gaiters : SPATS
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Clemency : LENITY
44
Golfer's posture : STANCE
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Arterial trunk : AORTA
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Pro ___ : RATA
49
Filled with reverence : AWED
50
Call : NAME
51
Moran of "Happy Days" : ERIN
52
Glaswegian : SCOT
53
Maximum : MOST
54
"___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
55
By ___ (mechanically) : ROTE
56
Recognized : KNEW
58
Tea anagram : ATE
59
Petrol : GAS

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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