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Charles B. Waffell
Charles B. Waffell

New York Times, Saturday, March 10, 1990

18-Across : Scorched

Author:
Charles B. Waffell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.13, Missing: { B F J K Q }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Charles B. Waffell has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,732
Across
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Honduran house : CASA
5
Another kind of house : HOT
8
Machine for scraping sugarcane : RASPER
14
City N of Pasadena : ALTADENA
16
Gym teacher's command : INHALE
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Two deficiencies? : PARALLAX
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Scorched : SEARED
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Siouan Indian : OTO
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As written, in journalism : SIC
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Want again : RECRAVE
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Yurt : TENT
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Ancient Greek flasks : OLPES
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Municipal map : PLAT
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Having boundaries : EDGED
29
Dine : EAT
30
Visayan island : LEYTE
31
Actor Burton : LEVAR
33
German tank : PANZER
34
Inits. on a gravestone : RIP
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Two medics? : PARADOX
39
Lopat and Stanky : EDS
40
Tooth material : ENAMEL
42
In a bright manner : GAILY
44
Sometimes it's the last : STRAW
45
Walt Disney's older brother : ROY
46
Clothiers' measures : YARDS
50
Saline drop : TEAR
51
Spread perfume : CENSE
53
Only : MERE
54
Church's lists of feasts : ORDINES
56
Bit : TAD
58
Attach, in a way : PIN
59
Checked : REINED
60
Two dogs? : PARAPETS
62
Dead Sea ascetic : ESSENE
63
Of a small space : AREOLATE
64
Cubic meters : STERES
65
Abbr. for an acid : LSD
66
Salt Lake City team : UTES
Down
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Author of "The Grass Harp" : CAPOTE
2
Having wings : ALATED
3
Intense : STRONG
4
Drivers' org. : AAA
5
Sun: Comb. form : HELIO
6
"___ Day," 1965 song : ONACLEAR
7
Levy : TAX
8
Goes up : RISES
9
Short tale in a bio. : ANEC
10
Intensify : SHARPEN
11
Two untruths? : PARALYZE
12
High : ELEVATED
13
Hinders again : REDETERS
15
Librarian's deg. : DLS
21
Steep flax : RET
23
Hill, to an Arab : TEL
25
Puzzle theme missing? : PARAGON
28
Politician Chauncey: 1834-1928 : DEPEW
30
In a negligent way : LAXLY
32
Kind of lace : VAL
33
Luau serving : POI
34
Makes new : RESTORES
35
Concern : INTEREST
36
Two gambling pieces? : PARADISE
38
Mercury and Venus : DAYSTARS
41
Seattle athlete : MARINER
43
A tuber : YAM
45
In medias ___ : RES
47
Kind of performance : REPEAT
48
Third, in Thuringia : DRITTE
49
Purports or imports : SENSES
51
Yields : CEDES
52
Like some jugs : EARED
55
Hawaiian honker : NENE
57
Tree on 30 Across : DAO
60
Chum : PAL
61
Opposite of sing. : PLU

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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