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Ernie Furtado
Ernie Furtado

New York Times, Saturday, February 1, 1992

9-Down : Compel

Author:
Ernie Furtado
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 5.26, Missing: { H J K Q W }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 13, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Ernie Furtado has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,425
Across
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Divine revelation : ORACLE
7
Yemana of "Barney Miller" : SOO
10
Jacutinga, e.g. : ORE
13
Contradicts : BELIES
14
Leg. : AMB
15
U.S. cartoonist : REA
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Certain charge : PELLETS
17
Bad-mouths : MALIGNS
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Ovid's 52 : LII
20
Make Mickey move : ANIMATE
21
Peer's mother : ASE
22
Indigenous : ABORIGINAL
25
Bridle's noseband : CAVESSON
28
Butchers' stalls, in Brest : ETALS
29
Activate : ENERGIZE
30
Warwickshire mecca for tourists : STRATFORDONAVON
38
Win an eye battle : OUTSTARE
39
Franck or Cui : CESAR
44
Elusive creatures of mythology : UNICORNS
45
Ad-libs : IMPROVISES
48
Plane-speed letters : IAS
49
Mocks : DERIDES
50
___ Darya, Asian river : AMU
51
Order at Eton : ERASERS
52
Three Rivers Stadium occupants : PIRATES
56
A.E.F. unit : RGT
57
Vane letters : NNE
58
Starting number of Patriots : ELEVEN
59
Sycophant's favorite word : YES
60
Bandleader Beneke : TEX
61
Meal : REPAST
Down
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Deferential : OBEISANT
2
Fireman of a sort : RELIEVER
3
Start of Nev.'s motto : ALL
4
Ltd.'s counterpart : CIE
5
Ring extension : LET
6
This makes Leo a female : ESS
7
One of the Philippines : SAMAR
8
Muscat native : OMANI
9
Compel : OBLIGE
10
Leia ___, "Star Wars" princess : ORGANA
11
Landlord's income : RENTAL
12
Stands for art : EASELS
16
Follows the leader : PLACES
18
Artificial: Abbr. : IMIT
22
Quasi : ASIF
23
TV clown of the 50's : BOZO
24
Burdensome : ONEROUS
26
Big Band ___ : ERA
27
Cpl.'s boss : SGT
31
Shore sight : DUNE
32
Porter's "Miss ___ Regrets" : OTIS
33
Security gp. : NSC
34
From ___ izzard : ATO
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Quantities of concern to statisticians : VARIATES
36
Decoration : ORNAMENT
37
Centaur in a Hercules tale : NESSUS
39
Tasting like coccagee : CIDERY
40
Arise : EMERGE
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Eaters in a nursery rhyme : SPRATS
42
Meyers and Onassis : ARIS
43
Capybara, e.g. : RODENT
46
He wrote "Michel Strogoff" : VERNE
47
"___ Necessary?": Thurber-White : ISSEX
52
Via : PER
53
___ du Diable : ILE
54
Agent, briefly : REP
55
Resort in Mont. : AVA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 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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