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Charles B. Waffell
Charles B. Waffell

New York Times, Saturday, May 20, 1989

41-Down : Absolute rule

Author:
Charles B. Waffell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F Q X }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Charles B. Waffell has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,438
Across
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Savor : RELISH
7
Actor Farrell : SHEA
11
Person helping a taxpayer to the I.R.S. : CPA
14
One of the Furies : ALECTO
15
Judge's bench : BANC
16
Computer in "2001" : HAL
17
With 62 Across, plea from a diminutive Praguian, falling off a ladder? : CANYOUCATCH
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Photog.'s abbr. : ENL
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Finish : END
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Russian silk city : OSH
22
Doodad : HICKEY
24
Dispatch : SPEED
26
Plane preceder : AERO
27
Mocks : JAPES
30
Andy Williams's theme song : MOONRIVER
34
Lifeless : AMORT
35
Styron's Turner : NAT
36
Bluish, to a Scot : BLAE
37
Wire measure : MIL
38
Strange misspelled city on the Black Sea? : ODDESSA
42
Call ___ day : ITA
43
Learning inst. : UNIV
45
Brain specialist's rec. : EEG
46
Montclair State beats Notre Dame! : UPSET
48
Something to live up to : POTENTIAL
51
Aquarium fish : TETRA
52
Ancient town in S Italy : ELEA
53
Arthur Miller protagonist : LOMAN
55
Jostles : ELBOWS
57
Celtic sea god : LER
58
Lea sound : BAA
61
French coin of yore : SOU
62
See 17 Across : ASMALLCZECH
66
Tire filler : AIR
67
Hitchcock's "___ Window" : REAR
68
Meter preceder : THERMO
69
G.I.'s hangout : USO
70
Swiss painter Paul : KLEE
71
Australian port : SYDNEY
Down
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Meet event : RACE
2
Verve : ELAN
3
Give temporarily : LEND
4
Winter weather word : ICY
5
"She ___ Conquer": Goldsmith : STOOPSTO
6
What angels count : HOUSE
7
Little-firm org. : SBA
8
Panama, e.g. : HAT
9
Captivates : ENCHANTS
10
More painful : ACHIER
11
Anton's variable set of reminders? : CHEKOVLIST
12
Glass sheet : PANE
13
U.S.A. to France, in 1918 : ALLY
18
Sci. course : CHEM
23
Nursery item : CRIB
24
Weight in Calcutta : SER
25
County in Northern Ireland : DONEGAL
27
Cause a traffic snarl : JAMUP
28
Popular puzzle acid : AMINO
29
Courteous Soviet committee? : POLITEBURO
31
Western treaty org. : OAS
32
Consumer : EATER
33
Gaucho's lasso : REATA
39
Remove flowers from corn : DETASSEL
40
"Agnus ___" : DEI
41
Absolute rule : AUTARCHY
44
Tricycle, for short : VELO
47
Slammer : PEN
49
Site of U.S.A.'s first big airport : NEWARK
50
Droop : LOLL
54
Dissolves : MELTS
55
Uncle of Joseph : ESAU
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Clark's friend : LOIS
58
Swiss capital : BERN
59
Highest point : ACME
60
Nautical call : AHOY
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Clarke or Murray : MAE
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A verb for you : ARE
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Last letter, in London : ZED

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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