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Russell
Russell

New York Times, Wednesday, July 18, 1979

Author:
Russell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F G J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Russell has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,844
Across
1
Noted inventor and electrician : TESLA
6
Augury : OMEN
10
"Terrible" czar : IVAN
14
Garret : ATTIC
15
Determine the graduations of : CALIBRATE
17
Hemingway novel : THESUNALSORISES
19
Dumbarton Oaks, e.g. : ESTATE
20
Violations : ABUSES
21
Give forth : EMIT
24
Summer, in Vichy : ETE
25
Stewpot : OLLA
29
Flight info : ETA
30
Mohammedan religion : ISLAM
34
Raise : REAR
35
Cuttlefishes : SEPIAS
38
Boundary: Comb. form : ORI
39
Salinger classic, with "The" : CATCHERINTHERYE
42
Exploit : USE
43
Classify : ASSORT
44
___ even keel : ONAN
45
Thicket growth : SHRUB
47
Mediocre mark : CEE
48
Without : SANS
49
Clear : RID
51
Navy V.I.P.'s : ADMS
53
Kind of justice or license : POETIC
56
Exhibit : PARADE
61
Hemingway tale, with "The" : OLDMANANDTHESEA
64
T.M. adherent : MEDITATOR
65
Data for a computer : INPUT
66
U.S. agcy. since 1958 : NASA
67
Calhoun of the cinema : RORY
68
Defeats : BESTS
Down
1
Where to see Watts works : TATE
2
Old English letters : ETHS
3
Proofreading direction : STET
4
Soprano in Bellini's "La Sonnambula" : LISA
5
Keenly perceptive : ACUTE
6
Wood sorrel : OCA
7
Grand or petit follower : MAL
8
Maxwell or Lanchester : ELSA
9
Queen whose pride Leto could not abide : NIOBE
10
Rainbows : IRISES
11
Tall, open vessel : VASE
12
Sweetsop : ATES
13
Vane readings : NES
16
Cruel and stupid : BRUTISH
18
Avengers : NEMESES
22
Roman roads : ITERS
23
Pudding thickener : TAPIOCA
25
Underworld god : ORCUS
26
Fido's tether : LEASH
27
In the future : LATER
28
Curve segment : ARC
31
Singer Luft : LORNA
32
"Nordic" in the Third Reich : ARYAN
33
External appearances : MIENS
36
"The Lady ___," 1935 song : INRED
37
Endeavor : ATTEMPT
40
Natural environment : HABITAT
41
Dawn goddess : EOS
46
Poisoning of the blood : UREMIA
50
Money in Baghdad : DINAR
52
Master, in colonial India : SAHIB
53
Entreaty : PLEA
54
Track figures : ODDS
55
Roman statesman : CATO
57
Descartes : RENE
58
Vipers : ASPS
59
O.T. book : DEUT
60
Corrodes : EATS
61
All: Comb. form : OMN
62
Conjunction : NOR
63
Prohibitionist : DRY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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