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Maurice J. Teitelbaum
Maurice J. Teitelbaum

New York Times, Wednesday, November 11, 1981

8-Down : Mobutu ___ Seko, President of Zaire

Author:
Maurice J. Teitelbaum
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 18.6
Maurice J. Teitelbaum has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,691
Across
1
Peen target : BRAD
5
Org. for Kite, Pate et al. : PGA
8
Wither : SEAR
12
Sensational : LURID
14
Nice drink : EAU
15
Violin's big brother : CELLO
16
Weasel's relative : OTTER
17
Word with tight and open : END
18
Blue-chip stocks or diamonds : ASSET
19
Ty Cobb : THEGEORGIAPEACH
22
___ up (admit) : OWN
23
Loafer's part : SOLE
24
Type of lamp : ARC
27
Union, in D.C. : STA
29
Ulna-humerus meeting place : ELBOW
33
Popes from I to XIII : LEOS
35
Incite : ABET
38
Burdened : LADEN
40
Popular dessert : APPLEPIEALAMODE
43
Pertaining to ecological communities : SERAL
44
Pollster Roper : ELMO
45
Former constellation : ARGO
46
Flows along or against : LAVES
48
Bartok or Gabor : EVA
50
D.C. resident : SEN
51
Pongidae family members : APES
54
Carlton's important stat. : ERA
56
Another dessert : BANANASANDCREAM
64
Bell town : ADANO
65
Like Reynard : SLY
66
Pétain : HENRI
67
Tool for prying : LEVER
68
"___ atque vale!" : AVE
69
___ ear and ... (unconcerned) : INONE
70
Howard's "They ___ What They Wanted" : KNEW
71
Still : YET
72
"Unto us ___ is given" : ASON
Down
1
Backgammon piece exposed to capture : BLOT
2
The Sultan of Swat : RUTH
3
TV's Johnson : ARTE
4
Rivera of Mexico : DIEGO
5
Noble : PEER
6
Bands in a Bernstein musical : GANGS
7
Word before tape or visual : AUDIO
8
Mobutu ___ Seko, President of Zaire : SESE
9
Role for Nilsson : ELSA
10
Waugh or Templeton : ALEC
11
Portnoy's creator : ROTH
13
John and Ellen : DREWS
15
Brightest star in Auriga : CAPELLA
20
Ready for use : ONTAP
21
"For a quart of ___ is a dish for a king": Shak. : ALE
24
Word of woe : ALAS
25
Make the attack go back : REPEL
26
Source of coconut oil : COPRA
28
Rose's beau : ABIE
30
The Crimson Tide : BAMA
31
Scents : ODORS
32
St. Andrew's club : WEDGE
34
Tchaikovsky was one : SLAV
36
Silver ___ (mature elver) : EEL
37
Make a beast behave : TAME
39
Rialto sign : NEON
41
Predecessor of Bess : ELEANOR
42
"If I ___ You," 1945 song : LOVED
47
Bath or Bad Ems : SPA
49
Chief: Prefix : ARCHI
52
Pope's "An ___ on Criticism" : ESSAY
53
Medicament : SALVE
55
Sports palace : ARENA
56
Moundsman's misstep : BALK
57
Arabian port : ADEN
58
Part of Notre Dame : NAVE
59
Freshly : ANEW
60
Refusal in Kiev : NYET
61
Man's name meaning "man" : ENOS
62
Ponte Vecchio's river : ARNO
63
Disposition : MIEN

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

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