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Cohen
Cohen

New York Times, Tuesday, March 14, 1989

41-Across : Precipitous

Author:
Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Cohen has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,371
Across
1
"The Fifer" painter : MANET
6
Impulsive idea : WHIM
10
Unfeeling : NUMB
14
Site of U. of Maine : ORONO
15
Israeli dance : HORA
16
Ellipse : OVAL
17
Lee J. Cobb role : WILLYLOMAN
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Descartes : RENE
20
___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
21
Learning : LORE
22
Exact : DEMAND
24
Frenchman : GAUL
25
Caffein-rich nut : COLA
26
Attach : APPEND
29
Tailor's chore : RELINING
33
Swing : TREND
34
City SSE of Sacramento : LODI
35
Smudge : BLUR
36
Prong : TINE
37
" ... inhumanity ___": Burns : TOMAN
38
Soprano Gluck : ALMA
39
Chinese nurse : AMAH
40
Actor who married Shirley Temple : AGAR
41
Precipitous : STEEP
42
Kin : RELATION
44
Actor in "Skylark" : AHERNE
45
Coolidge and golfer Peete : CALS
46
Pasha and Baba : ALIS
47
Voice of Mr. Magoo : BACKUS
50
Scheme : PLAN
51
Bullfight cry : OLE
54
Muslim priest : IMAM
55
Husband of Joanne Woodward : PAULNEWMAN
58
Second Greek letter : BETA
59
Regarding : INRE
60
Friars Club speciality : ROAST
61
Privy to : INON
62
Not one, in Dogpatch : NARY
63
Feeling : SENSE
Down
1
Does a lawn job : MOWS
2
Eileen Farrell offering : ARIA
3
___ contendere : NOLO
4
Photog's product : ENL
5
"Babes in ___," V. Herbert operetta : TOYLAND
6
Fingerprint ridge : WHORL
7
Kind of run : HOME
8
Author Levin : IRA
9
Pear-shaped instrument : MANDOLIN
10
Perkins role in "Psycho" : NORMANBATES
11
Iris part : UVEA
12
Author of "The Magic Mountain" : MANN
13
Ran, as madras : BLED
18
Earsplitting : LOUD
23
Actor Wallach : ELI
24
He portrayed Popeye Doyle : GENEHACKMAN
25
Furniture wood : CEDAR
26
Fragrance : ATTAR
27
Principal : PRIME
28
Kind of colony : PENAL
29
Actress Ruth : ROMAN
30
Danube feeder : ILLER
31
Spiritual force : NUMEN
32
Wine source : GRAPE
34
Identifying symbols : LOGOS
37
Slump : TAILSPIN
41
Black eyes : SHINERS
43
Sigma follower : TAU
44
Actor Arkin : ALAN
46
Kirstie of "Cheers" : ALLEY
47
Actress Andersson : BIBI
48
TV sitcom : AMEN
49
Roman statesman : CATO
50
Feline sound : PURR
51
Where Matrah is : OMAN
52
Girl : LASS
53
Grafted: Her. : ENTE
56
Santa ___, Calif. : ANA
57
Calamity : WOE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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