Old Writer About To End Tale At First Profitable Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	adjective • serving to promote your interest noun • a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one adjective satellite • appropriate to a purpose; practical
	38%	12		Imposed on both profitable and non-profitable businesses
	noun • a tax that is imposed by states on corporations; it depends both on the net worth of the corporation and on its net income attributable to activities within the state
	26%	7		___ Dickens: English writer of 'A Tale of Two Cities'
	noun • King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574) • King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461) • as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877) • King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685) • son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649) • the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948) • French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823) • king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814) • a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston

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	Clue	Source
1	Destroying the Four Olds: Old Customs, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Ideas
2	Imposed on both profitable and non-profitable businesses
3	Oil — expert refiner can make it profitable The Guardian Cryptic - 26 Jul 2011	The Guardian Cryptic / 26 Jul 2011
4	Profitable, old style New York Times - 28 Aug 1987	New York Times / 28 Aug 1987
5	Relatively profitable organisation? The Guardian Cryptic - 17 Jun 2024	The Guardian Cryptic / 17 Jun 2024
6	This writer's article abridged an old wives' tale The Guardian Cryptic - 12 Mar 2020	The Guardian Cryptic / 12 Mar 2020
7	Was profitable New York Times - 16 Apr 1982	New York Times / 16 Apr 1982

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