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James Barrick
James Barrick

New York Times, Saturday, January 8, 1977

49-Across : Koran chapters

Author:
James Barrick
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { F J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
James Barrick has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,010
Across
1
Impair : DAMAGE
7
Click or stag : BEETLE
13
Small portion : MODICUM
14
Shoulder to shoulder : ABREAST
16
One ___ (singly) : ATATIME
17
High-wire artist's forte : BALANCE
18
Ran amok : RAGED
19
Roi's mate : REINE
21
Girl's name : NAN
22
Rainbow : IRIS
23
De Mille : AGNES
24
Congress people: Abbr. : REPS
25
Hubble-bubble : ADO
26
Ohio players : REDS
27
Vegetable paste : PUREE
28
Moon goddess : SELENE
31
Makes the grade : PASSES
32
Ruffled drawers : PANTALETS
34
Desert : SAHARA
37
Superficial show : VENEER
39
Sorrowful cry : ALACK
40
Pear variety : BOSC
41
Poetic word : EER
44
Julep ingredient : MINT
45
Certain racer : HORSE
46
Monster : OGRE
47
Nigerian town : ABO
48
Brief : TERSE
49
Koran chapters : SURAS
50
Starchy food : RAVIOLI
52
Best-kept : NEATEST
54
Encouraged : ABETTED
55
Card games for two : ECARTES
56
Poisonous gas : ARSINE
57
Constraint : DURESS
Down
1
Old fool : DOTARD
2
Dance duets : ADAGIOS
3
Tiny bugs : MITES
4
Biting : ACID
5
Moscow's big store : GUM
6
Like many third-world nations : EMERGENT
7
Mollycoddles : BABIES
8
Israel's Abba et al. : EBANS
9
Writer Gardner : ERLE
10
Hyson or kat : TEA
11
Falcons : LANNERS
12
One on the lam : ESCAPEE
13
Santa ___ : MARIA
15
Becomes rigid : TENSES
20
Takes a crack at : ENDEAVORS
23
Place of contest : ARENA
24
Ballet ___ : RUSSE
27
Cracker spread : PATE
29
Solar-lunar year gap : EPACT
30
Frolic : LARK
31
Money in the U.K. : PENCE
33
Waned : LESSENED
34
Elm fruit : SAMARA
35
"Arabian Nights" woodcutter : ALIBABA
36
Dartmouth's home : HANOVER
38
Send ___ (refuse politely) : REGRETS
40
Chemical compound : BORIDE
42
Obliterates : ERASES
43
Pauses : RESTS
45
Paris's prize : HELEN
46
Unconventional : OUTRE
48
Whole: Prefix : TOTI
49
River to the Moselle : SAAR
51
"___ a deal!" : ITS
53
Old French coin : ECU

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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