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James Barrick
James Barrick

New York Times, Saturday, November 24, 1984

11-Across : Soft masses

Author:
James Barrick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 89, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
James Barrick has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,800
Across
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Prime-time fare : SPORTSCAST
11
Soft masses : WADS
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Shelve : PIGEONHOLE
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Word heard topside : ALEE
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Non compos mentis : IRRATIONAL
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Plant or animal part : SETA
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Asian weight : TAEL
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Make ready, for short : PREP
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Calendar abbr. : TUES
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Ways: Abbr. : STS
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Unseal, poetically : OPE
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Spell : STRETCH
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Suffix for Roman : ESQUE
29
Virginia willow : ITEA
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Robert of "Quincy" : ITO
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Saying : UTTERING
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Gas: Comb. form : AER
34
Art cult : DADA
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Fabulous flier : ROC
38
Wave: Fr. : ONDE
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Nigerian people : EDO
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Inventor of a glass harmonica : FRANKLIN
44
Parental palindrome : MOM
45
Rough : RUDE
46
Place near Harrisburg, Pa. : ENOLA
49
Paper-folding art : ORIGAMI
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"Gang ___ a-gley" : AFT
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Reptile : ASP
54
Ocean route : LANE
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Prehistoric tool : CELT
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Rey's edict : AUTO
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Heron's cousin : IBIS
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Diagnostic aid : CARDIOGRAM
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Track of an animal : SLOT
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Ecologist's concern : ATMOSPHERE
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Layers : HENS
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Short stories akin to fables : BEASTTALES
Down
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Broaches : SPITS
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Robber : PIRATE
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Fairy-tale figure : OGRESS
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Authentic : REAL
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Add up : TOT
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Little piece : SNIPPET
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Something to do : CHORE
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Superior : AONE
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Broad comedy : SLAPSTICK
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End: Comb. form : TEL
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Dross : WASTE
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Of a northern people : ALEUTIAN
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Spotted : DETECTED
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Castle locale : SEASHORE
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Aloud : OUT
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Sawbuck : TEN
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Roofing slate : RAG
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In the capacity of : QUA
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Substance used in perfumes : IRONE
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Destroy : ERADICATE
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Destroy : DEMOLISH
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Charming : ADORABLE
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Supreme authority : DOMINION
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Lennon's widow : ONO
40
Italian title : FRA
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Tafia : RUM
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Radical : LEFTIST
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Abbr. in banking : INT
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Bay tree : LAUREL
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Looking fixedly : ASTARE
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Romantic adventure stories : GESTS
51
Moro and Ray : ALDOS
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Fruits : POMES
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Bombeck : ERMA
57
Turkish chief : AGHA
59
Fiacre : CAB
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Eliminate the alternatives : OPT

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

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