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James Barrick
James Barrick
Phyllis Barrick
Phyllis Barrick

New York Times, Saturday, November 26, 1977

5-Across : Overcharge for tickets

Author:
James & Phyllis Barrick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Y Z }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,332
Across
1
Relief org. : CARE
5
Overcharge for tickets : SCALP
10
High fliers under a cloud : SSTS
14
Love, to Livy : AMOR
15
He's three sheets to the wind : TOPER
16
Indian of Oklahoma : OTOE
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Opening move : PAWNTOQUEENFOUR
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Greek letter : ETA
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State: Abbr. : ALAS
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Small hackney coach : FIACRE
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___ of (rather than) : INLIEU
25
Byelorussia's capital : MINSK
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Bristly plant appendage : AWN
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Elegance : LUXE
28
Homophone for ale : AIL
31
Channel No. 1 for humans : AORTA
34
Karma : FATE
35
Norse myths, collectively : EDDA
36
Middle game move : QUEENTAKESQUEEN
39
Neighbor of Afgh. : USSR
40
Was beholden : OWED
41
Bears, to Brutus : URSAE
42
Goddess of mischief : ATE
43
Tholes : PINS
44
To whom Chou seldom said no : MAO
45
Marsh birds : RAILS
47
Earthquakes : SEISMS
50
Dark and York : ALVINS
52
Caution : WARN
53
Resistance unit : OHM
55
Attacking move : ROOKTOKINGTHREE
58
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
59
Dull finish : MATTE
60
In a bewildered state : ASEA
61
Farm building : BARN
62
Dominant assumptions of a people : ETHOS
63
Watch over : TEND
Down
1
Ann or Elizabeth : CAPE
2
Strad's cousin : AMATI
3
Mountain ash : ROWAN
4
Fish-eating bird : ERN
5
Pilfered : STOLEN
6
___ vin (chicken dish) : COQAU
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Southern constellation : APUS
8
Shelter, nautically speaking : LEE
9
Places in front : PREFIXES
10
Stuffed seats : SOFAS
11
Prisons of a sort : STOCKADES
12
Troupe's trip : TOUR
13
Wizened : SERE
18
Chiang Kai-shek's haven : TAIWAN
19
___ days' wonder : NINE
24
Delayer's word : LATER
25
Toned down : MUTED
27
Great quintet : LAKES
29
Supposition : IDEA
30
Dusty way : LANE
31
___ regia (corrosive liquid) : AQUA
32
Depose : OUST
33
T.V.A. facility : RESERVOIR
34
Curries favor : FAWNS
35
Wallaroos or kangaroos : EUROS
37
Arduous : TOILSOME
38
Picturesque : QUAINT
43
Ale measure : PINT
44
Unites : MERGES
46
Pulitzer Prize poet: 1930 : AIKEN
47
___ Domingo : SANTO
48
Name in telegraphy : MORSE
49
Brightness : SHEEN
50
Bedouin : ARAB
51
Ms. Montez : LOLA
52
"___ liberty and justice ... " : WITH
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Famed U.S. anthropologist : MEAD
56
Krazy ___ of comics : KAT
57
Boater, e.g. : HAT

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

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