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Samuel H. Barkan
Samuel H. Barkan

New York Times, Tuesday, November 30, 1976

25-Across : "A time to be ___, and ... "

Author:
Samuel H. Barkan
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Samuel H. Barkan has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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A
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L
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M
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C
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R
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E
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E
9
P
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D
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O
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L
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T
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T
R
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E
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H
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A
V
E
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O
N
O
R
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S
L
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T
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A
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C
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N
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N
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V
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O
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O
F
T
H
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G
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T
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S
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O
W
E
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E
N
T
O
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B
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O
R
N
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C
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H
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A
M
P
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O
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N
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S
O
N
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S
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T
R
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N
D
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O
M
A
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R
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O
R
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S
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O
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S
T
E
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N
A
T
O
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B
E
A
T
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L
A
T
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N
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T
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N
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B
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S
T
R
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E
A
M
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D
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I
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D
Y
L
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A
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S
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A
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O
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T
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T
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L
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O
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N
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E
B
Y
O
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N
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E
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S
K
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A
M
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D
O
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E
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S
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A
M
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R
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R
E
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D
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K
N
E
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S
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D
E
C
A
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,971
Across
1
Partner of collected : CALM
5
Eccentric one : CREEP
10
Stupid one : DOLT
14
Family record : TREE
15
Partner of ho : HEAVE
16
___ about : ONOR
17
Deer track : SLOT
18
Canal Zone town : ANCON
19
Granular snow : NEVE
20
___ boys (good guy) : ONEOFTHE
22
Pearly and garden : GATES
23
Leave bills unpaid : OWE
24
Within: Prefix : ENTO
25
"A time to be ___, and ... " : BORN
27
Promote, as a cause : CHAMPION
31
Family member : SON
32
Part of a cable : STRAND
34
Bradley : OMAR
36
Diggings : ORES
38
West, in Spain : OESTE
39
Western org. : NATO
40
Policeman's turf : BEAT
41
Dormant : LATENT
43
Seize : NAB
44
Gushed : STREAMED
46
Pastoral piece : IDYL
48
"What ___ you?" : AILS
49
Year, in Spain : ANO
50
Kind of recall : TOTAL
52
Successively : ONEBYONE
57
Comedy number : SKIT
58
Harmony : AMITY
59
Kind of sheet : DOPE
61
"Je t'___" : AIME
62
Epsom and table : SALTS
63
Eastern ruler : AMIR
64
Walter or Rex : REED
65
Things that often knock : KNEES
66
Ten: Prefix : DECA
Down
1
Coins: Abbr. : CTS
2
Guthrie : ARLO
3
Trotsky : LEON
4
Sky sight : METEOR
5
Irritate : CHAFE
6
Budget item : RENT
7
___ other : EACH
8
Reveling cry : EVOE
9
Ballpoint : PEN
10
Hat-passer's quest : DONATION
11
Third in a crowd : ONETOOMANY
12
Tennis nonscore : LOVE
13
Three, in Granada : TRES
21
___ up (admits) : OWNS
22
Financial indicator: Abbr. : GNP
24
German port : EMDEN
25
Earbenders : BORES
26
Words of a busy ticket-taker : ONEATATIME
27
Shaving or ice : CREAM
28
Rash speed : HASTE
29
Put up the money : ANTED
30
Brazilian port : NATAL
31
Woeful sound : SOB
33
Indian weights : TOLAS
35
Pull a stickup : ROB
37
Grooved : STRIATED
42
Alice or Tim : TINY
45
Pipe elbow : ELL
47
Whatchamacallit : DOODAD
49
Deep gulf : ABYSS
50
Nicholas, for one : TSAR
51
Migrant of the '30's : OKIE
52
Arabian gulf : OMAN
53
Shade of green : NILE
54
Feminine suffix : ETTE
55
Alaskan city : NOME
56
Large-scale : EPIC
58
Use the information desk : ASK
60
Paleozoic, e.g. : ERA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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