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James Barrick
James Barrick
Phyllis Barrick
Phyllis Barrick

COMMAND PERFORMANCE

New York Times, Sunday, February 25, 1979

34-Across : Thread: Comb. form

Author:
James and Phyllis Barrick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 99, Avg Word Len: 5.12, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 638 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 136, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
James and Phyllis Barrick have 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,701
Across
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Chagall : MARC
5
Throat-clearing sound : AHEM
9
Bam! : SOCKO
14
Quick bread : SCONE
19
Stair post : NEWEL
20
"Olympia" painter : MANET
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Do a gardening job : PRUNE
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Weight unit : CARAT
24
Former mil. educ. program : USAFI
25
Ruhr city : ESSEN
26
Histrion : ACTOR
27
Cant : ARGOT
28
With 30 Across, sports fan's imperative : TAKEME
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See 28 Across : OUTTOTHEBALLGAME
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Albanians' neighbors : SERBS
34
Thread: Comb. form : NEM
35
Check : REIN
36
Aphrodite's beloved : ADONIS
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Stone paving block : SETT
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Exploit : DEED
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Voltaire was one : DEIST
44
Spotlight : ARC
47
Part of speech : VERB
49
Yellow water flag : IRIS
51
Tough alloy : STEEL
53
Heart : COR
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Enjoin : BAR
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"Camino ___" : REAL
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Child in a casa : NINO
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Dry, as wine : SEC
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Sidestep : EVADE
62
Chip's sister : AMY
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Org. formed in 1844 : YMCA
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Valuable shell : SCALA
66
Skinks and geckos : REPTILES
68
Moslem leader : IMAM
70
Formerly formerly : ERST
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Bridge expert : LENZ
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Famed choreographer : DEMILLE
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W.W. II initials : ETO
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Fir or pine board : DEAL
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Geometer's term : SINE
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Oxford measure : EEE
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What the dr. ordered : MED
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Condition : STATUS
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Greek colonnade : STOA
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"___ that touch liquor ... " : LIPS
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Madrileño's coin : PESETA
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Score standard : PAR
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Recent: Comb. form : NEO
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Relative : AUNT
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Dueling blade : EPEE
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For, to Fabius : NAM
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Left undone : OMITTED
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Foch of films : NINA
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Formal wear : GOWN
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Keddah : TRAP
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Brought to light : REVEALED
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Twilled fabric : SERGE
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Noun suffix : ANCE
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Looked for clams : DUG
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Fragrant resin : ELEMI
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Use a straw : SIP
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Instigate : ABET
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Build : REAR
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Macaw of Brazil : ARA
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Neighbor of Isr. : SYR
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Kind of drip : NASAL
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Australian parrot : LORY
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Game piece : DART
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Ferrer or Allen : MEL
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Starchy foodstuff : SALEP
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Melville opus : OMOO
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Couple : DUAD
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Property : ASSETS
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Hardy heroine : TESS
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Vessel for an adm. : USS
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Kitchen item : SIEVE
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With 145 Across, bride's imperative : GETMETOTHECHURCH
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See 141 Across : ONTIME
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Essence : AROMA
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Rose: Comb. form : RHODO
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Exchange premiums : AGIOS
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Himalayan apparitions : YETIS
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Card game : POKER
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Rod of baseball : CAREW
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Very soft and liquid : RUNNY
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What spread-eagleists do : ORATE
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Room for jugs, linens, etc. : EWERY
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Mme. de ___ : STAEL
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Indigency : NEED
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Applies : USES
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Western scenery : MESAS
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Vigilant : AWAKE
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Alludes : REFERS
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Cragsman's imperative : CLIMBEVRYMOUNTAIN
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Soul, in Savoie : AME
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Wears : HASON
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Occurred as a consequence : ENSUED
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Cardinals' imperative : MEETMEINSTLOUIS
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Outburst : SPATE
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Prom flower : ORCHID
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Kitten's quality : CUTENESS
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Peak : KNOB
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" ... ___ perfumed sea": Poe : OERA
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Cooking direction : SCALD
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Lading : CARGO
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Harmonium : ORGAN
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Ruth's mother-in-law : NAOMI
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Diminutive suffixes : ETTES
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Acorn : NUT
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Potent compound : TNT
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Value : ESTEEM
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Certain numbers : ORDINALS
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Advanced : LATE
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Went over carefully : TRACED
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Sevareid : ERIC
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Road of yore : ITER
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Withdraw : SECEDE
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Arab garment : ABA
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Branches : RAMI
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Dust bowler's imperative : CRYMEARIVER
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Tantaras : BLARES
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Fabric with a lustrous finish : SOLEIL
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Hostess's imperative : LETMEENTERTAINYOU
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Queen's imperative : CALLMEMADAM
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Short poem : ODELET
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Mignonette : RESEDA
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Clock numerals : VII
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WAC colonel's imperative : ANNIEGETYOURGUN
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Coop sound : PEEP
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Counselor: Abbr. : ATT
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Archfiend : SATAN
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One of the Marx Brothers : ZEPPO
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Ascus contents : SPORES
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In a docile way : TAMELY
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Blind, in falconry : SEEL
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Toughen : ANNEAL
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Peninsula in Alaska : SEWARD
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Patriotic org. : SAR
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Black Sea port : ODESSA
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Moslem's hat : TARBOOSH
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Thalia, Clio et al. : ENNEAD
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Pro ___ : TEM
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Unadulterated : PURE
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Watch part : DIAL
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Microbe : GERM
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Celebrated tenor : CARUSO
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Colleen, colloquially : GAL
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Excess : PLETHORA
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Helper: Abbr. : ASST
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River in the Carolinas : PEEDEE
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Songbird : OSCINE
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Inhibits : DETERS
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Wide open : AGAPE
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Goat antelope : SEROW
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Feed a fire : STOKE
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Hard red wheat : EMMER
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Pathetic : TEARY
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Glower : SCOWL
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Gave light : SHONE
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Plutarch work, for short : VITAE
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Sends forth : EMITS
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Grampuses : ORCS
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Demonstrative : THAT
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Former Mideast initials : UAR
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Compass pt. : ESE
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One of the Chaplins : SYD

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5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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