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James
James

New York Times, Friday, March 6, 1981

59-Across : Embattled isle: 1943

Author:
James
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
James has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Last word of original 35-Down clue was cut off on PDF, with the tops of the letters barely visible. Word appeared to be 4 or 5 letters ending in "it," so it was likely "merit"; used that.

1
M
2
A
3
R
4
E
5
D
6
I
7
S
8
C
9
S
10
A
11
B
12
C
13
S
14
O
R
A
L
15
I
D
A
H
O
16
D
E
A
N
17
C
I
D
E
18
S
A
T
I
N
19
A
A
R
E
20
H
A
I
G
21
H
T
22
O
N
T
23
I
P
T
O
E
24
A
N
X
I
O
U
25
S
26
S
A
N
T
A
27
A
R
R
I
28
S
29
G
R
E
B
30
E
31
S
32
B
33
R
34
I
C
A
B
R
A
35
C
36
E
R
O
D
E
37
I
O
N
38
S
E
P
I
39
A
40
U
N
A
41
B
A
K
42
E
43
R
44
T
I
T
F
45
O
46
R
T
A
T
47
I
M
A
G
O
48
S
49
D
E
L
L
O
50
D
O
T
A
51
L
52
S
U
G
A
53
R
54
E
55
D
56
C
57
H
I
T
C
H
A
58
T
59
T
A
R
A
W
A
60
R
E
N
I
61
A
V
A
62
S
T
63
I
T
E
R
64
A
R
K
S
65
R
E
U
S
E
66
N
I
L
E
67
M
A
A
M
68
A
S
T
E
R
69
G
O
L
D
© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,441
Across
1
___ nostrum (our sea) : MARE
5
LP's : DISCS
10
Basics : ABCS
14
Ph.D. exam : ORAL
15
Gov. Evans' state : IDAHO
16
Campus V.I.P. : DEAN
17
Suffix familiar to police : CIDE
18
Lingerie fabric : SATIN
19
River near Zurich : AARE
20
___-Ashbury (S.F. district) : HAIGHT
22
Alert : ONTIPTOE
24
___ seat (revival-meeting bench) : ANXIOUS
26
Seasonal visitor : SANTA
27
V-shaped roof gutter : ARRIS
29
Devil-divers : GREBES
32
Curios : BRICABRAC
36
Destroy by degrees : ERODE
37
Kind of atom : ION
38
Warm tone : SEPIA
40
Actress Merkel : UNA
41
His product may be stollen : BAKER
44
Retaliation in kind : TITFORTAT
47
Adult insects : IMAGOS
49
Composer Norman ___ Joio : DELLO
50
Pertaining to a dowry : DOTAL
52
Made sweet : SUGARED
56
Conversation : CHITCHAT
59
Embattled isle: 1943 : TARAWA
60
Actor Santoni : RENI
61
Sailor's "Stop!" : AVAST
63
Latin anagram for rite : ITER
64
Refuges : ARKS
65
Show frugality : REUSE
66
Where Nelson triumphed: 1798 : NILE
67
Salutation to a queen : MAAM
68
Fall bloomer : ASTER
69
Newsy metal : GOLD
Down
1
Arabian coffee : MOCHA
2
Suffix with Unit : ARIAN
3
Math base : RADIX
4
Plaintive : ELEGIAC
5
Interferes with : DISTURBS
6
Cretan crest : IDA
7
Former Japanese prime minister : SATO
8
Exercises on a bar : CHINS
9
Writer Susan : SONTAG
10
Connecting device : ADAPTER
11
___ the bush : BEATABOUT
12
"___ nome" : CARO
13
Snick-a-___ : SNEE
21
Folk dance performed in a circle : HORA
23
As to : INRE
25
River through Rumania : SIRET
28
Flavorful : SAPID
30
Theater's Best : EDNA
31
Exchange membership : SEAT
32
An Andersson from Sweden : BIBI
33
Ramble : ROAM
34
"___ Doo" (famed Durante number) : INKADINKA
35
Mentions for merit : CITES
39
Excited : AFLUTTER
42
"I" trouble : EGOTISM
43
Campus initials : ROTC
45
Gymnast Korbut : OLGA
46
Word with Camp or Twenties : ROARING
48
It's just desert : SAHARA
51
Baptizes : LAVES
53
Proportion : RATIO
54
"Seven Year Itch" man : EWELL
55
Was bold : DARED
56
Stuff : CRAM
57
Goddess associated with the peacock : HERA
58
Shipshape : TAUT
62
Dir. to Paris from London : SSE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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