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James Barrick
New York Times, Saturday, September 28, 1974
47-Across : Rate of speed: Abbr.
Author:
James Barrick
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Grid has duplicate clues.
James Barrick has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 E | 3 N | 4 S | 5 A | 6 F | 7 T | 8 E | 9 R | 10 A | 11 L | 12 U | 13 M |
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14 A | M | I | E | 15 B | O | R | N | E | 16 N | O | L | O |
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17 S | I | G | N | 18 O | U | I | J | A | 19 T | R | A | P |
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20 E | T | H | O | 21 S | 22 R | O | O | T | 23 B | E | E | R | S |
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24 T | R | A | 25 M | S | 26 Y | A | R | N | ||||||
27 A | 28 L | M | A | N | A | C | 29 S | 30 S | U | N | 31 L | 32 I | 33 T |
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34 L | E | A | 35 E | L | O | P | 36 E | 37 T | A | I | N | O |
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38 T | A | R | 39 P | 40 T | R | A | S | 41 H | 42 E | B | E | R |
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43 E | V | E | R | 44 T | 45 E | N | T | E | 46 R | 47 R | P | M |
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48 R | E | S | O | R | 49 T | 50 S | I | M | U | 51 L | A | T | E |
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52 T | A | R | 53 I | 54 M | I | N | E | R | ||||||
55 P | 56 A | 57 T | A | G | O | N | 58 I | A | 59 G | A | I | 60 N | 61 S |
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62 I | R | I | S | 63 P | E | N | T | 64 A | 65 G | A | O | L |
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66 L | I | N | E | 67 E | R | R | O | R | 68 U | N | D | O |
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69 E | A | T | S | 70 S | T | E | R | E | 71 E | S | S | E |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,177
Across
1
Enclosures : PENS
5
In the manner of : AFTER
10
Astringent : ALUM
14
French friend : AMIE
15
Carried : BORNE
16
___ contendere : NOLO
17
Indian or neon : SIGN
18
Board for fortune-seekers : OUIJA
19
Fairway feature : TRAP
20
Moral nature : ETHOS
22
Picnic drinks : ROOTBEERS
24
Mine cars : TRAMS
26
Narrative : YARN
27
Farmer's and World : ALMANACS
30
Like a solarium : SUNLIT
34
Pasture : LEA
35
Run off : ELOPE
37
Hispaniola people : TAINO
38
Field cover, for short : TARP
40
Compactor fodder : TRASH
42
Boar: Ger. : EBER
43
Turn outward : EVERT
45
Join : ENTER
47
Rate of speed: Abbr. : RPM
48
Recourse : RESORT
50
Feign : SIMULATE
52
Old Italian coin : TARI
54
Pit worker : MINER
55
Area of Argentina : PATAGONIA
59
Capital ___ : GAINS
62
Garden flower : IRIS
63
Numerical prefix : PENTA
65
Prison, to British : GAOL
66
Clothes or dotted : LINE
67
Box-score listing : ERROR
68
Nullify : UNDO
69
Nibbles : EATS
70
Metric unit : STERE
71
Between sum and fui : ESSE
Down
1
Matador's movement : PASE
2
Exude : EMIT
3
Frightening experiences : NIGHTMARES
4
Spanish woman : SENORA
5
Cameroons tribe : ABO
6
Gettysburg Address word : FOURSCORE
7
Musical group : TRIO
8
Relish : ENJOY
9
Lariats : REATAS
10
Insect feelers : ANTENNAE
11
Tradition : LORE
12
Relating to: Suffix : ULAR
13
Cleans : MOPS
21
Healthy : SANE
23
Dry, as champagne : BRUT
25
Distilling ingredient : MALT
27
Change : ALTER
28
Bequeath : LEAVE
29
Hand measures : SPANS
31
Certain lenders : LIBRARIANS
32
Unsuited : INEPT
33
Singer Mel : TORME
36
Educated guesser : ESTIMATOR
39
Conditional clauses : PROTASES
41
Half: Prefix : HEMI
44
"Hamlet" or "Lear": Abbr. : TRAG
46
Ladder part : RUNG
49
Figures of speech : TROPES
51
Doyle's "Red-Headed ___" : LEAGUE
53
Type of gas : INERT
55
Accumulate, with "up" : PILE
56
Melody : ARIA
57
Color : TINT
58
Concerning : INRE
60
Dozes : NODS
61
Blackthorn : SLOE
64
Metric unit : ARE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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.