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James Barrick
James Barrick

New York Times, Saturday, September 7, 1985

21-Across : Old World plant

Author:
James Barrick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
James Barrick has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,087
Across
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Clyde Barrow or Bonnie Parker : LAWBREAKER
11
Dabs : PATS
15
Goof photographically : OVEREXPOSE
16
Yegg's cache : LOOT
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Willful : DELIBERATE
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A first name in folk music : ARLO
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A first name in fiction : ERLE
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G tone : SOL
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Old World plant : LENTIL
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Vast region south of Eur. : AFR
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Something for baby : PAP
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Furlough : LEAVE
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Further : AID
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Like some leaf edges : EROSE
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Scott heroine : ELLEN
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Goes hungry : STARVES
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Remote telecast : NEMO
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What Ali did to Foreman: 1974 : KAYOED
38
Three-legged stand : TEAPOY
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Church publication : ORDO
44
Pardon, in a way : CONDONE
45
Quiets : CALMS
48
Kind of bag : SCENT
50
Soft : LOW
51
Chameleon's cousin : AGAMA
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River in Poland : SAN
53
___ Lanka : SRI
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Ethiopian's neighbor : SOMALI
57
Peaks: Abbr. : MTS
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What aquafortists do : ETCH
62
Weight allowance : TRET
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Teacher's fiat re spelling proper nouns : CAPITALIZE
66
Naturalness : EASE
67
Promoting unity : ECUMENICAL
68
Hardens : SETS
69
Acoustical devices : RESONATORS
Down
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Underground vein : LODE
2
Say it and mean it : AVER
3
Sorrowful cry : WELLADAY
4
Inform : BRIEF
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Johnny ___ : REB
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What Bex and Dax have in common : EXES
7
Relevant : APROPOS
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Aussie cuties : KOALAS
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Es follower : EST
10
Set of blades on a mower : REEL
11
Quantity of freight : PLANELOAD
12
Of a body part : AORTAL
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"I Want ___!," 1958 Susan Hayward film : TOLIVE
14
Hot : STOLEN
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A B C's : ELEMENTS
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Undoing : REVERSAL
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Swan or hutch : PEN
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Call on : ASK
29
Philippine people : ITA
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Salmon's spawning area : REDD
34
Some dorm occupants : ROOMMATES
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School founded by Henry VI : ETON
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He gets plums : POLITICO
40
Burro: Comb. form : ONO
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Wood used for archers' bows : YEW
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C.I.A. forerunner : OSS
44
Coin of small value : CENTIMO
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Classes : CASTES
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Ancient assemblies : AGORAE
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Least plausible : LAMEST
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Grassy area : CAMPUS
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Kindled anew : RELIT
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Pastry chef's helper : ICER
58
Gun or actress : STEN
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Slavic sovereign : CZAR
61
Copters : HELS
64
Wilander coup : ACE
65
Backward: Prefix : ANA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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