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Samuel H. Barkan
Samuel H. Barkan

New York Times, Saturday, April 16, 1977

28-Down : Raised, as an ante

Author:
Samuel H. Barkan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Samuel H. Barkan has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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A
2
R
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O
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W
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S
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H
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O
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R
9
E
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D
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U
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E
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L
14
P
A
L
O
15
P
O
K
E
R
16
I
P
S
O
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B
R
A
E
18
A
S
I
A
N
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A
S
S
T
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E
F
F
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E
C
T
E
D
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A
M
I
E
S
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U
K
E
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A
G
E
D
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I
26
D
L
E
27
O
28
U
29
T
D
A
T
E
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D
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A
D
O
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D
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A
M
P
E
D
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E
D
E
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N
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S
E
W
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S
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T
E
P
E
E
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R
O
P
E
40
P
A
N
E
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A
G
E
N
D
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A
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W
O
O
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L
A
N
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D
L
A
D
Y
46
T
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E
N
T
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N
O
D
E
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I
O
R
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C
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A
D
R
E
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O
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U
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T
S
M
A
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R
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T
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A
M
O
I
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A
N
N
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S
O
R
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E
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L
O
U
T
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C
O
D
E
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E
V
E
N
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A
S
T
A
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E
R
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D
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R
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,108
Across
1
"Forty buses in ___" : AROW
5
Land's end : SHORE
10
D'Artagnan specialty : DUEL
14
___ Alto : PALO
15
Draw or stud : POKER
16
___ facto : IPSO
17
Scotch landscape sight : BRAE
18
Kind of flu : ASIAN
19
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
20
Brought about : EFFECTED
22
Confidantes, in Calais : AMIES
23
Cousin of a "gee-tar" : UKE
24
___ in the wood : AGED
25
Out of work : IDLE
27
Passé : OUTDATED
31
Fuss : ADO
32
Caused to cool down : DAMPED
34
Churchill's successor : EDEN
36
Uses a needle : SEWS
38
Sioux shelter : TEPEE
39
Funambulist's surface : ROPE
40
Block of stamps : PANE
41
Program : AGENDA
43
Make a pitch for : WOO
44
Rent collector : LANDLADY
46
Omar's product : TENT
48
Predicament : NODE
49
Suffix with super : IOR
50
Core group : CADRE
52
Get the better of : OUTSMART
57
Parisian's "Help!" : AMOI
58
Merman role : ANNIE
59
Miffed : SORE
61
Chawbacon : LOUT
62
Telephone-relay device : CODER
63
Not jaggy : EVEN
64
Nick and Nora's pet : ASTA
65
Decay by degrees : ERODE
66
Oboist's purchase : REED
Down
1
Police call: Abbr. : APB
2
Cooked slightly : RARE
3
Norwegian king : OLAF
4
Deplorable : WOEFUL
5
Modern frontier : SPACE
6
Talk-show person : HOST
7
Migrant farm worker : OKIE
8
Use a book : READ
9
Bald eagle's relative : ERN
10
Circle divider : DIAMETER
11
Topsy-turvy : UPSIDEDOWN
12
Being, Roman style : ESSE
13
Quite a bit : LOTS
21
Made do (with "out") : EKED
22
___ Khan : AGA
24
Tacked on : ADDED
25
Perfect : IDEAL
26
On skid row : DOWNANDOUT
27
Alpha's antithesis : OMEGA
28
Raised, as an ante : UPPED
29
Very small : TEENY
30
Bus terminal : DEPOT
31
Cleo's way out : ASP
33
"Thereby hangs ___" : ATALE
35
Prefix for lithic or plastic : NEO
37
Lass from León : SENORITA
42
Molecular part : ATOM
45
H.S.T. follower : DDE
47
Utensil on a pencil : ERASER
49
Rhone feeder : ISERE
50
Picnic ham : CALA
51
Andy's partner : AMOS
52
___ about (a certain date) : ONOR
53
Disassemble : UNDO
54
Deadlocked : TIED
55
Spatiate : ROVE
56
Bay or bring to bay : TREE
58
Casino point : ACE
60
Tackle's neighbor : END

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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