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James Barrick
James Barrick
Phyllis Barrick
Phyllis Barrick

New York Times, Friday, June 10, 1977

12-Down : Housetop

Author:
James & Phyllis Barrick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,163
Across
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Willful : DELIBERATE
11
Shirley MacLaine role : IRMA
15
One-sided : UNILATERAL
16
Lamb cut : LOIN
17
For the most part : DOMINANTLY
18
Attic : LOFT
19
Isle of exile : ELBA
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Coloring matter : DYESTUFFS
22
Black bird : DAW
25
Land in a musical : SIAM
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Mme., in Mexico : SRA
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False god : BAAL
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Pakistanis, Burmese, etc. : ASIANS
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What "none must hope to find": Pope : PERFECTION
39
One of the tides : NEAP
40
Ward off : AVERT
41
Table part : LEG
42
Teutonic sea god : AEGIR
43
Sandwich filler : TUNA
44
Tending to ramble : DIGRESSIVE
46
Medium's offering : SEANCE
48
Elusive, in a way : EELY
49
Witness : SEE
50
Hebrew letter : KAPH
52
"Cry ___ River" : MEA
54
Lazy : SHIFTLESS
59
Old pronoun : THEE
63
"Roads scholar" : HOBO
64
Reptiles protected by law : ALLIGATORS
67
"___ There" : OVER
68
Shipshape : NEATASAPIN
69
Schoolbook : TEXT
70
Famed W.W. II flattop : ENTERPRISE
Down
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Foppish one : DUDE
2
Organic compound : ENOL
3
Precarious perch : LIMB
4
Where to read about Achilles' wrath : ILIAD
5
Enjoin : BAN
6
Air schedule abbr. : ETA
7
Tear to pieces : REND
8
Dilettantish : ARTY
9
Narratives : TALES
10
Blissful : ELYSIAN
11
Brightens : ILLUMINES
12
Housetop : ROOF
13
Offend : MIFF
14
Tiny colonists : ANTS
21
British thank-you's : TAS
23
Help in wrongdoing : ABET
24
Certain enlistee : WAC
26
Footwear for W.C. Fields : SPATS
27
Ziegfeld creation : REVUE
28
Fight site : ARENA
30
"Volsunga Saga" king : ATLI
31
Feudal lord : LIEGE
33
Sponsorship : AEGIS
34
Gullible : NAIVE
35
Carousal : SPREE
37
Capital of Kentucky : FRANKFORT
38
Monster : OGRE
42
"___ sow ... " : ASYE
44
Get off at O'Hare : DEPLANE
45
Shade tree : ELM
47
Grimalkin : CAT
51
Paris's prize : HELEN
53
Perfume base : ATTAR
54
Jigger : SHOT
55
Resort next to Brighton : HOVE
56
Mountain goat : IBEX
57
Strip of wood : SLAT
58
Locale : SITE
60
Snake-dance specialist : HOPI
61
Mythical apple thrower : ERIS
62
Early laborer : ESNE
65
Needlefish : GAR
66
Cleo's way out : ASP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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