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Barbara J. Weakley
Barbara J. Weakley

New York Times, Thursday, June 20, 1985

37-Down : Coincide

Author:
Barbara J. Weakley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Barbara J. Weakley has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,008
Across
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City NE of Boston : SALEM
6
Saroyan hero : ARAM
10
Craft for Finn : RAFT
14
Old World lizard : AGAMA
15
Convex moldings : TORI
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Type of grape : IVES
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Cow's first stomach : RUMEN
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Hines or Holliman : EARL
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Mideastern bread : PITA
20
Rubbish : DEBRIS
22
Alter : MAKEOVER
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Fluent to a fault : GLIB
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Droops : SAGS
27
Rat : SQUEALER
31
Record in symbols : NOTATE
35
Vats : TUNS
36
Work with dough : KNEAD
38
Dutch cheese : EDAM
39
First ___ : AID
40
Near, to a poet : ANIGH
41
Conclusion : END
42
Blister : BLEB
44
Argentina's Rio ___ : NEGRO
45
Small dog, for short : PEKE
46
Leave high and dry : STRAND
48
Obedient follower : HENCHMAN
50
Lanny or Diana : ROSS
52
Slippery : EELY
53
Catch up to : OVERTAKE
57
Kind of jacket or jack : YELLOW
61
Italian coins : LIRE
62
Bath powder : TALC
64
Nose feature : ALARE
65
Farmer's abode : DELL
66
"___ Good Day," Peggy Lee hit : ITSA
67
"Twelfth Night" lady : VIOLA
68
Some sheep : EWES
69
Far from frowzy : NEAT
70
Ruhr city : ESSEN
Down
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Chalcedony : SARD
2
Malarial symptom : AGUE
3
Essayist: 1775-1834 : LAMB
4
Leaves a colliery : EMERGES
5
Type of hemp : MANILA
6
Spenserian hag : ATE
7
Wander : ROAM
8
High-warp tapestry : ARRAS
9
Symbols of a rich land : MILKANDHONEY
10
Swift, sharp answer : RIPOSTE
11
Tel ___ : AVIV
12
Gala celebration : FETE
13
Former ruler : TSAR
21
Symbols of smoothness : SILKANDSATIN
23
Self : EGO
25
Sesame : BENNE
27
Wild guesses : STABS
28
Comforter : QUILT
29
Beneath : UNDER
30
___ Count, 1928 Derby winner : REIGH
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Revoke a legacy : ADEEM
33
Japanese poem : TANKA
34
German port : EMDEN
37
Coincide : AGREE
43
Oil containers : BARRELS
45
Diller : PHYLLIS
47
Negative word : NOT
49
Stick or split : CLEAVE
51
Ray : SKATE
53
One kind of shoppe : OLDE
54
Opinion : VIEW
55
A Gardner : ERLE
56
Name for a lioness : ELSA
58
Landlocked country : LAOS
59
Heraldic bearing : ORLE
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Break of a habit : WEAN
63
Anchor tackle : CAT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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