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James Barrick
New York Times, Friday, July 19, 1985
51-Down : Chinese pagoda
Author:
James Barrick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.74, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
James Barrick has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 L | 3 O | 4 O | 5 P | 6 S | 7 S | 8 P | 9 E | 10 E | 11 D | 12 S | |||
13 S | T | E | R | I | L | E | 14 O | U | T | R | A | C | 15 E |
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16 N | E | E | D | L | E | A | 17 N | D | T | H | R | E | A | D |
18 A | E | R | O | 19 U | S | E | D | T | O | 20 M | R | S |
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21 P | L | S | 22 S | T | O | V | E | S | 23 C | O | L | E |
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24 S | E | A | 25 T | O | 26 N | E | D | 27 P | A | N | E | L |
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28 S | T | E | L | 29 L | A | R | 30 F | I | R | S | T | S |
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31 T | A | B | L | E | 32 S | A | L | T | ||||||
33 M | 34 A | 35 S | O | N | S | 36 N | E | G | L | E | 37 C | 38 T | ||
39 A | G | O | N | S | 40 F | D | A | 41 A | L | O | E | 42 S |
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43 R | A | T | S | 44 S | A | I | L | 45 E | R | 46 W | S | W |
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47 K | I | T | 48 S | P | I | N | A | L | 49 A | S | T | I |
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50 K | N | I | 51 T | T | I | N | G | N | E | 52 E | D | L | E | S |
53 A | S | S | A | U | L | T | 54 E | C | L | A | I | R | S |
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55 T | H | A | N | E | S | 56 S | T | A | M | P | S |
© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,037
Across
1
Longboats : SLOOPS
7
Hastens : SPEEDS
13
Barren : STERILE
14
Surpass on the track : OUTRACE
16
A Western grass : NEEDLEANDTHREAD
18
Gas: Comb. form : AERO
19
Get ___ (become accustomed) : USEDTO
20
Malaprop was one : MRS
21
Certain nouns: Abbr. : PLS
22
Franklin and others : STOVES
23
Cabbagelike plant : COLE
24
Defunct alliance : SEATO
26
Rorem or Buntline : NED
27
Quiz-show group : PANEL
28
Pre-eminent : STELLAR
30
Guinness Book entries : FIRSTS
31
A condiment : TABLESALT
33
Builders : MASONS
36
Fail to take care of : NEGLECT
39
Greek contests : AGONS
40
Fed. agency : FDA
41
Resinous wood : ALOES
43
Phooey! : RATS
44
Vessel with masts : SAILER
46
Rochester-to-Buffalo dir. : WSW
47
Set of tools : KIT
48
Of a body part : SPINAL
49
Commune on the Tanaro : ASTI
50
Relatives of darners : KNITTINGNEEDLES
53
Onset : ASSAULT
54
Creamy desserts : ECLAIRS
55
Scottish nobles : THANES
56
Impresses : STAMPS
Down
1
Family of Addison's colleague : STEELES
2
Surveys lasciviously : LEERSAT
3
Church publication : ORDO
4
Lube : OIL
5
Il ___ (It's raining): Fr. : PLEUT
6
Like some employment : SEASONAL
7
Did a lawn job : SODDED
8
Links strokes : PUTTS
9
Combining form in chemistry : ETHO
10
Stray : ERR
11
Evil spirits : DAEMONS
12
Red-faced : SCARLET
13
Cookies : SNAPS
15
De Soto contemporaries : EDSELS
17
Eternal; infinite : NEVERENDING
22
Gannets : SOLANS
23
Monopoly : CARTEL
25
Siouan people : TETONS
27
Column : PILLAR
29
Wt. units : LBS
30
___ end (remnant) : FAG
32
Trade routes : SEALANES
33
Finnish money : MARKKA
34
Con : AGAINST
35
Like the porter in "Macbeth" : SOTTISH
37
Flower of the primrose family : COWSLIP
38
Canopies over beds : TESTERS
40
Swoons : FAINTS
42
"The ___ Family Robinson": Wyss : SWISS
44
Stake : SPILE
45
Exclusive group : ELECT
48
Make senseless : STUN
49
Eliot's Bede : ADAM
51
Chinese pagoda : TAA
52
High note : ELA
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 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.