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Baron
Baron

New York Times, Friday, November 22, 1974

Author:
Baron
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 32.0
Baron has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,232
Across
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Bric's companion : BRAC
5
Author Nevil : SHUTE
10
Author Murdoch : IRIS
14
Miss Lane : LOLA
15
Bible book : HOSEA
16
Miss Bayes : NORA
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Fail to include : OMIT
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Stormy petrels, e.g. : OMENS
19
Word before dash : SLAP
20
Book-catalogue entries : CATCHWORDTITLES
23
Pronoun : HIM
24
Dutch town : EDE
25
Italian painter : VERONESE
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Scads : REAMS
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Make amends : ATONE
34
Robin Hood's friend: Var. : ALANADALE
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Vietnam's Madame ___ : NHU
38
Insect egg : NIT
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British oath : GOR
40
Wind up like a poor burglar : GETCAUGHT
44
Commits an error : BOOTS
46
Discover : LEARN
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Fugitive's status : UNCAUGHT
49
Highway-flow center: Abbr. : TCP
50
Insect : ANT
51
Unsystematic : CATCHASCATCHCAN
60
Bryce Canyon site : UTAH
61
Time a race : CLOCK
62
"Othello" man : IAGO
63
Nonstop talker : BORE
64
Australian tree : KARRI
65
Adjust : TRUE
66
Arabian title : EMIR
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Dutch painter Jan : STEEN
68
Discerns : SEES
Down
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Voting group : BLOC
2
City of Italia : ROMA
3
Got down : ALIT
4
Get the idea : CATCHON
5
Skeptic's challenge : SHOWME
6
___ sapiens : HOMO
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Consumer : USER
8
Be disposed : TEND
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Time zone : EASTERN
10
Rather : INSTEAD
11
Kind of call or top : ROLL
12
Dies ___ : IRAE
13
Ninnies : SAPS
21
Tuskless elephant : HINE
22
Notion : IDEA
25
Ship rope : VANG
26
Merman : ETHEL
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Map out a way : ROUTE
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___-froid : SANG
29
Yale : ELIHU
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Gog's partner : MAGOG
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One of the sins : SLOTH
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Abbr. on an envelope : ATTN
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Formerly, of old : ERST
41
Battery part : CATCHER
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St. Louis sight : ARCH
43
Gets settled in a hotel room : UNPACKS
44
French bench : BANC
45
Bats more effectively : OUTHITS
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Ament : CATKIN
51
Kind of root : CUBE
52
Particle : ATOM
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Old Italian coin : TARI
54
Blind part : SLAT
55
Central part : CORE
56
Land area : ACRE
57
Concern : CARE
58
Fever : AGUE
59
Opposing votes : NOES

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

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