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James Barrick
James Barrick

New York Times, Monday, April 29, 1974

Author:
James Barrick
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q V W Y }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 36.4
James Barrick has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,025
Across
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Iranian coin : RIAL
5
Coating : GLAZE
10
Small amount : DASH
14
British dean : INGE
15
Of a grain : OATEN
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Essay name : ELIA
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Vex : FRET
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Consumers : USERS
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Put on the market : SELL
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Irritates : FESTERS
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Ego : ONESELF
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Nullify : UNDO
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Common verb : ARE
26
Respond : REACT
29
Barbecue specialty : SPARERIBS
35
Go beyond : EXCEED
37
Father of Abe, with 72 Across : LIL
38
Wrongful act : TORT
39
Math group : SET
40
Contracted : RECEDED
43
___ Nazi : NEO
44
De ___ (too much) : TROP
46
U-boat : SUB
47
Hesse novel : DEMIAN
49
Plays both sides : STRADDLES
52
Exchange : TRADE
53
Corn location : TOE
54
Guinness : ALEC
56
Values : ESTEEMS
60
Charlotte resident : TARHEEL
64
Skin : PEEL
65
Bit of gossip : ONDIT
67
___ dixit : IPSE
68
Kind of surgery : ORAL
69
Opposite of blanche : NOIRE
70
Plague : PEST
71
Body, in anatomy : SOMA
72
See 37 Across : ABNER
73
Grasps : SEES
Down
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Berber : RIFF
2
Concerning : INRE
3
Ripens : AGES
4
Head or iceberg : LETTUCE
5
Cucumber or pumpkin, e.g. : GOURD
6
Lariats : LASSOS
7
Blind impulse : ATE
8
Centigrade freezing level : ZERO
9
Tangle up : ENSNARLED
10
Mousse, e.g. : DESSERT
11
Nautical word : ALEE
12
Window part : SILL
13
Word with baked or hearted : HALF
21
Stage direction : ENTER
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Before : ERE
26
Musical pauses : RESTS
27
Put forth strongly : EXERT
28
One in a cast : ACTOR
30
Freshman at Annapolis : PLEBE
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Support : AID
32
Ancient area of Turkey : IONIA
33
Word with basket or line : BREAD
34
14 pounds, in Britain : STONE
36
Othello's spouse : DESDEMONA
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___-de-sac : CUL
42
Inhibit : DETER
45
Kneecap : PATELLA
48
"Good-bye, ___" : MRCHIPS
50
Female animal : DOE
51
Literary genre : SATIRE
55
Procrastinating word : LATER
56
Group of poems : EPOS
57
Fluid: Prefix : SERO
58
Giants or Rams : TEAM
59
Would-be socialite : SNOB
61
Fencing sword : EPEE
62
___ est percipi : ESSE
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Rents : LETS
66
Racket : DIN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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