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Farrant
Farrant

New York Times, Monday, June 13, 1977

Author:
Farrant
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 9.8
Farrant has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,166
Across
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Kind of closet : CEDAR
6
Branch : LIMB
10
Lucille's ex-husband : DESI
14
Once upon ___ : ATIME
15
Potentate in Arabia : EMIR
16
Absorbed : RAPT
17
Pilfer : STEAL
18
Kind of rifle or pistol : AUTOMATIC
20
Caesar's words re Cassius : HETHINKSTOOMUCH
22
First to draw the Democrats' mule : NAST
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Covering on a Bernini creation : DRAPE
24
Eden : GARDEN
28
America or Liberty : MISS
29
Shun : AVOID
30
Sound of a bullet or brat : WHINE
32
Damage : MAR
35
Bird with a natural necklace : LOON
36
Snowshoe strap : THONG
37
Type size : PICA
38
Football player : END
39
Destroy by degrees : ERODE
40
Popular garb : PANTS
41
Sector : AREA
42
Pastor's people : PARISH
43
Calorie : THERM
45
Please : SUIT
47
Anthony's words re Brutus : THENOBLESTROMAN
53
Forbidding : REPELLENT
54
Preach with passion : ORATE
55
Canine star : ASTA
56
Facility : EASE
57
Listings in a directory : NAMES
58
Legumes : PEAS
59
Ran : SPED
60
Ugly-weather factor : SLEET
Down
1
Bills and coins : CASH
2
Feminine ending : ETTE
3
Regimen : DIET
4
Asian nurse : AMAH
5
Did an "inside job" : RELINED
6
Some news sources : LEAKS
7
"___ down to the seas again" : IMUST
8
Baseball gear : MITT
9
In a moody mood : BROODING
10
Shakespearean fare : DRAMAS
11
Words to dawdling diner : EATUP
12
Variety, to life : SPICE
13
Yen : ITCH
19
Famed name in Oregon : MORSE
21
Anagram for Ann : NAN
24
Hurricane's little sister : GALE
25
Bard of ___ : AVON
26
Cross : ROOD
27
Clamor : DIN
28
Golconda : MINE
30
"Stop, steed!" : WHOA
31
Bricklayer's burden : HOD
32
Kind of skirt : MINI
33
Performances : ACTS
34
Heedless : RASH
36
Shakes : TREMBLES
37
Golf score : PAR
39
Flynn of film fame : ERROL
40
Clientele : PATRONS
41
Classic wanderer : AENEAS
42
Place for an orchestra : PIT
43
"___ Foolish Things" : THESE
44
Seven: Comb. form : HEPTA
45
Horse or common : SENSE
46
"Cómo está ___?" : USTED
47
Snare : TRAP
48
Ballet movement : LEAP
49
Kind of test : ORAL
50
Role for Russell and Lansbury : MAME
51
Fits to ___ : ATEE
52
Cozy abode : NEST

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

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