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James
James

New York Times, Monday, October 3, 1977

Author:
James
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 31.8
James has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,278
Across
1
"Nice guys finish ___" : LAST
5
Notre Dame team : IRISH
10
Mary had one : LAMB
14
___ fixe : IDEE
15
Rooftop sleigher : SANTA
16
Precious stone : OPAL
17
Fancy hors d'oeuvre : PATE
18
Ball park instrument : ORGAN
19
Teasdale : SARA
20
M and M of baseball fame : MANTLEANDMARIS
23
Lemon or lime drink : ADE
24
Brazilian port : SANTOS
25
"Scarface Al" : CAPONE
29
Unethical : WRONG
31
Batting champ Wagner: 1911 : HONUS
32
Wander : ROAM
33
Raines or Fitzgerald : ELLA
37
Module : UNIT
38
"The Velvet Fog" : TORME
39
Rich soil : LOAM
40
Hereditary unit : GENE
41
Slugger Mel and family : OTTS
42
Old-timer Grove of the A's : LEFTY
43
Household pest : ROACH
45
Social classes : CASTES
46
Kind of engine : DIESEL
49
Vice-Presidential monogram : HHH
50
"Spahn and Sain ___" (Braves' slogan in 1948) : ANDPRAYFORRAIN
56
Space org. : NASA
57
Lathered : SOAPY
58
Slaughter of diamond fame : ENOS
60
Guinness : ALEC
61
Accolade : KUDOS
62
Prefix with gravure : ROTO
63
She, in Nice : ELLE
64
"There ___ atheists in foxholes" : ARENO
65
Certain bills : ONES
Down
1
Sass : LIP
2
Economist Smith : ADAM
3
___ precedent : SETA
4
Certain age : TEEN
5
Tristram's love : ISOLDE
6
Peep show : RAREE
7
Girl's name meaning daughter : INGA
8
"The Man" : STAN
9
Attractive : HANDSOME
10
Home of the Dodgers and Angels : LOSANGELES
11
Separate : APART
12
Andretti of auto racing : MARIO
13
Designer or pitcher : BLASS
21
Browns : TANS
22
Primate : MAN
25
Locomotive sound : CHUG
26
Top grade : AONE
27
Nabokov novel : PNIN
28
Interstellar area : OUTERSPACE
29
Value : WORTH
30
Namath's colleagues : RAMS
32
Campus org. : ROTC
34
Hay or choir follower : LOFT
35
Tardy : LATE
36
Carter and Lowell : AMYS
38
"North ___" (1960 John Wayne film) : TOALASKA
42
Comedian Bert : LAHR
44
Poet's word : OER
45
Golden: Comb. form : CHRYSO
46
Mother of Perseus : DANAE
47
Altogether : INALL
48
Famous lemon : EDSEL
49
Dr. Seuss's "___ Pop" : HOPON
51
"___ Hit Parade" : YOUR
52
Recede : FADE
53
Prefix for drome or dynamics : AERO
54
Aware of : INON
55
Short letter : NOTE
59
Distress signal : SOS

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

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