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Barbara J. Weakley
Barbara J. Weakley

New York Times, Monday, November 26, 1984

Author:
Barbara J. Weakley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 18.7 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Barbara J. Weakley has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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P
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R
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C
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R
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E
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A
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S
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D
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A
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F
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T
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B
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A
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C
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H
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R
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L
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C
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B
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M
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T
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R
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C
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B
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,802
Across
1
Box : SPAR
5
Team : CREW
9
Pod dwellers : PEAS
13
Herb native to Egypt : ANISE
14
Enmity : HATE
15
Split : RIVE
16
Baby's ailment : COLIC
17
Dueling sword : EPEE
18
Kind of horse or curtain : IRON
19
Swap : TRADE
20
Heavens : FIRMAMENT
22
Pressure : STRESS
24
Follow : ENSUE
25
Seed : SPORE
27
Sketch : DRAFT
31
One of the three B's : BACH
35
Hwys. : RDS
36
Apt : LIABLE
37
Twined together : ENLACED
39
Infant footwear : BOOTEES
40
Salt or flour, e.g. : STAPLE
41
Encountered : MET
42
French state : ETAT
43
Fla. port or bay : TAMPA
44
Scamp : ROGUE
46
Acquire, as a debt : INCUR
48
Sleek : SMOOTH
53
Hillbilly beverage : MOONSHINE
57
Fanfare : BLARE
58
Efficient : ABLE
59
One : UNIT
60
1.0567 quarts : LITER
61
Garb : TOGS
62
A shelter : TENT
63
Levels : EVENS
64
Word of sorrow : ALAS
65
Brink : EDGE
66
Darn : MEND
Down
1
Show contempt : SNORT
2
Hairy : PILAR
3
Stage whisper : ASIDE
4
Alcove : RECESS
5
Cuisinier : CHEF
6
Thrusting swords : RAPIERS
7
Forever: Poetic : ETERNE
8
Bandleader Ted : WEEMS
9
Economic factor : PRIMERATE
10
Ireland, to a Gael : EIRE
11
Bard's river : AVON
12
Transmitted : SENT
13
Performs : ACTS
21
Of sound in a telecast : AUDIO
23
Carousal : SPREE
26
Eccentric : ODD
28
Countenance : ABET
29
Type of circus or market : FLEA
30
Examine : TEST
31
Vanquish : BEST
32
Pilaster : ANTA
33
A mollusk : CLAM
34
Delight : HAPPINESS
36
Yoga position : LOTUS
38
Cliques : CLANS
39
Entreat : BEG
41
Cockcrow : MORNING
44
Broken or bankrupt : RUINED
45
Badge : EMBLEM
47
Slide : CHUTE
49
Martini garnish : OLIVE
50
Of a cereal : OATEN
51
Tenor : TREND
52
Possessive pronoun : HERS
53
___ Hari : MATA
54
Ancient Greek coin : OBOL
55
Actress Petrova : OLGA
56
Diminutive suffix : ETTE

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

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