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Paul R. Barnes
Paul R. Barnes

New York Times, Thursday, December 2, 1976

Author:
Paul R. Barnes
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 22.7
Paul R. Barnes has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,973
Across
1
Sunken fence : HAHA
5
King Cole's fiddlers : TRIO
9
Travel endorsements : VISAS
14
Moslem priest : IMAM
15
Litter also-ran : RUNT
16
Bandman Shaw : ARTIE
17
Baltic gulf : RIGA
18
Barber's ___ : ITCH
19
"Remember the ___!" : MAINE
20
Of a vinegar acid : ACETIC
22
Longfellow's wreck : HESPERUS
24
"Cheesebox on a raft" : MONITOR
26
Fish eggs : ROE
27
Whistling swan : OLOR
29
Certain steamers : TRAMPS
34
Pilgrims' transport : MAYFLOWER
39
Ermine : STOAT
40
City on the Oka : OREL
41
Viol's ancestor : REBEC
43
Sidney Franklin's foe : TORO
44
Coquetted : OGLED
46
Famed Atlantic victim : LUSITANIA
48
Metal cement : SOLDER
50
Goalie's effort : SAVE
51
Lobster-eater's wear : BIB
53
It was thought unsinkable : TITANIC
58
The South's ironclad : MERRIMAC
63
Musically smooth : LEGATO
64
Sea marauder : UBOAT
65
Prefix for copter or port : HELI
67
Tied : EVEN
68
Poet's treasure : TROVE
69
Amazon cetacean : INIA
70
___ but not gaudy : NEAT
71
Carried : TOTED
72
Solar disc : ATEN
73
African fox : ASSE
Down
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Grant's baptismal first name : HIRAM
2
Friend, in Padua : AMICO
3
Uta or Walter : HAGEN
4
Violinmaker : AMATI
5
French flag : TRICOLOR
6
Wheel track : RUT
7
Small distance : INCH
8
Else : OTHER
9
Musical improvisers : VAMPERS
10
Dies ___ : IRAE
11
Agitation : STIR
12
Japanese aborigine : AINU
13
Perceives : SEES
21
Chemical suffix : ITOL
23
Toper : SOT
25
Spur wheel : ROWEL
28
Phrase in pictures : REBUS
30
"___ boy!" : ATTA
31
Hudson's Half ___ : MOON
32
___-mutuel : PARI
33
Athenian porch : STOA
34
Bossy's noises : MOOS
35
Jason's ship : ARGO
36
Rebels' noise : YELL
37
Ran away : FLED
38
Convened again : RESAT
42
Ex-soldier : CIVILIAN
45
Registered money due : DEBITED
47
Gallic head : TETE
49
Edge : RIM
52
Capital of Salvador : BAHIA
54
Rocket stage : AGENA
55
Church parts : NAVES
56
Flowering shrubs : ITEAS
57
Short narrative : CONTE
58
Jeff's partner : MUTT
59
Spanish river : EBRO
60
Statesman Elihu : ROOT
61
Storm : RAVE
62
Dollar's hundredth : CENT
66
Untruth : LIE

Answer summary:
6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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