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James Barrick
James Barrick

New York Times, Saturday, December 15, 1984

21-Down : Noted

Author:
James Barrick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
James Barrick has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,821
Across
1
Al Hirschfeld creation : CARICATURE
11
Great : VAST
15
Weather instrument : ANEMOMETER
16
Writer Wiesel : ELIE
17
One of Cinderella's taunters : STEPSISTER
18
Bombast : RANT
19
Circle, square or triangle of light : HALO
20
Inferior : SAD
21
Plant used for fodder : SORGO
22
Sir ___ de Coverley : ROGER
25
Scribes : PENMEN
26
Restraint : CONTROL
29
Algonquian language : CREE
30
___ corda: Mus. dir. : UNA
31
Spinnaker : BALLOONSAIL
36
Polar explorer : BYRD
38
Make noxious : TAINT
39
Word in a syllogism : ERGO
40
Devises : EXCOGITATES
43
Soft sound : COO
44
Museum item : VASE
45
Harmony : RAPPORT
47
Letter between gimel and he : DALETH
50
Peninsula of the Middle East : SINAI
51
Tarkington's "___ Adams" : ALICE
52
Complexity : WEB
53
German admiral in W.W. I : SPEE
57
Sandwich of a kind : TACO
58
Metaphorical : FIGURATIVE
61
Release : EMIT
62
Of bodily structure : ANATOMICAL
63
Decay, as a tree : DOTE
64
Harsh : RELENTLESS
Down
1
Chinese coin with a square hole : CASH
2
Tapir : ANTA
3
Frame of a kind : REEL
4
Weight : IMPORT
5
Mil. men : COS
6
Chambre d'___ (guest room) : AMI
7
Decorate with mosaic tiles : TESSELLATE
8
___ Pradesh, India : UTTAR
9
College in Ore. : REED
10
Sin : ERR
11
Proteus and Valentine, e.g. : VERONESE
12
Tocsin : ALARM
13
Put through a flame : SINGE
14
River in Mont. : TETON
21
Noted : SEEN
23
Symbol of royal power : ORB
24
Capric : GOATISH
25
Changeable : PROTEAN
26
Die : CUBE
27
Nicolo, e.g. : ONYX
28
Stupor: Comb. form : NARC
29
Support a fund : CONTRIBUTE
32
Debussy's "Air de ___" : LIA
33
With the bow, in music : ARCO
34
Plane designer Sikorsky : IGOR
35
Swag : LOOT
37
Harmonious group : DOVECOTE
41
Paid attendance : GATE
42
Town near Liège : SPA
46
Plant part : PISTIL
47
Obsolete : DATED
48
Aspen of Tex. : ALAMO
49
Allowable : LICIT
50
Actress Vivienne : SEGAL
52
Reddish shade : WINE
54
Nepalese coin : PICE
55
Soprano Marton et al. : EVAS
56
Some grigs : EELS
58
Very much : FAR
59
Rum, in Palencia : RON
60
Bu. or pk. : AMT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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