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Samuel H. Barkan
New York Times, Thursday, March 4, 1976
Author:
Samuel H. Barkan
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 37.2
Samuel H. Barkan has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 E | 2 B | 3 B | 4 S | 5 H | 6 E | 7 S | 8 A | 9 U | 10 R | 11 N | 12 S |
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13 L | E | A | N | 14 A | R | E | N | 15 A | 16 P | E | A | U |
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17 B | A | S | E | 18 G | R | A | N | D | 19 S | T | A | N | D |
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20 A | R | K | A | 21 N | S | A | S | 22 A | R | O | M | A | S |
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23 E | K | E | 24 T | O | 25 R | R | I | D | ||||||
26 A | 27 C | T | 28 T | 29 H | I | N | E | 30 A | 31 F | 32 E | 33 R |
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34 L | O | B | 35 T | I | C | 36 S | 37 E | 38 C | T | I | L | E |
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39 T | R | A | 40 I | L | S | 41 C | H | E | E | S | E |
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42 H | E | L | M | E | T | 43 S | 44 T | O | A | 45 L | A | D |
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46 O | S | L | O | 47 U | 48 R | A | L | S | 49 D | S | S |
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50 G | 51 L | 52 A | M | O | R | 53 S | 54 A | G | ||||||
55 A | 56 L | 57 B | E | I | T | 58 S | H | 59 E | E | R | O | 60 F | 61 F |
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62 M | A | I | N | S | T | 63 R | E | E | T | 64 R | A | I | L |
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65 I | N | R | E | 66 A | L | T | E | R | 67 A | L | T | O |
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68 D | A | D | S | 69 S | O | L | E | 70 U | S | S | R |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,700
Across
1
Declines : EBBS
5
"For ___ jolly ... " : HESA
9
Containers : URNS
13
Jack Sprat's choice : LEAN
14
Sports place : ARENA
16
___ de soie : PEAU
17
First, second or third : BASE
18
Play up to the spectators : GRANDSTAND
20
Traveler of song : ARKANSAS
22
Cooking byproducts : AROMAS
23
___ out a living : EKE
24
Ecuador's zone : TORRID
26
Put-on : ACT
28
Quaker word : THINE
30
Southwest wind : AFER
34
Tennis shot : LOB
35
Nervous twitch : TIC
36
Capable of being cut : SECTILE
39
Hikers' ways : TRAILS
41
___ it (scram) : CHEESE
42
Football-uniform items : HELMETS
44
Burned ___ crisp : TOA
45
Young one : LAD
46
European capital : OSLO
47
Russian range : URALS
49
Graduate degree : DSS
50
Alluring quality : GLAMOR
53
Droop : SAG
55
Even if : ALBEIT
58
Swerve, as a ship : SHEEROFF
62
Sauk Centre's claim to fame : MAINSTREET
64
What Abe split : RAIL
65
With respect to : INRE
66
___ ego : ALTER
67
Quartet member : ALTO
68
Family members : DADS
69
Fish : SOLE
70
Eur. country : USSR
Down
1
Exile spot : ELBA
2
Suffer : BEAR
3
Naismith's creation : BASKETBALL
4
Quarterback ploy : SNEAK
5
Ugly women : HAGS
6
Lacking consistency : ERRATIC
7
Fall, for one : SEASON
8
Mass. cape : ANN
9
Like Kansas City, in song : UPTODATE
10
Squeeze out orange juice : REAM
11
Zola work : NANA
12
Washing-machine product : SUDS
15
Jewish month : ADAR
19
Title in India : SRI
21
Irritate : NETTLE
25
Home: Abbr. : RES
26
In spite of, for short : ALTHO
27
Apple parts : CORES
29
Attention-getting sound : HIST
31
Three-pointers : FIELDGOALS
32
Miss Lanchester et al. : ELSAS
33
Marsh growths : REEDS
37
Earth science: Abbr. : ECOL
38
Gliding dance step : CHASSE
40
Miss Coca et al. : IMOGENES
43
Partner of substance : SUM
44
Native of N.C. : TARHEEL
48
___ the occasion : ROSETO
51
Fleur-de-___ : LIS
52
"___ boy!" : ATTA
54
Pianist Claudio : ARRAU
55
Kind of ships : AMID
56
Miss Turner : LANA
57
Condor, e.g. : BIRD
59
To be, in France : ETRE
60
Is correctly adjusted : FITS
61
Bloom, in Spain : FLOR
63
Literary initials : RLS
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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