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Samuel H. Barkan
Samuel H. Barkan

New York Times, Wednesday, March 26, 1975

42-Down : Common verb

Author:
Samuel H. Barkan
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Samuel H. Barkan has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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H
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W
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A
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L
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M
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,356
Across
1
Israeli dance : HORA
5
Flynn : ERROL
10
Great number : SLEW
14
Declare : AVER
15
Bounds' partners : LEAPS
16
"To ___ his own" : EACH
17
Delivered : SENT
18
Bid's partner on Wall St. : ASKED
19
Speck : MOTE
20
Wartime opportunist : PROFITEER
22
Plains animal : BISON
23
Set quantity : UNIT
24
Black : EBON
26
Show-biz area : RIALTO
29
Racetrack officials : STEWARDS
33
Carney or Buchwald : ART
34
Ill will : ENMITY
36
Jeanne Eagels play : RAIN
37
Take exception : DEMUR
39
Waterfront org. : ILA
40
"This ___ much" : ISTOO
41
In a while : ANON
42
Ready : ALLSET
44
Type of verb: Abbr. : IRR
45
Works on damaged art : RESTORES
47
Calmness : REPOSE
49
Imitates : APES
50
Seethe : FUME
51
Whooping, for one : CRANE
54
Umbrella-shaped growth : TOADSTOOL
59
___ around (loiter) : HANG
60
Sans ___ : SOUCI
61
Williams or Capp : ANDY
62
Russian sea : ARAL
63
Map addition : INSET
64
Roman way : ITER
65
Head part : PATE
66
Former Dodger : REESE
67
Aardvark feature : NOSE
Down
1
Place for a padlock : HASP
2
___ the hill : OVER
3
Western city : RENO
4
Like Dickens's dodger : ARTFUL
5
Jubilance : ELATION
6
Do a printing job : RESET
7
Slope : RAKE
8
Lehar specialties : OPERETTAS
9
Drug initials : LSD
10
Campus events : SEMINARS
11
Asian land : LAOS
12
Outside: Prefix : ECTO
13
"___ in the course of ... " : WHEN
21
___ alia : INTER
22
Ship part : BOW
25
Actor Turhan : BEY
26
Speeders' spotter : RADAR
27
Miss Bordoni : IRENE
28
Prefixes meaning vapors : ATMOS
29
Soprano Beverly : SILLS
30
Math proportion : RATIO
31
Fashion designer and family : DIORS
32
Stertorous sound : SNORE
35
Significant event : MILESTONE
38
Straighten out : UNTANGLE
40
Things on a list : ITEMS
42
Common verb : ARE
43
Like Plato : ERUDITE
46
Poetic word : OPE
48
Vichy leader : PETAIN
50
Looks toward : FACES
51
Fellow : CHAP
52
___ avis : RARA
53
Med. subject : ANAT
55
English river : OUSE
56
Wise : ONTO
57
Poetic works : ODES
58
Old instrument : LYRE
60
"Dear ___" : SIR

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

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