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James Barrick
James Barrick

New York Times, Thursday, July 11, 1985

Author:
James Barrick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 24.5
James Barrick has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,029
Across
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Fanatical : RABID
6
Warren Beatty film : REDS
10
Peak : ACME
14
One of nine on Parnassus : ERATO
15
Kind of oil : OLEO
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Dutch colonist in South Africa : BOER
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Paper currency : SCRIP
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Trifle : BAGATELLE
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Child's prized immie : CATSEYEMARBLE
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Disquiet : UNEASE
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Kind of onion or cucumber : SEA
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Meet, as a bet : SEE
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Projecting part : EAR
28
Gyp : TAKE
31
Some practice sessions : DRILLS
33
Narrated again : RETOLD
35
Outburst by Eolus : GALE
36
Picnic item : MARSHMALLOW
39
Noggin : BEAN
41
Prop for Will Rogers : LARIAT
42
Sharp : ACIDIC
45
Undiluted : NEAT
46
RR depot : STA
49
Hebrew letter : NUN
50
Salad plant : COS
52
Homesteader : NESTER
54
Fireballs : SHOOTINGSTARS
58
Gutter adjunct : DRAINPIPE
60
Matisse or Bergson : HENRI
61
Disturb : ROIL
62
Other : ELSE
63
Of bygone times : OLDEN
64
Rebel ___ : YELL
65
Corrugation on a coin's edge : REED
66
Devastation : WASTE
Down
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Heroic act : RESCUE
2
Mysteries : ARCANA
3
Do business : BARTER
4
"___ tale told ... ": Macbeth : ITISA
5
He's got inside info : DOPESTER
6
Peignoir : ROBE
7
Biblical kingdom : ELAM
8
Contemporary of Zola : DEGAS
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Emulated a skylark : SOARED
10
Genesis name : ABEL
11
Side dish : COLESLAW
12
Honey : MEL
13
Poetic preposition : ERE
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Lifting device on a slope : TBAR
21
"Crazy Jane" poet : YEATS
25
Pipe fitting : ELL
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Suffix with Bengal : ESE
29
Eastern eye makeup : KOHL
30
Violinist Mischa : ELMAN
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"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
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She wrote "Atlas Shrugged" : RAND
34
Challenge : DARE
36
Part of a schooner : MAINSAIL
37
Old Chinese weight : LIANG
38
TV fare for stay-ups : LATESHOW
39
Interdict : BAN
40
Renaissance shield : ECU
43
Representation of a sort : ICON
44
Author of "The Pilot" : COOPER
46
Remains unchanged : STANDS
47
Harness ring : TERRET
48
Poisonous gas : ARSINE
51
Steps between farms : STILE
53
Carved pillar : STELA
55
Rise : HILL
56
___ dixit : IPSE
57
Lack : NEED
58
Desiccated : DRY
59
A ruminant : ROE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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