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James Barrick
James Barrick

New York Times, Friday, July 19, 1985

24-Across : Defunct alliance

Author:
James Barrick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.74, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
James Barrick has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,037
Across
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Longboats : SLOOPS
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Hastens : SPEEDS
13
Barren : STERILE
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Surpass on the track : OUTRACE
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A Western grass : NEEDLEANDTHREAD
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Gas: Comb. form : AERO
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Get ___ (become accustomed) : USEDTO
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Malaprop was one : MRS
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Certain nouns: Abbr. : PLS
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Franklin and others : STOVES
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Cabbagelike plant : COLE
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Defunct alliance : SEATO
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Rorem or Buntline : NED
27
Quiz-show group : PANEL
28
Pre-eminent : STELLAR
30
Guinness Book entries : FIRSTS
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A condiment : TABLESALT
33
Builders : MASONS
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Fail to take care of : NEGLECT
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Greek contests : AGONS
40
Fed. agency : FDA
41
Resinous wood : ALOES
43
Phooey! : RATS
44
Vessel with masts : SAILER
46
Rochester-to-Buffalo dir. : WSW
47
Set of tools : KIT
48
Of a body part : SPINAL
49
Commune on the Tanaro : ASTI
50
Relatives of darners : KNITTINGNEEDLES
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Onset : ASSAULT
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Creamy desserts : ECLAIRS
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Scottish nobles : THANES
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Impresses : STAMPS
Down
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Family of Addison's colleague : STEELES
2
Surveys lasciviously : LEERSAT
3
Church publication : ORDO
4
Lube : OIL
5
Il ___ (It's raining): Fr. : PLEUT
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Like some employment : SEASONAL
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Did a lawn job : SODDED
8
Links strokes : PUTTS
9
Combining form in chemistry : ETHO
10
Stray : ERR
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Evil spirits : DAEMONS
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Red-faced : SCARLET
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Cookies : SNAPS
15
De Soto contemporaries : EDSELS
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Eternal; infinite : NEVERENDING
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Gannets : SOLANS
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Monopoly : CARTEL
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Siouan people : TETONS
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Column : PILLAR
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Wt. units : LBS
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___ end (remnant) : FAG
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Trade routes : SEALANES
33
Finnish money : MARKKA
34
Con : AGAINST
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Like the porter in "Macbeth" : SOTTISH
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Flower of the primrose family : COWSLIP
38
Canopies over beds : TESTERS
40
Swoons : FAINTS
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"The ___ Family Robinson": Wyss : SWISS
44
Stake : SPILE
45
Exclusive group : ELECT
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Make senseless : STUN
49
Eliot's Bede : ADAM
51
Chinese pagoda : TAA
52
High note : ELA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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