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Paul R. Barnes
Paul R. Barnes

New York Times, Thursday, September 23, 1976

Author:
Paul R. Barnes
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 28.3
Paul R. Barnes has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,903
Across
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Sea-story writer : DANA
5
Send payment : REMIT
10
Ammo for a child's pistol : CAPS
14
Sashes : OBIS
15
Unique : ALONE
16
Nautical position : ALEE
17
Partner of ruin : RACK
18
Agatha Christie's nosy lady : JANEMARPLE
20
Crooked : ASKEW
22
Kind of boiled : PAR
23
Grandma of art : MOSES
24
Bird crops : CRAWS
26
Adjust, as sails : TRIM
28
Asian gazelle : GOA
30
Word with whiz : GEE
31
Hawks of Hawaii : IOS
32
Certain G.I. : PFC
35
Wind off : UNREEL
37
Creator of Nick of "Thin Man" : DASHIELL
39
"___, Brute!" : ETTU
40
Embers : COALS
42
Music group : TRIO
43
Sleuth in the deerstalker hat : SHERLOCK
45
Turkish inn : IMARET
47
Indian weight : SER
48
French soul : AME
49
Cuckoo : ANI
50
Time periods: Abbr. : YRS
51
Russian city : OREL
52
Least quantity : MINIM
54
Ferber bestseller : SOBIG
57
Hula wear : LEI
59
Get into condition : TRAIN
62
S.S. Van Dine sleuth : PHILOVANCE
65
Anglo-Saxon domestic : ESNE
66
Land of the Dail : EIRE
67
Fur animal : OTTER
68
Roulette color : NOIR
69
Solemn promise : WORD
70
Della : REESE
71
Within: Prefix : ENTO
Down
1
Dumb girl : DORA
2
Arab cloaks : ABAS
3
Famous dime-novel sleuth : NICKCARTER
4
Inquiring one : ASKER
5
Reign, in India : RAJ
6
Slip by : ELAPSE
7
___ Lisa : MONA
8
Of an immobile state : INERTIAL
9
Egyptian god : TEM
10
Billiard shot : CAROM
11
Zermatt locale : ALPS
12
Soccer great : PELE
13
Bishoprics : SEES
19
Mennonite sect : AMISH
21
Carry on : WAGE
25
Kind of wagon : WELCOME
27
Opera composer : ROSSINI
28
Join in a parlor game : GUESS
29
"___ Road to Mandalay" : ONTHE
32
Gardner's legal eagle : PERRYMASON
33
Ad leaflet : FLIER
34
Lumps : CLOTS
36
Continent: Abbr. : EUR
37
Mail, in India : DAK
38
Greenland Eskimo : ITA
41
Having minute eyes : OCELLATE
44
Slow, in music : LARGO
46
In ___ condition (good as new) : MINT
49
Vestments : AMICES
51
Did a lube job : OILED
53
Miss Bordoni : IRENE
54
Pour forth : SPEW
55
Sister Eileen's state : OHIO
56
Whirring sound : BIRR
58
Being, in Spain : ENTE
60
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
61
Orchid-loving private eye : NERO
63
Norse goddess : VOR
64
Prior to : ERE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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