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James R. Burns
New York Times, Tuesday, April 17, 1984
Author:
James R. Burns
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 28.4
James R. Burns has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 V | 3 A | 4 S | 5 T | 6 S | 7 P | 8 E | 9 D | 10 A | 11 W | 12 L | 13 S |
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14 T | E | R | S | E | 15 C | U | B | A | 16 S | H | O | P |
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17 B | R | O | W | N | 18 D | E | R | B | Y | 19 P | I | C | A |
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20 A | D | M | 21 S | A | N | E | 22 B | 23 R | I | T | O | N |
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24 T | E | A | 25 T | I | M | E | 26 B | R | A | C | E | |||
27 I | L | E | 28 T | E | E | N | 29 C | 30 E | 31 S |
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32 A | 33 M | 34 B | L | E | 35 B | R | A | G | 36 G | A | R | T |
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37 C | A | L | L | 38 C | 39 R | A | N | K | 40 A | P | S | E |
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41 C | L | A | S | 42 S | I | E | R | 43 A | S | S | E | T |
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44 T | I | C | 45 A | N | T | S | 46 G | N | P | |||||
47 K | 48 E | R | N | S | 49 F | R | E | E | 50 A | 51 I | 52 R |
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53 D | 54 A | H | L | I | A | 55 T | R | A | M | 56 U | S | A |
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57 U | N | A | L | 58 B | 59 L | U | E | B | O | 60 N | N | E | T |
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61 A | N | T | I | 62 A | I | N | U | 63 N | I | T | R | O |
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64 L | O | S | S | 65 R | E | E | D | 66 E | B | S | E | N |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,579
Across
1
"Stop!": Naut. : AVAST
6
Hastened : SPED
10
Shoemakers' tools : AWLS
14
Concise : TERSE
15
Site of Guantánamo Bay : CUBA
16
Boutique : SHOP
17
Famous Hollywood restaurant : BROWNDERBY
19
Type size : PICA
20
Fleet C.O. : ADM
21
Showing good sense : SANE
22
English native : BRITON
24
London office break : TEATIME
26
Pair of game birds : BRACE
27
___ du Diable : ILE
28
Young person : TEEN
29
These: Fr. : CES
32
Walk slowly : AMBLE
35
Blowhard : BRAGGART
37
Umpire's decision : CALL
38
Model T starter : CRANK
40
Altar end of a church : APSE
41
More ritzy : CLASSIER
43
Balance-sheet entry : ASSET
44
Muscular twitch : TIC
45
Picnic problem : ANTS
46
Meas. of economic activity : GNP
47
Tails of Q's : KERNS
49
Gas-station sign, of old : FREEAIR
53
Showy flower : DAHLIA
55
English streetcar : TRAM
56
Dos Passos trilogy : USA
57
Single : UNAL
58
Texas state flower : BLUEBONNET
61
One opposed : ANTI
62
Japanese aborigine : AINU
63
Part of TNT : NITRO
64
Kind of leader : LOSS
65
Movie critic Rex : REED
66
Actor Buddy : EBSEN
Down
1
Not in the field : ATBAT
2
Cape ___ Islands : VERDE
3
Pleasant odor : AROMA
4
Compass heading : SSW
5
___ strength (breaking point) : TENSILE
6
Public outburst : SCENE
7
Sheer; simple : PURE
8
Decrease : EBB
9
Sunup : DAYBREAK
10
Appetizing jelly : ASPIC
11
Wind-whipped waves : WHITECAPS
12
Frenzied : LOCO
13
Extend across : SPAN
18
___ Myra Hess : DAME
23
Sought entrance, in a way : RANG
25
Cash drawers : TILLS
26
Swiss capital : BERN
28
Parts of ski towlines : TBARS
30
Gaelic : ERSE
31
Note for a typesetter : STET
32
C.P.A. : ACCT
33
West African republic : MALI
34
Symbols of villainy in oaters : BLACKHATS
36
Quebec peninsula : GASPE
38
Mercury-bearing ore : CINNABAR
39
Softens by soaking : RETS
42
Rani's garb : SARI
43
Windflower : ANEMONE
46
Seize eagerly : GRAB
48
___ Bell (Emily Brontë) : ELLIS
49
Colleague of Jung : FREUD
50
Polly and Chloe : AUNTS
51
Rhone feeder : ISERE
52
Boca ___, Fla. : RATON
53
Twofold : DUAL
54
Part of A.D. : ANNO
55
Dancer-choreographer Tommy : TUNE
59
Concern for Crenshaw : LIE
60
Penpoint : NIB
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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