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James R. Burns
James R. Burns

New York Times, Tuesday, April 17, 1984

26-Across : Pair of game birds

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
James R. Burns has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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V
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P
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C
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B
R
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G
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C
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R
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K
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G
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K
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L
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© 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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