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Dale O. Burgener
Dale O. Burgener

New York Times, Friday, May 2, 1986

Author:
Dale O. Burgener
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { F J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 106.6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Dale O. Burgener has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,324
Across
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Tater : SPUD
5
"Aquí se ___ español" : HABLA
10
Goofs : ERRS
14
Mira ___, variable star : CETI
15
Off the cuff : ADLIB
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Hen pen : COOP
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A son of Zeus and Hera : ARES
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"Other Voices, Other ___": Capote : ROOMS
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Be bested : LOSE
20
Befuddled : DISCOMBOBULATED
23
Pickled : OILED
24
Saint Louis was one : ROI
25
Fire 21 guns : SALUTE
28
Fabulous S.A. country : ELDORADO
33
Hot spot : OVEN
34
Sunny ___ up : SIDE
36
Descendant : SCION
37
William T. G. Morton was one : DENTIST
39
Believers in one creative God : THEISTS
41
Our Miss Brooks : ARDEN
42
"Soul ... take thine ___": Luke 12:19 : EASE
44
Koko's weapon : SNEE
45
Part of SOP : STANDARD
47
State one's mind : ASSERT
49
Assistance : AID
50
"A case of do ___" : ORDIE
52
New inspiration or incentive : REENCOURAGEMENT
59
Author Ambler : ERIC
60
Chief : PRIME
61
___ Sedgwick, tragic heiress : EDIE
62
Withered : SERE
63
Ancient Greek fillet : TENIA
64
"With malice toward ___" : NONE
65
Foulards : TIES
66
More prudent : SAGER
67
One of the Feds : TMAN
Down
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Goggler : SCAD
2
Beautiful girl : PERI
3
All-purpose trks. : UTES
4
Abashes : DISCOUNTENANCES
5
Innocuous : HARMLESS
6
Sun-dried brick : ADOBE
7
Of excellent lineage : BLOODED
8
___ of the devil : LIMB
9
Ridiculous : ABSURD
10
Clarification : ECLAIRCISSEMENT
11
Cheer : ROOT
12
Polyantha, e.g. : ROSE
13
Exceeded 55 m.p.h. : SPED
21
"___ is my love!": Romeo : OIT
22
Detached : LOOSE
25
Fizzy drinks : SODAS
26
Turn aside : AVERT
27
___ hand (help) : LENDA
29
Allows : LETS
30
Argonne Forest river : AISNE
31
Almost any grandma : DOTER
32
Beginning : ONSET
35
Passage for Pompey : ITER
38
Of a Pakistani language : INDIC
40
Bowlers and boaters : HEADGEAR
43
Action at a crèche : ADORING
46
Embraces : ADOPTS
48
She, in Stuttgart : SIE
51
Fiber for fine fabrics : RAMIE
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"If I ___, I rust": Luther : REST
53
" ... ___ saw Elba" : EREI
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Dail's land : EIRE
55
Compound used in plastics : UREA
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Ancient land south of Judea : EDOM
57
"Strange Interlude" heroine : NINA
58
One under 20 : TEEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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