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James R. Burns
James R. Burns

New York Times, Monday, June 3, 1985

Author:
James R. Burns
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { B J Q V W X }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 22.7
James R. Burns has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,991
Across
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Loses brightness : DIMS
5
To one side : APART
10
Freezes : ICES
14
Basketball's ___ Jazz : UTAH
15
Show embarrassment : COLOR
16
Characterization : ROLE
17
Pure and simple : MERE
18
Sioux leader at Little Bighorn : CRAZYHORSE
20
Church dignitaries : PRELATES
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Radio's "___ Sanctum" : INNER
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Badly : ILL
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Be niggardly : SKIMP
27
Hoi polloi : MASSES
30
It's south of Scorpio's tail : ARA
31
Detect : SPOT
35
One of I. M. Pei's wings : ELL
36
Consorts of rois : REINES
38
Hoecake's cousin : PONE
39
Kitchen appliance : TOASTER
41
Ariz. border city : NOGALES
43
Smallest of a litter : RUNT
44
Ore of lead : GALENA
46
Crop item : OAT
47
Betting line : ODDS
48
It follows printemps : ETE
49
Quantity on hand : SUPPLY
51
Sassy : FRESH
53
Composer Delibes : LEO
54
Kind of potato : IDAHO
58
Veteran : SEASONED
62
U.S. inventor-armorer : SAMUELCOLT
65
Fine cotton : PIMA
66
Bad day for Caesar : IDES
67
Comedian Kovacs : ERNIE
68
Garlands : LEIS
69
Putted perfectly : SANK
70
Actress Cicely : TYSON
71
A Balt : ESTH
Down
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Unload : DUMP
2
Road for a chariot : ITER
3
West Coast navy-yard locale : MAREISLAND
4
Henley craft : SHELLS
5
Bookkeeping rec. : ACCT
6
Openings : PORES
7
Nome native : ALASKAN
8
Nickname for one of the Mames : ROZ
9
Put to the test : TRY
10
Golf club : IRON
11
Ham's trite offering : CORN
12
Otherwise : ELSE
13
Crystal gazer : SEER
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Type of roof : HIP
21
On the qui vive : ALERT
25
A Castle : IRENE
26
Construction workers : MASONS
27
Milano's subway : METRO
28
Audibly : ALOUD
29
Folk singer Pete : SEEGER
31
Its spring gives zing : SPA
32
Mallet swingers' mounts : POLOPONIES
33
Ryan or Tatum : ONEAL
34
Cantankerous : TESTY
37
Incensed : IRATE
40
Those canonized: Abbr. : STS
42
Frenchmen : GAULS
45
Scripture readings : LESSONS
50
Streisand hit song : PEOPLE
51
Ney, to Wellington : FOE
52
Sun: Comb. form : HELIO
54
The Thames at Oxford : ISIS
55
Art movement : DADA
56
Kind of corner : AMEN
57
Maize covering : HUSK
59
Egyptian symbol : ATEN
60
Give off : EMIT
61
Track-meet event : DASH
63
Rent out : LET
64
"___ the Beloved Country": Paton : CRY

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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