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James R. Burns
James R. Burns

New York Times, Monday, February 23, 1987

55-Across : Famous theater couple

Author:
James R. Burns
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0
James R. Burns has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,621
Across
1
Spanish house : CASA
5
Sphere of work : AREA
9
Cuts of lamb : RACKS
14
Pindaric works : ODES
15
Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
16
Up's partner : ABOUT
17
Employer of Jane Eyre : ROCHESTER
19
Trouble : WORRY
20
___ Nouveau : ART
21
Movie cult figure : DEAN
22
Modify fittingly : ADAPT
23
Mitigate : LESSEN
25
Cavalry weapon : SABER
27
Actor Sharif : OMAR
29
In the van : LEADING
33
Ned Buntline hero : BUFFALOBILL
37
Civil War veterans' org. : GAR
38
Director Kazan : ELIA
39
Caustic : LYE
40
Speck : IOTA
41
M.I.T. grad. : ENG
42
Legendary kidnap victim : HELENOFTROY
46
Hobby : PASTIME
48
Inevitable : SURE
49
Musical composition : ETUDE
51
Tantalizes : TEMPTS
55
Famous theater couple : LUNTS
57
"Ave atque ___" : VALE
59
What shad are prized for : ROE
60
Edith Cavell, for one : NURSE
61
Ill-fated English settlement : JAMESTOWN
63
"Ragged Dick" author : ALGER
64
Mine entrance : ADIT
65
Small bills : ONES
66
Sanctify : BLESS
67
Rose's team : REDS
68
"Le ___ Goriot": Balzac : PERE
Down
1
Yellowish red : CORAL
2
Worship : ADORE
3
Denominations : SECTS
4
Pallor : ASH
5
Arms depot : ARSENAL
6
Pro ___ (in proportion) : RATA
7
Ties : EVENS
8
Make public : AIR
9
Unfair treatment : RAWDEAL
10
Having entrained : ABOARD
11
Business org. : CORP
12
Composer Weill : KURT
13
Farmyard structure : STY
18
Swelling : EDEMA
22
First murder victim : ABEL
24
Couch's cousin : SOFA
26
Outlanders : ALIENS
28
Used wheels : ROLLED
30
Stravinsky : IGOR
31
Former Haig command : NATO
32
Grizzled : GRAY
33
Alert electronically : BEEP
34
Larger forearm bone : ULNA
35
Fruit trees : FIGS
36
By the ___ (incidentally) : BYE
40
News story : ITEM
42
Batters like Boggs : HITTERS
43
Kin of ostriches : EMUS
44
Wall sockets : OUTLETS
45
Rids of : FREES
47
Verb forms : TENSES
50
Escape by trickery : EVADE
52
Inclined (to) : PRONE
53
Babel structure : TOWER
54
Meaning : SENSE
55
Letup : LULL
56
Yen : URGE
58
Surrounded by : AMID
60
Collar : NAB
61
Sound harshly : JAR
62
Go one better : TOP

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