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James R. Burns
James R. Burns

New York Times, Tuesday, February 3, 1987

57-Across : U.S. sports org.

Author:
James R. Burns
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J M Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, 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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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,601
Across
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Smelting waste : SLAG
5
Apartments in Soho : FLATS
10
Sacred bull of ancient Egypt : APIS
14
Use a dish towel : WIPE
15
___ the Riveter : ROSIE
16
Custom : WONT
17
Middle East gulf : ADEN
18
Chamber-music group : OCTET
19
Ore vein : LODE
20
Men's underwear : BOXERSHORTS
23
Be left on base : DIE
24
Winery container : VAT
25
Laic : SECULAR
27
Career or calling : VOCATION
32
Facility : EASE
33
Wood for bats or skis : ASH
34
Kind of chair : SEDAN
36
Summarize : RECAP
39
Gin flavoring : SLOE
41
Decorate again : REDID
43
Hornswoggle : DUPE
44
Cities' little sisters : TOWNS
46
Strength : SINEW
48
Draw even with : TIE
49
Does a garden job : HOES
51
Avenger's action : REPRISAL
53
Linen storage places : CLOSETS
56
Chinese author ___ Yutang : LIN
57
U.S. sports org. : AAU
58
Front-runners : PACESETTERS
64
Small Thames boat : PUNT
66
French landscapist : COROT
67
Dust Bowl refugee : OKIE
68
Early Icelandic literary work : EDDA
69
"Mack the ___" : KNIFE
70
Leningrad's river : NEVA
71
Musical pause : REST
72
Religious denominations : SECTS
73
"Martin ___": London : EDEN
Down
1
Ship's mop : SWAB
2
Venetian resort : LIDO
3
Summit : APEX
4
League of Nations seat : GENEVA
5
More unfriendly : FROSTIER
6
Lomond or Ness : LOCH
7
Concerning : ASTO
8
Children's pinafores : TIERS
9
Bench for two or three : SETTEE
10
Shoemaker's tool : AWL
11
Women's short hair styles : POODLECUTS
12
Asian subcontinent : INDIA
13
Beef source : STEER
21
False hairpieces : RATS
22
Identifying mark : SCAR
26
Secondhand : USED
27
Enormous : VAST
28
The former Christiania : OSLO
29
Gluttons: Slang : CHOWHOUNDS
30
Canzoni : ODES
31
Lowest point : NADIR
35
Casey and Mudville mates : NINE
37
Western Samoan capital : APIA
38
Strip bark from : PEEL
40
A son of Seth : ENOS
42
Gradually uses up resources : DEPLETES
45
Percolate : SEEP
47
Court order : WRIT
50
Arranges in piles : STACKS
52
Chant : INTONE
53
Bank heist, e.g. : CAPER
54
Summa cum ___ : LAUDE
55
Flat, round cake : SCONE
59
Viking explorer : ERIC
60
Easily swayed : SOFT
61
Made do, with "out" : EKED
62
Tear apart : RIVE
63
Actor Connery : SEAN
65
Make lace : TAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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