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James R. Burns
James R. Burns

New York Times, Tuesday, April 30, 1985

20-Across : Up for auction

Author:
James R. Burns
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
James R. Burns has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,957
Across
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Speech part: Abbr. : CONJ
5
Military training unit : CADRE
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A Romanov : CZAR
14
Fencing foil's kin : EPEE
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Forcefully : AMAIN
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"Arrivederci ___" : ROMA
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"The Mauve Decade" author : BEER
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House style : RANCH
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Get ___ the ground floor : INON
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Up for auction : UNDERTHEHAMMER
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Units of conductance : MHOS
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By birth : NEE
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Story line : ACTION
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Fallen socially : DECLASSE
33
Trojan War epic : ILIAD
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Leeds's river : AIRE
35
Ark passenger : HAM
36
Successor to Trygve Lie : DAGHAMMARSKJOLD
40
Before, poetically : ERE
41
Is unwell : AILS
42
Chutzpah : NERVE
43
"Noises Off" prop : SARDINES
46
Sea Islands product : COTTON
47
Service br. : USN
48
Thick fog : SOUP
49
Wholeheartedly : HAMMERANDTONGS
56
Pack down lightly : TAMP
57
Gunned a motor : RACED
58
De facto : REAL
59
Pa Joad, for one : OKIE
60
Lucy's pal : ETHEL
61
Polynesian cloth : TAPA
62
Comedian Foxx : REDD
63
Farm-machinery pioneer : DEERE
64
Boil slowly : STEW
Down
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Philippine island : CEBU
2
Lead off : OPEN
3
Requirement : NEED
4
Hebrew prophet : JEREMIAH
5
Packing container : CARTON
6
Eastern nursemaids : AMAHS
7
Hamlet, for one : DANE
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Highly amusing : RICH
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Raises the value of : ENHANCES
10
Where the Light Brigade charged : CRIMEA
11
Temperate ___ : ZONE
12
Cupid : AMOR
13
Had charge of : RAN
21
Valerie Harper role : RHODA
22
Allen or Brooks : MEL
25
Staff officers : AIDES
26
Frau Schumann : CLARA
27
"The Lady or the ___?": Stockton : TIGER
28
Watch faces : DIALS
29
Acts humanly : ERRS
30
Lacking funds : SHORT
31
Artillery salute : SALVO
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W. German seaport : EMDEN
34
René's date : AMIE
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Affected : MANNERED
38
Russian whip : KNOUT
39
Modern airfields : JETPORTS
44
Unloaded : DUMPED
45
Doctrine : ISM
46
Pamper : CODDLE
48
Show contempt : SNEER
49
Food fish : HAKE
50
Surrounded by : AMID
51
Scold : RATE
52
Longing : ACHE
53
Undiluted : NEAT
54
Stare openmouthed : GAPE
55
Chopped cabbage : SLAW
56
"High ___," M. Anderson play : TOR

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

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