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James R. Burns
James R. Burns

New York Times, Monday, July 25, 1983

62-Across : "Clair de ___": Debussy

Author:
James R. Burns
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, 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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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,312
Across
1
Songwriters' org. : ASCAP
6
Au or Ag : ELEM
10
Voters' nonchoice in 1912 : TAFT
14
Riser's locale : STAIR
15
Former Haig command : NATO
16
Spanish cooking pot : OLLA
17
Domineer : LORDITOVER
19
Inferior : POOR
20
Beaver State: Abbr. : ORE
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Spice from nutmeg : MACE
22
Out of bed : ARISEN
24
Laundry of a sort : WETWASH
26
Put in office : ELECT
27
Part of T.G.I.F. : ITS
28
Military group : UNIT
29
Stripling : LAD
32
Garand : RIFLE
35
Mia Farrow movie role : ROSEMARY
37
Roman poet : OVID
38
Beauty's captor : BEAST
40
___ fixe (obsession) : IDEE
41
George or Thurgood : MARSHALL
43
Wood nymph : DRYAD
44
U.S.N.A. grad : ENS
45
Flat-bottomed boats : ARKS
46
Actress Ruby : DEE
47
Primitive group : TRIBE
49
Examined eggs : CANDLED
53
In plenty : GALORE
55
Bridge seat : EAST
56
A Gabor : EVA
57
Cloak : WRAP
58
W.W. II radio propagandist : LORDHAWHAW
61
Time's partner : TIDE
62
"Clair de ___": Debussy : LUNE
63
Swap : TRADE
64
Customs : WAYS
65
Proofreader's note : STET
66
Brontë heroine and family : EYRES
Down
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" ... ___ Boat to China" : ASLOW
2
Hoard : STORE
3
Mark of omission : CARET
4
Succor : AID
5
Gibbon or mandrill : PRIMATE
6
Tennyson's Mr. Arden : ENOCH
7
Bathe : LAVE
8
This follows printemps : ETE
9
Advocate for right conduct : MORALIST
10
Lecture subject : TOPIC
11
Willa Cather novel : ALOSTLADY
12
Floating ice field : FLOE
13
Mountain pool : TARN
18
Soviet news agency : TASS
23
Neural network : RETE
25
Desolate regions : WILDS
26
Son of Seth : ENOS
28
Russian range : URALS
30
Field of study : AREA
31
Tinted : DYED
32
Composer Harold : ROME
33
Netman Lendl : IVAN
34
Martha was number one : FIRSTLADY
36
Bogged down : MIRED
38
Gym equipment : BARBELLS
39
Actress Sommer : ELKE
42
Locks : HAIR
43
Toothed : DENTATE
46
Jesse Owens specialty : DASH
48
Entices, with "in" : ROPES
49
Midshipman's counterpart : CADET
50
"Merry Widow" composer : LEHAR
51
Escape by trickery : EVADE
52
Coolidge's V.P. : DAWES
53
Selznick classic, for short : GWTW
54
Stradella song : ARIA
55
Lake in Ireland : ERNE
59
Not safe : OUT
60
Bitterly ironic : WRY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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