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Dale O. Burgener
Dale O. Burgener

New York Times, Friday, October 25, 1985

4-Down : Chinese silk fabrics

Author:
Dale O. Burgener
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Dale O. Burgener has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,135
Across
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"___ the music!" : STOP
5
Derby Downs : EPSOM
10
Challenge : DARE
14
Aircraft-related : AERO
15
P. Bailey's mom? : NACRE
16
Hyalite : OPAL
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Persia, today : IRAN
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About : CIRCA
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State bird of Hawaii : NENE
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Something auld : LANGSYNE
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Intellectual : NOETIC
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Object of a springtime hunt : EASTEREGG
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Quebec land measures : ARPENTS
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" ... delight such as only ___ may know": Morison : ASEAMAN
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Colleens : LASSES
34
Something gnu : ANTELOPE
35
Seventh Greek letter : ETA
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Its soul is brevity : WIT
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El Dorado's treasure : ORO
38
Propped up : PILLARED
42
Has a connection : TIESIN
45
Vassal : HOMAGER
46
Something burrowed : TUNNELS
47
Conifers : PINETREES
49
Something bleu : CORDON
52
Certain Georgians : RUSSIANS
56
Chromolithograph : OLEO
57
See 34 Across : ELAND
59
Goo : GLOP
60
Wedding token : RING
61
Kind of bean : TONKA
62
What many a bride changes : NAME
63
Specks : DOTS
64
Impudent : SASSY
65
Third-day creation : SEED
Down
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Jamie Green, e.g. : SAIL
2
Trillion: Comb. form : TERA
3
Algerian port : ORAN
4
Chinese silk fabrics : PONGEES
5
Capsulizes : ENCYSTS
6
Emulates Seurat : PAINTS
7
Rocky debris : SCREE
8
Grampus : ORC
9
Most small-minded : MEANEST
10
Northernmost Irish county : DONEGAL
11
In ___ (sulking) : APET
12
Rajah's wife : RANI
13
Realm of amps. : ELEC
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Rational : SANE
23
Gula : OGEE
25
Carry on : RANT
26
First Hebrew letter : ALEPH
27
Proportion : RATIO
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Sacred song : PSALM
30
Dr. Seuss's Thidwick : MOOSE
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When Arbor Day comes : APRIL
32
Signs of a sort : NEONS
34
Further : AID
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"As you ___!" : WERE
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Chihuahuas, e.g. : LAPDOGS
40
Exchange rate : AGIO
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Milk curdlers : RENNETS
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Graceful child's birthday : TUESDAY
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Chemical suffixes : INES
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Banners : ENSIGNS
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Boxer's garb : TRUNKS
48
Across: Prefix : TRANS
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Sennit : CORD
50
Potpourri : OLIO
51
Lease : RENT
53
Wings for angeli : ALAE
54
City on Seward Peninsula : NOME
55
Went like sixty : SPED
58
Chilean river : LOA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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