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Sandra Burlingame
Sandra Burlingame

New York Times, Saturday, February 8, 1986

39-Down : Preserved on vinyl

Author:
Sandra Burlingame
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Sandra Burlingame has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,241
Across
1
Rier or firkin : CASK
5
Fruit container : CRATE
10
Ending for system or emblem : ATIC
14
Revivalist's approval : AMEN
15
Pass the baton : RELAY
16
Smidgen : IOTA
17
Confronting one another : FACETOFACE
19
Word with admiral or guard : REAR
20
Enrolls : ENTERS
21
In a vigorous way : ROBUSTLY
23
Dan Blocker role : HOSS
25
Actress Siddons: 1755-1831 : SARAH
26
Medieval helmet : BASINET
29
Shining : LUCENT
32
Alpha's antithesis : OMEGA
33
Moslem weight units : ROTLS
36
Deface : MAR
37
Like a Dives : RICH
38
Gauchos' weapons : BOLAS
39
Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
40
"But ___ on forever": Tennyson : IGO
41
Mocks : JAPES
42
Actor Jacobi : DEREK
43
Certain apts. : CONDOS
45
Kind of ball or sandwich : KNUCKLE
47
High official in India : DEWAN
49
Stylized wrestling : SUMO
50
Homeric protagonist : ACHILLES
53
Andretti and Lanza : MARIOS
57
A son of Eliz. II : CHAS
58
Nix! : THUMBSDOWN
60
Allusion's cousin : HINT
61
"Goodnight" recipient : IRENE
62
Gen. Rob't ___ : ELEE
63
Remnants : ENDS
64
To heal, in Honduras : CURAR
65
Jutlander, e.g. : DANE
Down
1
Estaminet : CAFE
2
"___ for All Seasons" : AMAN
3
Denomination : SECT
4
___ to a grasshopper : KNEEHIGH
5
Racquet for a certain game : CROSSE
6
N.B.A. figure : REF
7
Winged : ALAR
8
Mexican sandwiches : TACOS
9
Observes: Slang : EYEBALLS
10
Canary's cavity : AIRSAC
11
Follow orders : TOETHEMARK
12
Type of type: Abbr. : ITAL
13
Grant once given to Hollywood : CARY
18
Vitreous mineral : TRONA
22
Extinct wild ox : URUS
24
Razor sharpener : STROP
26
Kind of acid : BORIC
27
Friendly hombre : AMIGO
28
Used : SECONDHAND
30
Type of orange : NAVEL
31
Tot's vehicle : TRIKE
34
Cheer in Pamplona : OLE
35
Duties : TASKS
38
Type of volcanic rock : BASALTIC
39
Preserved on vinyl : RECORDED
41
Fowl's wattle : JOWL
42
Creator of Edmond Dantès : DUMAS
44
Religious rationalists : DEISTS
46
Count : NUMBER
48
India's first prime minister : NEHRU
50
Word with ear or stomach : ACHE
51
Yak : CHIN
52
Litigant : SUER
54
City in Kan. : IOLA
55
Author Wister : OWEN
56
Dirk of yore : SNEE
59
Ancient Greek weight : MNA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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