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James R. Burns
James R. Burns

New York Times, Tuesday, May 27, 1986

29-Down : Ill humor

Author:
James R. Burns
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, 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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,349
Across
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Sardinelike fish : SPRAT
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Tragic Puccini heroine : TOSCA
11
Canonized ones: Abbr. : STS
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Exclusively : ALONE
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Embellish : ADORN
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Composer Delibes : LEO
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Popular deli combination : BAGELANDLOX
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Oui or ja : YES
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Hot time in Paris : ETE
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"Cool Hand ___," 1967 film : LUKE
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Site of La Scala : MILANO
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Quiz again : RETEST
26
Spur adjuncts : ROWELS
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Dairy sounds : MOOS
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Illegal border crosser : WETBACK
33
La. dialect : CAJUN
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Sawyer's aunt : POLLY
38
Antagonist : FOE
39
Turkish generals : AGAS
40
Threshing instrument : FLAIL
41
Osseous : BONY
42
Los Angeles athlete : RAM
43
Soothsayers : SEERS
44
Joins in socially : MIXES
45
Wield the gavel : PRESIDE
47
Legatee : HEIR
49
An English channel, with "The" : SOLENT
51
Set back from the margin : INDENT
55
Life-story item : MEMOIR
57
Crusaders' base : ACRE
59
Mauna ___ : LOA
60
Kind of light : ARC
61
Where Yogi toiled : CATCHERSBOX
64
"___ Rita" : RIO
65
Entrance courts : ATRIA
66
Came about : AROSE
67
Singer-actor Ritter : TEX
68
Fixes in place : SEATS
69
Pullman berth : LOWER
Down
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"___ Dance": Khachaturian : SABER
2
Serving of food : PLATE
3
Thesaurus man : ROGET
4
One, in Scotland : ANE
5
Affects : TELLSON
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Scuba gear : TANK
7
Stranger : ODDER
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The sun personified : SOL
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English revolutionary leader: 17th century : CROMWELL
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Mel Brooks's "High ___" : ANXIETY
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Showing animal cunning : SLYASAFOX
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Young person : TEEN
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Neither good nor bad : SOSO
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Javelin or Jensen : AUTO
23
Legal degree : LLB
25
Ostrich relatives : EMUS
27
Resembling a morepork : OWLISH
29
Ill humor : SPLEEN
31
Ice-cream holder : CONE
32
Some can openers : KEYS
33
Cavil : CARP
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Culture medium : AGAR
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F.D.R. ran with him in 1920 : JAMESMCOX
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Crew member : OAR
40
Join forces : FEDERATE
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Celtics star : BIRD
43
Quartzes : SILICAS
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"Twenty Questions" category : MINERAL
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Michigan's ___ Canals : SOO
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De Valera's Ireland : EIRE
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Unspoken : TACIT
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Jostle : ELBOW
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Lasso end : NOOSE
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Levy imposer : TAXER
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Trading center : MART
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Clinton's canal : ERIE
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Heir apparent of Eliz. II : CHAS
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" ... bloom in the spring, ___ la" : TRA
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Sign of a hit : SRO

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

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