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Dale O. Burgener
Dale O. Burgener

New York Times, Saturday, June 4, 1983

43-Down : Copper town in Namibia

Author:
Dale O. Burgener
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Dale O. Burgener has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,261
Across
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Dick, Tom or Sam : ROVER
6
Rosary components : AVES
10
Vegetables? : PPPP
14
Similar : ALIKE
15
Carpenter's groovy creation : DADO
16
Freedom from discomfort? : EEEE
17
Actor Bruce : NIGEL
18
Name before Arthur : ALAN
19
Soft touches : PATS
20
Affable Arizona Indian? : GOODYUMAMAN
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Pig follower : LET
24
Where to put your dough : OVEN
25
Detroit ten : TIGERS
27
Buttercup part : ACHENE
31
Like Elroy Hirsch's legs : CRAZY
33
Jezebel's deity : BAAL
34
Before the mast : ASEA
36
Get up : ARISE
40
Dislodge a jockey : UNHORSE
42
Blow from Aaron's rod : HOMERUN
44
Canadian peninsula : GASPE
45
This never meets West : EAST
47
Sud's opposite: Fr. : NORD
48
Beast akin to a wildebeest : ELAND
50
What expiators make : AMENDS
52
Wretched : SORDID
55
Go overboard : RAVE
57
Watches? : III
58
Funny girls : COMEDIENNES
64
___ Fitzgerald : ELLA
66
Bombay bigwig : RANA
67
Nick-name : SANTA
68
Change course : VEER
69
Spirited self-assurance : ELAN
70
Heating devices : ETNAS
71
Gaelic : ERSE
72
Manche's seat : STLO
73
What gibberish doesn't make : SENSE
Down
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Reverberated : RANG
2
Hodgepodge : OLIO
3
Spanish port : VIGO
4
Stretched out : EKED
5
Trust : RELYON
6
Nothin' is like this gal : ADAME
7
Curtain-rod hider : VALANCE
8
Dutch cheese : EDAM
9
Beethoven's "Moonlight ___" : SONATA
10
Cheerleader's asset : PEP
11
G.W. was this man's sitter : PEALE
12
Famous fisherman : PETER
13
Mosquitoes, fleas, etc. : PESTS
21
Layers of irises : UVEAS
22
Turkish soldier : NIZAM
26
Marine : GYRENE
27
" ... ___ in a rug" : ABUG
28
Miracle site : CANA
29
Cries of surprise : HAHS
30
Became one while on the run : ELOPED
32
Sounds of fans : RAHS
35
Viewed : SEEN
37
Press : IRON
38
Voiceless sound, in phonetics : SURD
39
Terminates : ENDS
41
Souvenir : RELIC
43
Copper town in Namibia : OTAVI
46
Stimulating ire or vim : ADRENAL
49
Idolizes : ADORES
51
Family close to the Reagans : MEESES
52
Wholly holey utensil : SIEVE
53
Houston athlete : OILER
54
Gets one's goat : RILES
56
Hersey town : ADANO
59
Vassar purchase : MALT
60
Archibald of the Celtics : NATE
61
Printers' measures? : NNNN
62
Greek letters : ETAS
63
Correspondence courtesy, for short : SASE
65
One hundred square meters : ARE

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

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