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James R. Burns
James R. Burns

New York Times, Monday, September 16, 1985

12-Down : Take a dip

Author:
James R. Burns
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J M Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0
James R. Burns has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,096
Across
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Tremulous poplar : ASPEN
6
Mardi ___ : GRAS
10
Fades away : EBBS
14
Break up : STAVE
15
Let : RENT
16
Wooden strip : SLAT
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What Pauline faced weekly : PERIL
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Reputation : ODOR
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Noggin : PATE
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Part of a full-dress suit : SWALLOWTAIL
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Cuba's Guevara : CHE
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Bergman's "Casablanca" role : ILSA
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Weak and wan : PEAKED
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Tear along : BARREL
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Sermonize : PREACH
33
Orchestral reed : OBOE
34
Inkling : IDEA
36
Glances over : SCANS
39
Phineas T. ___ of "Howdy Doody" : BLUSTER
41
Means of entry : GATEWAY
43
___ Wences, ventriloquist : SENOR
44
State positively : AVER
46
Fleece : SKIN
47
Coat with flour : DREDGE
49
Vigorous conflict : TUSSLE
51
Rough, intractable person : TARTAR
53
Louis XIV et al. : ROIS
55
___ Jima : IWO
56
U.S. gold coin : DOUBLEEAGLE
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Seizes suddenly : NABS
64
Bills often passed : ONES
65
Awesome : DREAD
66
Canal, lake or city : ERIE
67
Feel a longing for : PINE
68
Spanish diacritical mark : TILDE
69
Transmitted : SENT
70
Laurel or Kenton : STAN
71
Of a certain grain cereal : OATEN
Down
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Egyptian cobras : ASPS
2
One-dish meal : STEW
3
An estuary of the Amazon : PARA
4
Satan sows its seeds : EVIL
5
Australia's Melba : NELLIE
6
Waxes : GROWS
7
Bureaucratic delays : REDTAPE
8
Asian wild ox : ANOA
9
Highway marking : STRIPE
10
Clairvoyance, for short : ESP
11
Windy City skaters : BLACKHAWKS
12
Take a dip : BATHE
13
Bucephalus, e.g. : STEED
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Partner of Kukla and Fran : OLLIE
22
Bare minimum : LEAST
26
Kind of road : ACCESS
27
Short hairdos : BOBS
28
Fitted for : ABLE
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Elimination tournament : ROUNDROBIN
30
Cannes is one : RESORT
32
King Lear's emotion : RAGE
35
Kind of race : DRAG
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Detect and expose : NAIL
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"Auld Lang ___": Burns : SYNE
40
Stair part : TREAD
42
Lana's first husband : ARTIE
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Ornamental flower : VERBENA
48
Languishes : DROOPS
50
Inured : USEDTO
51
Prongs : TINES
52
Cognizant : AWARE
54
Johnson's stage partner : OLSEN
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Body of soldiers : UNIT
58
Diva's solo : ARIA
59
Dough : GELT
60
Stow cargo : LADE
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"Martin ___": London : EDEN
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Coterie : SET

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