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Dale O. Burgener
Dale O. Burgener

New York Times, Thursday, September 25, 1986

7-Down : "Let sleeping dogs ___"

Author:
Dale O. Burgener
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F H J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Dale O. Burgener has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,470
Across
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"That's one small ___ for a man ... ": Armstrong : STEP
5
Lively Bohemian dance : POLKA
10
Plan for the heavy set : DIET
14
Former talk-show host : PAAR
15
Nepalese, e.g. : ASIAN
16
Concerning : INRE
17
Vet set : EXSOLDIERS
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Slammer : STIR
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Center for the tot set : DAYCARE
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One of the pet set : TERRIER
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Vaselike pitchers : EWERS
25
___ and board : ROOM
26
Computer links : MODEMS
29
Action taboo at West Point : CRIBBING
33
Emanate : EXUDE
34
"Too ___ old, too late smart" : SOON
35
Barbara, of the TV set : EDEN
36
Dunk : DIP
37
Dressed more sharply : NATTIER
40
Gardner, of the film set : AVA
41
Inactive : IDLE
43
Armor : MAIL
44
Join a club : ENTER
46
Upper limits : CEILINGS
48
Drives a car : STEERS
49
Part of a parrot's bill : CERE
50
Survey boundaries : METES
52
Most courageous : BRAVEST
55
Superiority : VANTAGE
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Routine repetition : ROTE
60
One of the ref's set : TIMEKEEPER
62
Corner in a church : AMEN
63
Goddess of peace : IRENE
64
Hindu queen : RANI
65
Home of a monster? : NESS
66
A nickel gets you five : CENTS
67
British carbine : STEN
Down
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Exceeded 55 m.p.h. : SPED
2
Classification categories : TAXA
3
"Nothing is ___ in war": Eisenhower : EASY
4
Move along : PROCEED
5
Diamond set : PADRES
6
Willow rod : OSIER
7
"Let sleeping dogs ___" : LIE
8
Vehicle for the racing set : KART
9
Like a goose : ANSERINE
10
Undress : DISROBE
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Old Buffalo-to-Albany canal : ERIE
13
Haw., formerly : TERR
18
The white-hat set : LAWMEN
22
Steal forcibly : ROB
24
Old scholastic theological system : SCOTISM
26
One of the stethoscope set : MEDIC
27
Binary compound of oxygen : OXIDE
28
Identical sets : DUPLICATES
30
Stir up : ROIL
31
"Better late than ___" : NEVER
32
Growls : GNARS
34
Bachelor party : STAG
38
Causing memory loss : AMNESTIC
39
Hydrocarbon from resins : RETENE
42
Giants and Jets : ELEVENS
45
The feathered set : NESTERS
47
Wrath : IRE
48
Prize for the horsy set : STAKES
51
Occurrence : EVENT
52
Wheat husk : BRAN
53
Home of the togaed set : ROME
54
Bore : TIRE
56
Give ___ on the back (praise) : APAT
57
Heredity transmitter : GENE
58
Poet's Ireland : ERIN
61
" ... all ___ are created equal" : MEN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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