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Dale O. Burgener
Dale O. Burgener

New York Times, Friday, April 4, 1986

Author:
Dale O. Burgener
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 40.7
Dale O. Burgener has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,296
Across
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Secure a ship with ropes : FRAP
5
Potok's "My Name Is ___ Lev" : ASHER
10
Dip : LADE
14
Flight-related prefix : AERO
15
Polished : SUAVE
16
Goffer : IRON
17
Accolade actors appreciate : STANDINGOVATION
20
Watched over : TENDED
21
Some terriers : RATTERS
22
Legendary Irish bride : EMER
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Kind of hemp or lace : ALOE
25
Repetitions within scores : REPRISES
29
Open out : UNROLL
33
Town near Buzzards Bay : ONSET
34
One stroke more than par : BOGEY
36
Dupin's creator : POE
37
Burden : LOAD
38
Dandies : DUDES
39
Glove for Carlton Fisk : MITT
40
Right-angle fitting : ELL
41
Fiber for lariats : SISAL
42
Kind of bean : PINTO
43
Large Asiatic deer : SAMBUR
45
Buck : SIMOLEON
47
Periods : AGES
49
Dingle : DELL
50
Play the ham : OVERACT
53
Drove tenpennies : NAILED
57
Theatrical group : REPERTORYTROUPE
60
Testa's cousin : ARIL
61
Boredom : ENNUI
62
Compass pts. : NNES
63
Having a delicate, open pattern : LACY
64
Starts a rubber : DEALS
65
Look for : SEEK
Down
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Unfading, as colors : FAST
2
Plexus : RETE
3
Synge's "The ___ Islands" : ARAN
4
Ruminated : PONDERED
5
Actor's sotto-voce remarks : ASIDES
6
Our closest star : SUN
7
Gorgon : HAG
8
City in Portugal : EVORA
9
Makes a second appraisal : REVALUES
10
Palanquin : LITTER
11
Author ___ Eliav : ARIE
12
French window : DOOR
13
Danube feeder : ENNS
18
Resign : DEMIT
19
Lack of muscle tone : ATONY
23
Picture puzzle : REBUS
25
Romeo and Juliet : ROLES
26
___ Gay, famous bomber : ENOLA
27
Sacred poem : PSALM
28
Carbonated drinks : SODAS
30
Express beliefs : OPINE
31
Numbers game : LOTTO
32
Pretend : LETON
35
Extremely cold : GELID
38
Emulated Spielberg : DIRECTED
39
Plutocrat's lucre : MILLIONS
41
Make superficially palatable : SUGAR
42
Pivotal : POLAR
44
By a nose : BARELY
46
Non compos ___ : MENTIS
48
He wrote "Love Is Eternal" : STONE
50
Buccal : ORAL
51
Miles or Vague : VERA
52
De Mille production : EPIC
54
Crescent-shaped figure : LUNE
55
Dueling sword : EPEE
56
Escritoire : DESK
58
Essential cell comp. : RNA
59
Actor Brynner : YUL

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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