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James R. Burns
James R. Burns

New York Times, Tuesday, May 27, 1986

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, Grid flow: 43.2
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
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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
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Spur adjuncts : ROWELS
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Dairy sounds : MOOS
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Illegal border crosser : WETBACK
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La. dialect : CAJUN
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Sawyer's aunt : POLLY
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Antagonist : FOE
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Turkish generals : AGAS
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Threshing instrument : FLAIL
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Osseous : BONY
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Los Angeles athlete : RAM
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Soothsayers : SEERS
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Joins in socially : MIXES
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Wield the gavel : PRESIDE
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Legatee : HEIR
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An English channel, with "The" : SOLENT
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Set back from the margin : INDENT
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Life-story item : MEMOIR
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Crusaders' base : ACRE
59
Mauna ___ : LOA
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Kind of light : ARC
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Where Yogi toiled : CATCHERSBOX
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"___ Rita" : RIO
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Entrance courts : ATRIA
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Came about : AROSE
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Singer-actor Ritter : TEX
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Fixes in place : SEATS
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Pullman berth : LOWER
Down
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"___ Dance": Khachaturian : SABER
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Serving of food : PLATE
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Thesaurus man : ROGET
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One, in Scotland : ANE
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Affects : TELLSON
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Scuba gear : TANK
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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
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Legal degree : LLB
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Ostrich relatives : EMUS
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Resembling a morepork : OWLISH
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Ill humor : SPLEEN
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Ice-cream holder : CONE
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Some can openers : KEYS
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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
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Join forces : FEDERATE
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Celtics star : BIRD
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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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