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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Thursday, January 14, 1993

39-Across : Lattice

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,773
Across
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Get-up-and-go : PEP
4
Blow the horn : TOOT
8
Bout : SCRAP
13
Compass rdg. : ENE
14
Pongee fabric : HONAN
16
Kind of closet : CHINA
17
Woody Allen's homebody? : ANNIEHALL
19
Stringency : RIGOR
20
English field marshal-statesman : KITCHENER
21
Witless : INANE
22
Ally of "War Games" : SHEEDY
23
Newsom of baseball fame : BOBO
25
___ Mae Brown (Whoopi's Oscar-winning role) : ODA
26
Get back in business : REOPEN
30
N.C.A.A. Fighting Tigers : LSU
32
Weapon for Laertes : RAPIER
37
Actress Nelligan : KATE
38
Bullish times : UPS
39
Lattice : TRELLIS
41
Extremely : TOO
42
False testimony : LIES
44
Working together, for short : INSYNC
45
Posada : INN
46
Wavering : UNSURE
48
Rival of TNT : HBO
50
Houston agcy. : NASA
52
"___ would have it ... " : ASLUCK
55
V.I.P. Virginia family : ROBBS
58
Lioness? : DENMOTHER
61
Talk-show host Winfrey : OPRAH
62
Zorba the sailor? : ATTICSALT
63
Take the stump : ORATE
64
___ naked : STARK
65
Ending for percent : ILE
66
Fantasies : MYTHS
67
Gin-mill product : ALKY
68
Amtrac lines : RYS
Down
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Rooftop : PEAK
2
Bandleader Skinnay ___ : ENNIS
3
Confined quarters? : PENTHOUSES
4
"___ of the Matter": Greene : THEHEART
5
___ and aahed : OOHED
6
"Knock ___ Door," 1949 film : ONANY
7
Tall story : TALE
8
Journalist : SCRIBE
9
Large salmon : CHINOOK
10
Latvian city : RIGA
11
Presently : ANON
12
Peel : PARE
15
Arbitration gp. : NLRB
18
Frappé : ICED
24
Sen. Hatch of Utah : ORRIN
27
Out-back seat? : PATIOCHAIR
28
School Wellington attended : ETON
29
___ tetra (aquarium fish) : NEON
30
Beaut : LULU
31
Aerial maneuver : SPIN
33
Heavenly butter : ARIES
34
Stylograph : PEN
35
They, in Tours : ILS
36
Bridge expert Culbertson : ELY
40
Cheap, in slanguage : SCHLOCKY
43
Tanning process? : SUNBATH
47
Breakouts of sorts : RASHES
49
... ands or ___ : BUTS
51
Rehan and Huxtable : ADAS
52
Conductor Dorati : ANTAL
53
Gloater's look : SMIRK
54
Kind of pool : KELLY
55
Picasso's "The Blue ___" : ROOM
56
Grand Ole ___ : OPRY
57
Pestiferous kid : BRAT
59
Singer Moten of "42d Street": 1933 : ETTA
60
Hwys. : RTES

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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