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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Thursday, January 19, 1978

1-Across : Like estate entrances

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { H Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,386
Across
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Like estate entrances : GATED
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Club mixer : SODA
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Groggery : BAR
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Blow ___ (become enraged) : AFUSE
14
Of law : JURAL
15
Neighbor of Fla. : ALA
16
Some Western runners : FORTYNINERBACKS
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Enjoyment : FUN
20
Easy gait : AMBLE
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"The ___ the limit" : SKYS
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"Born Free" lioness : ELSA
24
High-ranking officers : BRASS
25
Land body : ISLE
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Harem room : ODA
28
Surface for the Rangers : ICE
29
Cool drink : ADE
30
Returns a punt : RUNSBACK
33
Gratify : PLEASE
36
Dir. from Genoa to Rapallo : ESE
37
Ending for Clement or Benedict : INE
38
Long-tailed monkey : SAI
39
Seaver or Swift : TOM
40
Church area : VESTRY
42
Went in reverse : BACKEDUP
44
Unfavorable : BAD
45
Horse soldiers: Abbr. : CAV
46
Always, to poets : EER
47
Scorch : SEAR
49
Agoutis' kin : PACAS
51
Kind of bean : LIMA
54
Rainbow shapes : ARCS
55
Kind of bracelet : ANKLE
56
Erich ___ Stroheim : VON
57
Not in the spotlight : TAKINGABACKSEAT
61
Servicemen's org. : USO
62
As ___ a beet : REDAS
63
Artery : AORTA
64
Play enclosure : PEN
65
A year and ___ : ADAY
66
Kobold : NISSE
Down
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Faux pas : GAFFE
2
Tangled : AFOUL
3
Forsakes : TURNSONESBACKON
4
Sum, es, ___ : EST
5
Former Tunisian ruler : DEY
6
Like some summer dresses : SUNBACK
7
Threatening words : ORELSE
8
Challenges : DARES
9
Celebrant's robe : ALB
10
No easy riders : BACKSEATDRIVERS
11
Ethyl or methyl : ALKYL
12
Civet prized by Javanese : RASSE
14
Red Sox slugger : JIMRICE
17
Arrest : NAB
18
On reserve : ASIDE
23
Commercials : ADS
27
"___ in the hand ... " : ABIRD
29
Equally : ALIKE
30
Gun a motor : REV
31
Employ : USE
32
At ___ rate : ANY
33
Felt shoe : PAC
34
Proverbial French coin : SOU
35
Part of H.R.E. : EMP
38
Telly of the "telly" : SAVALAS
41
Bones of the ankle : TARSI
42
Part of Boston : BACKBAY
43
Elongated fish : EEL
45
U.S. neighbor : CANADA
47
Kept a vigil : SATUP
48
Delete : ERASE
49
Called on the intercom : PAGED
50
Part of a min. : SEC
52
Castle visitors' hurdles : MOATS
53
Piers, in architecture : ANTAE
58
Blue Eagle inits. : NRA
59
Neighbor of Mo. : KAN
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___-disant (so-called) : SOI

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

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