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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Thursday, December 11, 1975

47-Across : Merry month

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,616
Across
1
Festive : GALA
5
Levenson : SAM
8
N.Z. native : MAORI
13
Miss Loos : ANITA
15
Bulldog player : ELI
16
Exeunt ___ (all go out) : OMNES
17
Carpentry insert : TENON
18
These: Fr. : CES
19
Divine for water : DOWSE
20
Ms. honor : WOMANOFTHEYEAR
23
Bridge : SPAN
24
Trouble : AIL
25
Hurricane center : EYE
26
Meet : SIT
29
Pass receiver : END
30
Aptitude : KNACK
32
Birds of prey : HAWKS
34
Ref. book : OED
35
Payoff figures : ODDS
38
Long time : AMONTHOFSUNDAYS
42
Laugh : HAHA
43
Hill insect : ANT
44
Up to now : ASYET
45
Earth's yearly accomplishment : ORBIT
47
Merry month : MAY
49
Sea inlets: Abbr. : SDS
50
Kind of puncture : ACU
52
High note : ELA
53
___ many words : INSO
55
Eternity plus : FOREVERANDADAY
60
Carbo ___ (charcoal) : LIGNI
61
Hawaiian baking pit : IMU
62
Arab land : YEMEN
64
Skating : ONICE
65
River isle : AIT
66
Window-frame divider : STILE
67
Pay : WAGES
68
Once-named : NEE
69
Seasoning : SALT
Down
1
Holdup weapon : GAT
2
Once more : ANEW
3
Printing machine, for short : LINO
4
Small bits : ATOMS
5
Clock hand : SECOND
6
Hebrew letter : ALEF
7
Errors : MISTAKES
8
Early Ford : MODELA
9
Formosa Strait island : AMOY
10
"Open ___" (store sign) : ONWEEKDAYS
11
Iterate : RESAY
12
River of France : ISERE
14
Metrical foot : ANAPEST
21
"No, no" girl, for short : NAN
22
Delhi resident : HINDU
26
Leader of Iran : SHAH
27
"___ Camera" : IAMA
28
Night-club stint : TWOHOURGIG
31
Cape ___ (saltbox homes) : CODS
33
Knot in wood : KNAR
34
Frequently, to poets : OFT
36
Tinted : DYED
37
Concordes : SSTS
39
Selassie : HAILE
40
Detroiter's neighbor : ONTARIAN
41
Denies : NAYSAYS
46
Groups of beauties : BEVIES
47
Clock hand : MINUTE
48
In addition : AND
50
Streaming : AFLOW
51
___ phrase (invent) : COINA
54
Playwright Clifford : ODETS
56
Ending for differ : ENCE
57
Friend, in Paris : AMIE
58
Bowfin genus : AMIA
59
Shout : YELL
63
Butterfly-catcher's gear : NET

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

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