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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Tuesday, December 22, 1981

41-Across : Submissions to a newspaper ed.

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q V X }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 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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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,732
Across
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Famed name in tennis : ASHE
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Coal size : PEA
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Part of a foundation : SLAB
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Famed name in tennis : MOODY
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Part of a manor : HALL
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Bathroom flooring : TILE
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Free : ONTHEHOUSE
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Salt tree : ATLE
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Stadium cheer : RAH
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Swarthmore chaperon : HOUSEMOTHER
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Conductor Peter ___ : EROS
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Lao-___, reputed founder of Taoism : TSE
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Carefree : BREEZY
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Like a dicer or ricer : UTILE
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Costly : HIGH
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Builder : MASON
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Gator's kin : CROC
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"All ___," 1931 song : OFME
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Signal of a sort : ALERT
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Ath. group : AAU
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Cult leaders : GURUS
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Like Gaspar : WISE
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Submissions to a newspaper ed. : RPTS
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Custom : USAGE
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Tills : HOES
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Ant : EMMET
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Go ___ (have a spree) : TOTOWN
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I love: Lat. : AMO
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Wearing sabots : SHOD
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Like ___ (very fast) : AHOUSEAFIRE
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"___ Gang" : OUR
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Mauls : PAWS
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What Hoban designed : WHITEHOUSE
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HOMES lake : ERIE
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Nary ___ (none) : AONE
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Bridge positions : EASTS
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Bedroom and kitchen followers : SETS
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Housewife's cleanser : LYE
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Trueheart : TESS
Down
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Con ___ (tenderly) : AMORE
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Sub detector : SONAR
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Structures made mainly of glass : HOTHOUSES
4
Old English letter : EDH
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Break : PAUSE
6
Word before where : ELSE
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Purifier : ALEMBIC
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Structures at Albany, Trenton, etc. : STATEHOUSES
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Nimble : LITHE
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"Comment ___-vous?" : ALLEZ
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Maudlin at a tavern : BEERY
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Slangy approval : YEH
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Headgear at English colleges : HOUSECAPS
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Lanford Wilson's "The ___ Baltimore" : HOTL
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Part of O.A.S. : ORG
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Depositories : STOREHOUSES
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F.H.A. charge : INT
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Minute arachnid : HOUSEMITE
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Gullet : MAW
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Arena attraction for decades : ALI
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He can't be trusted : RAT
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Belushi's "Animal" place : FRATHOUSE
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Toby : MUG
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Nav. course : ESE
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Chicle : GUM
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Urban project : RENEWAL
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Cries from the woodshed : OWS
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Encore : MORE
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Records : TAPES
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Where the Cubs alight : OHARE
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Namely : TOWIT
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"___ Romance," 1936 song : AFINE
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Evicts : OUSTS
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Kind of rehearsal : DRESS
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Salt's call : AHOY
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Until, in Berlin : EHE
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Pilcorn : OAT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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