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A. J. Santora
New York Times, Monday, December 29, 1958
60-Across : Neat.
Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 I | 2 S | 3 I | 4 S | 5 S | 6 T | 7 R | 8 O | 9 P | 10 W | 11 E | 12 L | 13 L |
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14 R | I | S | E | 15 T | R | O | V | E | 16 E | L | E | E |
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17 A | T | L | I | 18 R | O | B | O | T | 19 P | I | L | O | T |
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20 Q | U | A | D | 21 R | A | T | E | 22 E | L | D | E | S | T |
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23 M | A | T | H | 24 T | R | A | M | |||||||
25 P | 26 A | 27 N | A | M | A | 28 C | A | P | T | A | 29 I | 30 N | 31 S |
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32 E | D | E | N | S | 33 C | U | B | A | 34 N | O | E | L |
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35 R | I | P | 36 G | A | T | U | N | 37 W | R | Y |
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38 T | E | A | 39 R | 40 O | N | U | S | 41 G | 42 R | A | V | E |
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43 H | U | L | A | 44 H | O | O | P | 45 S | O | O | N | E | R |
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46 T | I | D | E | 47 P | U | N | Y | |||||||
48 O | 49 V | 50 E | R | L | Y | 51 F | I | N | E | A | 52 R | 53 T | 54 S |
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55 R | E | G | A | L | E | 56 M | E | N | T | 57 L | I | E | U |
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58 A | T | I | C | 59 A | O | R | T | A | 60 T | R | I | M |
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61 L | O | S | E | 62 R | A | N | O | N | 63 Y | E | L | P |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,454
Across
1
Egyptian goddess. : ISIS
5
Device for sharpening. : STROP
10
Gusher. : WELL
14
Ascend. : RISE
15
Treasure ___. : TROVE
16
Robert ___. : ELEE
17
Norse king of the Huns. : ATLI
18
Automatic device on an airplane. : ROBOTPILOT
20
Square. : QUADRATE
22
First-born. : ELDEST
23
Homework of a sort. : MATH
24
Trolley. : TRAM
25
Where 36 Across is. : PANAMA
28
Nemo and Bligh. : CAPTAINS
32
Places like Elysium. : EDENS
33
Desi's country. : CUBA
34
Yuletide. : NOEL
35
Torn place. : RIP
36
Canal Zone town. : GATUN
37
Twisted. : WRY
38
Rend. : TEAR
40
Burden. : ONUS
41
Serious. : GRAVE
43
Latest craze. : HULAHOOP
45
Oklahoman. : SOONER
46
Neap or ebb. : TIDE
47
Insignificant. : PUNY
48
Excessively. : OVERLY
51
Aesthete's milieu. : FINEARTS
55
Feasting. : REGALEMENT
57
Stead. : LIEU
58
Of the kind of: Suffix. : ATIC
59
Artery. : AORTA
60
Neat. : TRIM
61
Mislay. : LOSE
62
Continued. : RANON
63
Bark. : YELP
Down
1
U. A. R. member. : IRAQ
2
In ___ (in its original position): Lat. : SITU
3
What 33 Across is. : ISLA
4
Cantor TV role. : SEIDMAN
5
Rock layers. : STRATA
6
Pledge. : TROTH
7
Garment. : ROBE
8
Ab ___ (from the egg): Lat. : OVO
9
Mary Martin role. : PETERPAN
10
Current novelist. : WEIDMAN
11
French pronoun. : ELLE
12
Namesakes of well-known lion. : LEOS
13
Baltic native. : LETT
19
Braid. : PLAT
21
Batters. : RAMS
24
Bans. : TABUS
25
Australian seaport. : PERTH
26
Farewell. : ADIEU
27
Where Katmandu is. : NEPAL
28
Wag. : CUTUP
29
Middle Westerner. : IOWAN
30
Audacity: Colloq. : NERVE
31
More furtive. : SLYER
33
Kayak. : CANOE
36
Forecast for 1959? : GOODYEAR
39
Frantic scurry: Slang. : RATRACE
41
Consumed. : GONE
42
Kings. : ROYALTY
44
Capitol ___. : HILL
45
Florida complexion. : SUNTAN
47
Piebald horse. : PINTO
48
Spoken. : ORAL
49
I forbid: Lat. : VETO
50
Sponsorship. : EGIS
51
Plant. : FERN
52
To laugh: Fr. : RIRE
53
Linden tree. : TEIL
54
Pit or reservoir. : SUMP
56
Extinct bird. : MOA
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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