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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

LOCUS-POCUS

New York Times, Sunday, December 4, 1977

106-Across : Adjective for diamond

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 94, Avg Word Len: 5.12, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 644 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 137, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14 Grid has duplicate clues.
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In 81-Down clue, reference is likely to Kiri Te Kanawa, not another soprano Natalia Kawana — this is probably an error; left as in original.

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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,340
Across
1
Spoofs, in a way : ROASTS
7
Rough spot : SCUFF
12
Loose dress : SHIFT
17
Gist : NUB
20
"Rhapsody ___" : INBLUE
21
Sort of court : MOTEL
22
Famed jurist : TANEY
23
Granular snow : NEVE
24
Sharpened : ACUATE
25
Where most of this is : OVERABARREL
27
Sponge spicule : OXEA
28
Tennis call : LET
29
Fuses : UNITES
31
Oil drum : BARREL
32
Perfume oil : ATTAR
33
Dolphin's blind cousin : SUSU
35
Poetic work : ODE
36
Don Ho prop : LEI
37
Melee : FIGHT
39
What larvae do : PUPATE
41
Lumbermen or beetles : SAWYERS
45
Presumptively : APRIORI
48
Deep sleep : SOPOR
49
Less desiccated : SAPPIER
51
Cancel : DISANNUL
52
Hole-___ : INONE
53
Gain by force : WREST
54
Poland China : SWINE
56
Used up : GONE
57
Pongee color : TAN
58
Partner of Rogers and Powell : ASTAIRE
61
Bouquet : SCENT
62
Man from Big D : TEX
63
Camise : SHIRT
64
Fissile rock : SHALE
65
One of last year's frosh : SOPH
68
Cooperstown name : COBB
72
Where part of this is : UNDERSHIRT
75
More pixilated : NUTTIER
78
Agents : OPERANTS
80
Author of "BUtterfield 8" : OHARA
81
Butte native : MONTANAN
82
Negev and Nefud : DESERTS
83
Where the end of this is : ABOVEBOARD
85
N.C.O.'s : SGTS
86
Yellow flag : IRIS
87
Kind of Danish : PRUNE
88
Enplane : BOARD
90
Usti ___ Labem, Czechoslovak city : NAD
92
Vitality : PULSE
93
Henna : HAIRDYE
95
Catch : BAG
98
Bread spread : OLEO
100
Dormouse : LEROT
101
Christophe's homeland : HAITI
102
Athenian political subdivision : PHYLE
104
Lengthen : ELONGATE
106
Adjective for diamond : HARDEST
108
Demolish : TOTAL
109
Marked with stripes : LINEATE
110
Orphan's new parent : ADOPTER
112
Assenting sounds : UHHUHS
114
Glyceride : ESTER
115
One, in Berlin : EIN
116
Wildebeest : GNU
117
Defendant, in law : REUS
119
Medicinal amounts : DOSES
121
Kind of school : NORMAL
124
American dogwoods : OSIERS
127
Huckle : HIP
128
Co-inventor of cordite : ABEL
129
Where most of this is : BELOWNORMAL
131
Unemployed : OTIOSE
133
Nursery villain : WOLF
134
African antelope : ORIBI
135
Vandyke, e.g. : BEARD
136
Why some products fail : NONUSE
137
Ship-shaped clock : NEF
138
Skirt insert : GODET
139
Arab land : SYRIA
140
Exempted : SPARED
Down
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Shah's pelf : RIALS
2
Start of "The Raven" : ONCEUPONA
3
What this does twice : ABUTSUPON
4
Suburb of Rabat : SLA
5
Short skirt : TUTU
6
"Eyes have they, but they ___" : SEENOT
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Hit, Biblical style : SMOTE
8
Where vessels nestle : COVE
9
Salt Lake City team : UTES
10
Acier ingredient : FER
11
"Front porch" : FLAB
12
Wide-eyed tourist : STARER
13
Political pollster : HARRIS
14
Dictator's phrase : INRE
15
Become lightheaded : FEELFAINT
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Father ___, in Wolff's "The Bluebird" : TYL
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Where to find this : NEXTTONOTHING
18
Eye area : UVEA
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Silvertip : BEAR
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Zilch : NOTHING
26
Haying machine : BALER
30
Kin of calends : IDES
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Pearl Mosque site : AGRA
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In the know : UPON
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___ dixit : IPSE
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Sectors : AREAS
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Ariel, for one : SPRITE
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Little or Frye : APER
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Sapient : WISE
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Thus far : YET
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Magic incantation : RUNE
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Holly : ILEX
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Take a chair : SIT
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Oscar and Tony : AWARDS
51
Banquet : DINE
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Pharaoh's talisman : SCARAB
55
Strip : WELT
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Switches tracks : SHUNTS
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Colors : TINTS
61
Worcester or York : SHIRE
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Thin slice : SHAVE
65
Diverse : SUNDRY
66
Giant at 16 : OTT
67
School orgs. : PTAS
68
Torsk : COD
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Poetic verb : OPE
70
Where most of this is : BESIDEONESELF
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___ Rabbit : BRER
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Hale : ROBUST
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Glistened : SHONE
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U.S.-Can. defense org. : NORAD
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Snack : EAT
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Important hosp. group : RNS
79
"Exodus" hero : ARI
81
Soprano Kawana et al. : MAORIS
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Guthrie : ARLO
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Kind of dictum : OBITER
87
Sinless : PURE
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Profundity : DEPTH
90
Coward : NOEL
91
"___ Want for Christmas ... " : ALLI
92
Pianist from N.Y.C. : PETERNERO
93
Cardinals' QB : HART
94
Deputy : AIDE
95
Locale of this phrase : BYTHEHOUR
96
Like eggs baked with Gruyère cheese : ALASUISSE
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Semisolid : GEL
99
Make ___ scarce : ONESELF
100
Like Apley : LATE
101
Fortune : HAP
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Cuckoo's announcement : HOUR
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Roscoes : GATS
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Lustrous fabric : HONAN
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Porter product : TUNE
110
Bacterium : AEROBE
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Blockhead : DIMWIT
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Iroquoian group : HURONS
116
Hayworth role : GILDA
118
Radar reading : SPEED
119
Sunup : DAWN
120
Musette : OBOE
122
Far from fragrant : OLID
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Soft throws : LOBS
124
Actor Sharif : OMAR
125
Patola : SARI
126
Road sign : STOP
129
Quagmire : BOG
130
Ferdinand was one : REY
132
Manet's "___ Boat" : INA

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 8 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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