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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Friday, February 17, 1978

28-Across : President Taft's mustache

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { G J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, 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. 10,415
Across
1
Treaty area : PANAMA
7
Dry, as a desert : ARID
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Kitty : POT
14
As neat ___ : ASAPIN
15
Miss Horne : LENA
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"Exodus" hero : ARI
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Promise of prosperity around the corner : PIEINTHESKY
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Welcome or door : MAT
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Cars of the 20's : ESSEXES
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Phi ___ Kappa : BETA
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Negligent : SLACK
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Part of an hr. : MIN
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Course marker for an airman : PYLON
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Comfort : EASE
28
President Taft's mustache : HANDLEBARS
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Golf tournament : THEOPEN
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Go sky-high : SOAR
33
Arab leader : ARAFAT
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Least restricted : FREEST
38
"The Fan ___," book by Wallace: 1974 : CLUB
40
Home of Falcons and Hawks : ATLANTA
41
The weak opposition : CREAMPUFFS
45
Clockface : DIAL
46
Intertwines : LOCKS
47
Car of the 20's : REO
48
Sierra ___ : MADRE
49
Will-___-wisp : OTHE
50
Type of spray dispenser : AEROSOL
52
___ Paulo : SAO
53
Guy who knows his onions : SMARTCOOKIE
57
Cannes season : ETE
58
Debauchee : ROUE
59
Locker-room tincture : ARNICA
60
Yachtsman Turner : TED
61
Aide: Abbr. : ASST
62
Seesaw : TEETER
Down
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Political patronage : PAP
2
"___ was saying ... " : ASI
3
No, to Burns : NAE
4
An easy task : APIECEOFCAKE
5
Russian city : MINSK
6
Carpenter insects : ANTS
7
Blood component : ALEXIN
8
Transmits again : RESENDS
9
Printers' items : INKS
10
Kind of nursery : DAY
11
One of the Masons : PAMELA
12
Webster, for one : ORATOR
13
Giants : TITANS
18
Virile fellow : HEMAN
21
How man "doth not live" : BYBREADALONE
22
Bristle : SETA
23
"Cowardly Lion" in a film : LAHR
24
On the water : ASEA
26
Writer Buck : PEARL
28
Hot under the collar : HETUP
29
Barn areas : LOFTS
31
Pre-Easter symbols : PALMS
35
City in Oklahoma : ENID
36
Play the hero : STAR
37
Narrative : TALE
39
F.B.I., U.S. Customs, etc. : BUREAUS
40
In progress : AFOOT
41
Skeleton's possible hideout : CLOSET
42
Spin : ROTATE
43
Repeated : ECHOED
44
Hunt for : FERRET
48
Clement or Marianne : MOORE
50
Old Testament book : AMOS
51
Improvise, à la Fitzgerald : SCAT
53
Mrs., in Juárez : SRA
54
Carson : KIT
55
Rink surface : ICE
56
Piece of corn : EAR

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