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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Tuesday, April 29, 1958

31-Across : Old language.

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,227
Across
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A gender: Abbr. : MASC
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Shilling: Br. slang. : BOB
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Fruit tree. : PEAR
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Till: Poet. : UNTO
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Riles. : IRES
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Metal tip of a shoelace. : AGLET
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Type of pitch, on the diamond. : SCREWBALL
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___ Calais (Strait of Dover): Fr. : PASDE
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Scold. : CHIDE
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Stop entirely. : CLOSEDOWN
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Cut (off). : LOP
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Support. : BOLSTER
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Clear (of). : RID
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Always. : EVER
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___-foot oil (leather dressing). : NEATS
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Web of a feather. : VANE
31
Old language. : SYRIAC
33
Lawyer's fee. : RETAINER
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Past tenses. : PRETERITS
37
One way in. : SIDEDOOR
40
___ in a haystack. : NEEDLE
44
Free port of Arabia. : ADEN
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Behold: Fr. : VOILA
47
Cathedral official. : DEAN
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Bog. : FEN
49
Quality of being immovable. : SETNESS
51
Attention-getting sound. : PST
52
Feature of April 6th. : EASTEREGG
54
___ bear. : POLAR
56
Stand (one) in good ___. : STEAD
57
Nonsense. : RIGMAROLE
59
Inventor in electricity. : TESLA
60
Snick and ___. : SNEE
61
Writer Gardner. : ERLE
62
British machine carbine. : STEN
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Things for sale: Abbr. : GDS
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Turns to the right. : GEES
Down
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Brawn. : MUSCLES
2
Antipasto item. : ANCHOVY
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Naval officer: Slang. : STRIPER
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Campus girl. : COED
5
Part of a pinafore. : BIB
6
Wise answer. : ORACLE
7
Current Broadway show. : BELLSARERINGING
8
Daily. : PAPER
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Minced oath. : EGAD
10
Loser. : ALSORAN
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Vin ordinaire. : REDWINE
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Grooving machine. : SLOTTER
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Coal car. : TENDER
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Entangling situation. : WEB
22
Certain poems. : SESTINAS
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Swiftly appraising glance: Slang. : ONCEOVER
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Mature. : RIPEN
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Gripped tightly. : VISED
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Noun-forming suffix. : ARD
34
Had dinner. : ATE
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Horn blowers. : TOOTERS
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Most dependable. : SAFEST
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Pictures in the mind. : IDEATES
39
Thickset. : DENSEST
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Be regretful about. : DEPLORE
42
College in Philadelphia. : LASALLE
43
Lobster, steak, etc. : ENTREES
46
Four-___. : LEGGED
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Family car. : SEDAN
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Vichy or Evian. : SPA
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Story. : TALE
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Where Salem is: Abbr. : OREG
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Pronouns from an egotist. : MES

Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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