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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Friday, April 7, 1989

45-Across : Saudi region

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,395
Across
1
They outnumber Reps. : DEMS
5
Styling : FORMAT
11
Suppositions : IFS
14
Part : AREA
15
Former mayor of San Francisco : ALIOTO
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" ... ___ thousand times ... " : NOA
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Melanie Griffith film: 1988 : WORKINGGIRL
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Roast attire : TUX
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Beats (out) : EDGES
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Shortener : ABRIDGER
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Teeter for two : SEESAW
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Voice vote : YEA
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Name for a bear : URSA
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The ___, rock group : WHO
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Director Forman : MILOS
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One ___ kind : OFA
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Katharine Hepburn film: 1935 : ALICEADAMS
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Joan Crawford film: 1945 : MILDREDPIERCE
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Ginger Rogers film: 1940 : KITTYFOYLE
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Kind of man : YES
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Beauty expert Lauder : ESTEE
43
Mom's girl : SIS
45
Saudi region : ASIR
46
Two-piecer top : BRA
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Stew base : OYSTER
54
Take steps to keep the house warm : INSULATE
57
Translation for "nemo" : NOONE
58
Dress, with "up" : TOG
59
Greer Garson film: 1943 : MADAMECURIE
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A Vanna turnover : ANI
62
Book of the Bible : PSALMS
63
Draft beer : SUDS
64
Letters for an ensign : USN
65
Flash : STREAK
66
First word of N.C.'s motto : ESSE
Down
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Co-Nobelist for Peace: 1925 : DAWES
2
Disintegrate : ERODE
3
Flow together : MERGE
4
"___ alive!" : SAKES
5
Strike out : FAN
6
Actress Fabian of "The Goldbergs" : OLGA
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Beatles' "Eleanor ___" : RIGBY
8
Wavy pattern : MOIRE
9
Open courtyards : ATRIA
10
Revealed : TOLD
11
Weave : INTERLACE
12
Golfing pairs : FOURSOMES
13
Instrument for Stan Getz : SAX
18
"The Last Time ___ Paris" : ISAW
22
Pitcher Ron ___ : GUIDRY
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Fisherman's place : WHARF
27
Stupid one : ASS
29
Ersatz butter : OLEO
30
West of Hollywood : MAE
31
Left-out items : OMISSIONS
32
Conforming : FITTINGIN
33
Makes changes : ALTERS
35
Charley Weaver's Mt. ___ : IDY
36
Some NCO's : CPLS
37
"Old MacDonald" coda : EIEIO
39
Henna : DYE
40
Green parrot : KEA
44
Harmony, for short : SYNC
46
Explosion : BLAST
47
Jet gear : RADAR
48
"___ of Two Cities" : ATALE
50
Toper : SOUSE
51
Geometric doughnut : TORUS
52
Bagnold et al. : ENIDS
53
Poet Lizette : REESE
55
Calls K's at the plate : UMPS
56
Actress Samms : EMMA
58
Greek tee : TAU
60
Nanook, for one: Abbr. : ESK

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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