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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Wednesday, May 28, 1975

47-Across : ___ one's stars

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,419
Across
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Locarno achievement : PACT
5
Bat wood : ASH
8
Declaim : ORATE
13
Spirit of a people : ETHOS
15
" ... for the grace of God, ___" : GOI
16
Blanched : PALED
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Pitcher Walter Johnson's mark : STRIKEOUTRECORD
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Following : TAILING
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Deep dishes : TUREENS
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Dispatched : SENT
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Kind of music or lightning : SHEET
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French article : UNE
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Lock up, as a jury : SEQUESTRATE
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Flaring star : NOVA
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Team scores : RUNS
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Linger : TARRY
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Concocts : BREWS
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Philippine tree : IBA
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ANTA member : ACTOR
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Correspond : AGREE
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Diplomacy : TACT
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Windy-day flier : KITE
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Runs afoul of a meter maid : GETSATICKET
46
Silencing sounds : SHS
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___ one's stars : THANK
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Fine rain : MIST
50
Substantiate : BEAROUT
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Cornered : UPATREE
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Ski-weekend specials : EXCURSIONTRAINS
58
Drug-pushers' foes, for short : NARCS
59
Merry month, in Paris : MAI
60
"The drinks ___ me" : AREON
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Cigar, for one : SMOKE
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Newt : EFT
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Basic nature : ESSE
Down
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Nuisance : PEST
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Tennis star : CHRISEVERT
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Print fabric : TOILE
5
Eager : AGOG
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French coin : SOU
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Go to bed : HITTHESACK
8
"Merry Widow," for one : OPERETTA
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Pimlico or the Big A : RACETRACK
10
Medicinal plant : ALOE
11
Sea bird : TERN
12
Educ. degrees : EDDS
14
Pelts : SKINS
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Enroll : ENTER
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Regrets : RUES
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Low-cut, as a summer dress : SUNBACK
24
Empty a sack : UNBAG
25
Fjord country : NORGE
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Get out while the getting's good : QUITINTIME
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Skillful qualities : ARTISTRIES
29
Engagement : TROTH
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Literary Jane and family : EYRES
32
Fear-inspired : AWESTRUCK
36
Animal-like fish : SEAHORSE
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Behave like Eve's snake : TEMPT
44
T-shaped crosses : TAUS
45
Formal headpiece : TIARA
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Gawk : STARE
50
Hogan and Blue : BENS
51
School test : EXAM
52
Kind of phobia : ACRO
53
Apartment, for one : UNIT
54
Slaughter of baseball : ENOS
55
Slave of old : ESNE
57
Lummox : OAF

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5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later.

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