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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Wednesday, July 30, 1980

61-Across : Shape of a "Mister" of songdom

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, 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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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,222
Across
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Prophet rebuked by an ass : BALAAM
7
Precept : LAW
10
All-inclusive : ATOZ
14
Puzzle : ENIGMA
15
A Gabor : EVA
16
Gauze : LENO
17
Woolworth split, in bowling : FIVEANDTEN
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Division word : INTO
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Fragrant : OLENT
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___ as a beet : ASRED
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Sun : SOL
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Polite chap : GENT
25
Deuces : TWOS
26
Final: Abbr. : ULT
28
Kin of two-fisted : TENFINGERED
32
Feed the fire : STOKE
35
Darius III, to Alexander : FOE
36
Skirt style : MINI
37
Scallops, clams, etc. : SEAFOOD
39
"Lolita" writer : NABOKOV
41
Island of Alaska : ATKA
42
Opp. of masculine : FEM
44
Mac Davis products : TUNES
45
Stud holding : PAIROFFIVES
48
Unspecified degree : NTH
49
"Coming ___ a wing and a prayer" : INON
50
Kind of sphere : HEMI
54
Incite, with "on" : EGG
56
___-depressive : MANIC
58
Jute's ally : SAXON
59
Go out together : DATE
61
Shape of a "Mister" of songdom : FIVEBYFIVE
63
Verily : AMEN
64
Highway: Abbr. : RTE
65
Horn of a roebuck : ANTLER
66
Repair : MEND
67
Above, to Key : OER
68
Abandon : DESERT
Down
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Muddle : BEFOG
2
Old-womanish : ANILE
3
Animate : LIVEN
4
Proxy : AGENT
5
Amas follower : AMAT
6
Fellow : MAN
7
Suspends the sentence : LETSOFF
8
Distaste : AVERSION
9
Recede : WANE
10
A Baba : ALI
11
Alley spill : TENSTRIKE
12
Aware of : ONTO
13
Branch of biol. : ZOOL
18
Sunup : DAWN
22
Excavated : DUG
25
Start a golf game : TEEOFF
27
Yellow shade : LEMON
28
Boxing stat. : TKO
29
Finish carefully, in sewing : NEATEN
30
Cabell of baseball : ENOS
31
Mil. unit : DIV
32
___ precedent : SETA
33
Resting from the 9-to-5 routine : TAKINGTEN
34
Work ___ : OFART
37
Nitwit : SAP
38
Explicit : DEFINITE
40
Integrate, in a way : BUS
43
Trimming for a king's robe : MINIVER
46
Unit in electricity : OHM
47
Viva ___ (spoken) : VOCE
50
Knife handles : HAFTS
51
Banish : EXILE
52
Van man : MOVER
53
Like neon gas : INERT
54
Processed cheese : EDAM
55
Hunter's quest : GAME
57
Hairstyle : AFRO
58
"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
60
Purpose : END
62
Naughty : BAD

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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