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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

DENDROLOGY

New York Times, Sunday, August 5, 1962

53-Across : Developer of vaccination.

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 172, Blocks: 87, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 693 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 128, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 16, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 21
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,769
Across
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Iraq port. : BASRA
6
Wood. : ASH
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Faulkner character. : SNOPES
15
"One may ___ horse to water ... " : LEADA
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"A partridge in ___ ... " : APEARTREE
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Congregation. : PARISH
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Western actor. : ARNESS
25
Controversial group. : JOHNBIRCHSOCIETY
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Tokyo's island. : HONSHU
28
Peak: Prefix. : ACR
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Skip over. : OMIT
30
Reflects deeply (on). : PORES
31
Shell. : POD
32
Frigate bird of Hawaii. : IWA
33
Titles, in India. : SRIS
34
Of certain wood. : OAKEN
35
Minoress nun. : CLARE
37
Turn of a motor. : REV
38
Supercharged (with "up"). : SOUPED
41
Nasser's union. : UAR
42
"___ of Reason." : THEAGE
44
Surrender. : CEDE
45
The Land ___. : OFNOD
46
Printer's purchase. : INKS
47
In hiding. : PERDUE
48
Rural deity. : FAUN
49
Numbers in math: Abbr. : RADS
50
Horns. : ANTLERS
52
Attention. : EAR
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Developer of vaccination. : JENNER
55
Screw pine of Australia. : BREADTREE
57
Aunt: Sp. : TIA
59
Type of show. : REVUE
61
British decoration. : DSO
62
Vessel: Abbr. : STR
63
Repeat. : ITERATE
65
Giblets' cousins. : HASLETS
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MSS. men. : EDS
68
City of Paris. : TROY
70
RAF medals. : DFCS
71
British naturalist. : SLOANE
72
Harsh sound. : BRAY
73
Indian Desert. : THAR
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M. I. T. : TECH
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Town in Morocco. : IFNI
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Tariff. : DUTY
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Alas: Lat. : EHEU
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Researcher on yellow fever. : FINLAY
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Related. : TOLD
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Pledge. : OATH
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Spanish king. : REY
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Introduction. : PRELUDE
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On the ___. : ONEHAND
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Recede. : EBB
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Gay-Pay-Oo. : GPU
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Where palms grow. : OASIS
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Funny fellow. : WAG
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Singer. : BALLADEER
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Gloomy. : SOMBRE
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___ degree. : NTH
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Witty Irish writer. : GOGARTY
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She: It. : ELLA
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U. N. negative. : NYET
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Black Sea port. : ODESSA
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Wave: Fr. : ONDE
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Fiber. : RAMIE
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Together, in music. : ADUE
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French alarm. : ALERTE
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Myrna herself. : LOY
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Omar's forte. : VERSES
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Ad or in ___. : REM
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Dingles. : GLENS
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Opera role. : WOTAN
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Siestas. : NAPS
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Food scrap. : ORT
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Pother. : ADO
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Carrier of yellow fever. : AEDES
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Balsam. : TOLU
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Have: Scot. : HAE
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Spirit. : MORALE
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Children's classic. : WINDINTHEWILLOWS
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Sign-off on a letter. : ASEVER
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Dry ___. : ASDUST
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Studies in a certain way. : READSUPON
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Eternities. : AEONS
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Coded puzzles. : CRYPTS
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Ship's plank. : SNY
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Banishment. : EXILE
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___ California. : BAJA
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Part of the Bible: Abbr. : APOC
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Very: Ger. : SEHR
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Competed. : RAN
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Wooded. : ARBORED
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Molding edge. : ARRIS
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Following. : SECT
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Exclamation. : HEH
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Haunt. : SPOOK
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Mother-of-pearl. : NACRE
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Cuban province. : ORIENTE
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Bakery items. : PIES
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Id ___. : EST
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Wary. : SHY
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Punjab city. : LAHORE
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Rust. : ERODE
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___ Arbor. : ANN
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1924 drama. : DESIREUNDERTHEELMS
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T. S. Eliot poem. : ASHWEDNESDAY
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Hesitant. : TIMID
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Urbane. : SUAVE
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Scanty. : SPARSE
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Messenger. : PAGE
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Wife: It. : SPOSA
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Military decorations. : OAKLEAFCLUSTERS
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Well-known hospital. : CEDARSOFLEBANON
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Old comedy team. : LAURELANDHARDY
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Trees of apple family. : SORBS
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Work ___. : OFART
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Recent B'way comedy. : UNDERTHEYUMYUMTREE
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Historic avenue. : UNTERDENLINDEN
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Otho's realm. : HRE
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Container. : CAN
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Concerning. : INRE
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Greek letter. : PSI
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Charges. : FEES
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___-at-law. : ATTY
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Rds. and sts. : RTES
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Fiber plant. : JUTE
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Cheerful. : ROSY
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Famous couturier. : DIOR
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Satisfied sounds. : AHS
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Part of Caesar's boast. : VENI
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African colony. : TCHAD
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"Comes in like ___ ... " : ALION
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Indian author. : RAU
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Save (for). : BUT
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Cartwrights' TV ranch. : THEPONDEROSA
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Low shoes. : TIES
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Baby's first word. : DADA
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Work units. : ERGS
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Fro: Scot. : FRAE
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Evergreen. : YEW
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African land. : TOGO
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Sole. : ONLY
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Haven. : PORT
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Der ___. : ALTE
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Prove false. : BELIE
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Where heather grows. : BRAES
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Moslem title. : AGA
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Loved ones : DEARS
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Group activity. : BEE
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Truman. : HST
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Bring up the rear. : GOLAST
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Marge. : OLEO
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Monopolized: Colloq. : SEWEDUP
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Drive back. : REPULSE
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Bouquet. : AROMA
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Artificial flies. : ALDERS
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Effective. : VALID
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Greek physician. : GALEN
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Poet. : ODIST
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Encamps. : TENTS
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Not at all. : NOWAY
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"Old Hickory." : ANDY
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___-age. : TEEN
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Indian. : HOPI
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Army problem. : AWOL
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Slave of old. : ESNE
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Macao coin. : AVO
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Service-woman. : WAC
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Where Acre is: Abbr. : ISR
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Times: Abbr. : HRS
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Light: Lat. : LUX

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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