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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Saturday, September 20, 1975

1-Across : "What a good boy ___"

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { B J Q }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, 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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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,534
Across
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"What a good boy ___" : AMI
4
Friendly : WARM
8
___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
13
___-Lenape, Delaware tribe : LENI
15
Kind of code : AREA
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Prearrange : SETUP
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Like some twins : IDENTICAL
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Blazing speed : SMOKE
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Economic proposal : TAXCUT
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Kept : RETAINED
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Elsa of "Born Free" : LIONESS
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Feel sick : AIL
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Stylish : SMART
27
Glass ingredient : SILICA
30
Park in Colorado : ESTES
32
Table china : IRONSTONE
35
___ South : DEEP
36
Boy or Cub : SCOUT
37
Moffo : ANNA
38
"The Palace Guard" author : DANRATHER
40
Slang : ARGOT
41
Franklin and kitchen : STOVES
42
Biblical land of gold : OPHIR
44
Custard or pecan : PIE
45
Naps : SNOOZES
47
Go through a role : REHEARSE
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Actor Cook : ELISHA
53
Sluggish : INERT
54
Shams : PRETENSES
56
Strong point : FORTE
57
Green and lasting : EVER
58
Carnival wild-man : GEEK
59
Fighter Patterson : FLOYD
60
Turn down : DENY
61
Graduating class: Abbr. : SRS
Down
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Touched land : ALIT
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Decoration : MEDAL
3
Having no being : INEXISTENT
4
Dumb or head : WAITER
5
Line of a circle : ARC
6
Brings up : REARS
7
Evil: Prefix : MALE
8
Attacks : ASSAILS
9
Setting up buffer zones : DEMILITARIZING
10
English school : ETON
11
New Testament book : LUKE
12
Mimicked : APED
14
Certain real estate : INCOMEPROPERTY
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Bluefins, etc. : TUNAS
22
Contaminate : TAINT
24
Verses : STICHS
27
Become disenchanted with : SOURON
28
Assemblies : CONGRESSES
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Part of A. D. : ANNO
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Degree in educ. : EDD
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Ross and Bering : SEAS
33
Shad or Richard : ROE
34
Have a sandwich : EAT
36
Guide : STEER
39
Flew a plane : AVIATED
40
___ in the head : AHOLE
43
Certain writing : POETRY
45
Come in handy : SERVE
46
Unmixed : SHEER
47
Moroccan native : RIFF
48
Organic compound : ENOL
49
Kind of worship : HERO
50
Went fast : SPED
52
Invites : ASKS
55
Poetic time : EEN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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