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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Saturday, October 16, 1976

54-Down : Movie dog

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,926
Across
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Deface : MAR
4
Might : POWER
9
Talk, in San Juan : HABLA
14
Historical time : ERA
15
Heath plant : ERICA
16
Fillets, in architecture : ORLES
17
All-weather garment : RAINORSHINECOAT
20
Napery : LINEN
21
Sharpened : HONED
22
Where Wheeling is: Abbr. : WVA
23
Put a cover around : ENCASE
25
Ending for mental : IST
26
Wharf : PIER
27
Sun ___-sen : YAT
28
Actor of note : LUNT
30
Coal unit : TON
31
Insecticide : DDT
32
African river : CONGO
33
Ending for neur : ALGIA
36
Part of a city : EASTEND
38
Fix, as makeup : RETOUCH
40
All wool and ___ wide : AYARD
41
TV awards : EMMYS
43
Coal size : PEA
44
Once named : NEE
45
American Beauty : ROSE
46
Pouch : SAC
47
Bounders : CADS
49
Service initials : USN
50
"___ Wine and Roses" : DAYSOF
53
Ancient : OLD
54
Moving : ASTIR
56
Heading ___ storm : INTOA
57
Vacillates : BLOWSHOTANDCOLD
60
Thesaurus man : ROGET
61
Scoundrel : ROGUE
62
Arikara : REE
63
Bewildered : ATSEA
64
The Norths, with 65 Across : MRAND
65
See 64 Across : MRS
Down
1
Miss Oberon : MERLE
2
What to save for : ARAINYDAY
3
4
Laborers : PEONS
5
Hockey star : ORR
6
Use a certain well : WISH
7
Repeating : ECHOING
8
Downpours : RAINSTORMS
9
Did garden work : HOED
10
Type of light : ARC
11
12
Depart : LEAVE
13
"When you wish upon ___" : ASTAR
18
Tidy : NEAT
19
Profit : NET
24
College in N.C. : ELON
26
Water or Marco : POLO
29
Being attacked : UNDERSTORM
30
Works on lace : TATS
31
Goddess, in old Rome : DEA
32
Give in : CEDE
34
Picnicker's container : ICECOOLER
35
Sound of surprise : AHA
37
Very, in Paris : TRES
39
Watched : EYED
42
Keep a record : MONITOR
46
In ___ (coinciding) : SYNC
47
Snake : COBRA
48
Proportion : ALLOT
49
Seat people, for short : USH
51
Gave assistance : AIDED
52
Loses color : FADES
54
Movie dog : ASTA
55
Hindu melody : RAGA
58
Tiny : WEE
59
Sister : NUN

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