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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Tuesday, November 1, 1983

33-Down : St.-___-lily

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { K Q X }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 16, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,411
Across
1
O.T. book : PSA
4
Big bird : EMU
7
U.S. mil. plane : AWACS
12
Pituitary hormone : ACTH
14
David, e.g. : CAMP
16
Pola of silents : NEGRI
17
Agcy. that gave Ride a ride : NASA
18
Comic Johnson : ARTE
19
Sheer fabric : NINON
20
St. of March 12 : GREGORY
22
She was canonized in 1925 : THERESE
24
Theme of this puzzle : SAINTS
25
Elongated fish : EEL
26
Boston-to-Providence dir. : SSW
27
Cheer in Madrid : OLE
28
Banks and Bilko : ERNIES
30
"___ a kite!" : GOFLY
33
Having no identification : BRANDLESS
36
Hair style : AFRO
37
Dustin Hoffman role : LENNY
38
"As I was going to St. ___ ... " : IVES
39
Hit with a haymaker : STAGGERED
41
Nobelist Albert ___-Gyorgyi : SZENT
42
Hose : NYLONS
43
Actress Scala : GIA
44
F.D.R.'s youth project : CCC
46
Santa ___, Calif. : ANA
47
Moslem of N Africa : BERBER
50
Surveyor's device : ALIGNER
52
St. ___ day: March 19 : JOSEPHS
54
Underlying : BASIC
55
St. Laurent's patron : DIOR
57
"___ shalt not covet ... " : THOU
58
Came up : AROSE
59
Puppeteer Tony : SARG
60
Applause : HAND
61
Some jabs : LEFTS
62
Providence-to-Boston dir. : NNE
63
"For ___ a jolly ... " : HES
Down
1
Sharp pain : PANG
2
Isolated rocks : SCARS
3
Confused : ATSEA
4
Card game : ECARTE
5
"The Bells of St. ___" : MARYS
6
Armed-serv. training : UMT
7
Earthworm : ANNELID
8
Milldam : WEIR
9
St. ___: Jan. 20 : AGNESSEVE
10
St. Paul of the ___: April 28 : CROSS
11
Muscular strength : SINEW
13
Authoritative listing of 24 Across : HAGIOLOGY
15
Sts. ___ Paul: June 29 : PETERAND
21
Sole : ONLY
23
One-liner man Youngman : HENNY
28
Atlantic birds : ERNES
29
St. ___ of Hungary: Nov. 19 : ELIZABETH
30
Petrol : GAS
31
Frequently, to Keats : OFT
32
St. ___ Assisi: Oct. 4 : FRANCISOF
33
St.-___-lily : BERNARDS
34
Wash. lawmaker : SEN
35
TU-144, e.g. : SST
37
Sierra ___ : LEONE
40
Quick looks : GLANCES
41
Lancelot and Galahad : SIRS
43
Patron st. of England : GEORGE
44
Intrigue : CABAL
45
Stowe's Eva St. ___ : CLARE
47
Borg of tennis : BJORN
48
Ancient dry measure : EPHAH
49
River near Martigny : RHONE
51
Essence : GIST
53
Beer: Slang : SUDS
56
Actor Hunter : IAN

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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