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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Friday, February 21, 1964

18-Down : Positive ion.

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, 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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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,318
Across
1
Point of land. : SPIT
5
Boy. : PAGE
9
Humane society. : SPCA
13
Elegant: Brit. slang. : POSH
14
Rope hemp. : SISAL
15
Greek letters. : TAUS
16
French pronoun. : ELLE
17
Job seekers. : APPLICANTS
19
Facial features. : EYELIDS
21
Term in geometry. : SCALENE
22
Things to be minded. : PSANDQS
24
Prefix for a country. : ITALO
25
Branch of physics. : PNEUMATICS
27
Printing error, for short. : TYPO
30
Tasteful. : NEAT
31
Additional. : OTHER
34
Theatrical abbreviation. : PERFS
36
Noun suffix. : AST
37
Weeper of myth. : NIOBE
38
Wide sweep. : SWATH
39
Shere ___. : KHAN
41
Pairs. : TWOS
42
Photography of a sort. : CHEESECAKE
45
Bethlehem's forte. : STEEL
46
Name in the headlines. : SHRIVER
49
Witty saying. : EPIGRAM
51
Bullfighter. : MATADOR
53
Provided a new wardrobe. : RECOSTUMED
55
Ill-favored. : UGLY
56
Want. : NEED
57
An Italian queen. : ELENA
58
French composer. : LALO
59
Probability. : ODDS
60
Fender crease. : DENT
61
Run. : TROT
Down
1
German admiral. : SPEE
2
Coral. : POLYP
3
Wight and others. : ISLES
4
In ___ (beyond human control). : THELAPOFTHEGODS
5
Insignificant people: Slang. : PIPSQUEAKS
6
Egyptian symbol. : ASP
7
Measures: Abbr. : GALS
8
Draw out. : ELICIT
9
Feature of Moorish architecture. : STALACTITEVAULT
10
TV specialty. : PANELSHOW
11
___ ice. : CUTNO
12
South African fox. : ASSE
14
Dishearten. : SADDEN
18
Positive ion. : CATION
20
Lodge. : INN
23
Hit shows. : SMASHES
26
Love. : ATTACHMENT
27
Townships: Abbr. : TPS
28
Tree. : YEW
29
Experienced. : PRACTICED
32
Central American tree. : EBO
33
Domicile: Abbr. : RES
35
Certain nylons. : SHEERS
40
Falls in Mt. Rainier Park. : NARADA
43
Keyed to high spirits. : ELATED
44
Caboodle's companion. : KIT
45
Race. : SPEED
47
Hoover's middle name. : EDGAR
48
19th cen. juvenile hero. : ROLLO
49
Man's name. : ERNO
50
West Point mascot. : MULE
52
Peasant of India. : RYOT
54
People. : MEN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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