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A. J. Santora
New York Times, Thursday, March 15, 1962
29-Down : Deflections.
Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Grid has duplicate clues.
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 F | 2 O | 3 O | 4 C | 5 U | 6 E | 7 D | 8 S | 9 P | 10 A | 11 D |
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12 A | R | A | P | 13 A | N | T | I | 14 P | A | R | L | E |
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15 D | E | T | E | 16 C | T | O | R | S | 17 U | P | O | L | U |
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18 A | T | H | R | O | B | 19 E | C | 20 O | N | O | M | I | C |
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21 A | M | O | 22 I | 23 O | R | T | 24 E | N | E |
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25 F | 26 R | 27 O | G | M | A | N | 28 R | E | A | 29 D | ||||
30 R | E | P | L | O | T | T | 31 E | D | 32 D | E | 33 C | 34 E | 35 M |
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36 A | S | I | A | N | 37 E | R | A | 38 E | V | A | D | E |
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39 S | P | A | S | M | 40 R | I | N | 41 G | L | I | N | G | S |
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42 S | A | 43 I | C | 44 C | R | E | A | T | E | S |
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45 A | 46 P | 47 T | 48 R | T | E | 49 E | A | S | T | |||||
50 B | R | E | 51 A | K | U | P | 52 S | 53 S | T | I | 54 C | 55 K | 56 Y |
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57 B | U | N | D | E | 58 T | H | 59 E | P | E | O | P | L | E |
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60 O | N | S | E | T | 61 E | A | S | E | 62 N | O | E | S |
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63 T | E | E | N | 64 D | Y | E | D | 65 S | S | E |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,626
Across
1
___ yong (Chinese omelet). : FOO
4
Prompted. : CUED
8
Miner's nail. : SPAD
12
Not care ___. : ARAP
13
Against. : ANTI
14
Speak: Fr. : PARLE
15
Radar and sonar. : DETECTORS
17
Samoan island. : UPOLU
18
Pulsating. : ATHROB
19
Pertaining to 16 Down. : ECONOMIC
21
To me: Fr. : AMOI
23
Table scrap. : ORT
24
Compass point. : ENE
25
Skindiver. : FROGMAN
28
Enjoy books. : READ
30
Mapped again. : REPLOTTED
32
Ten: Prefix. : DECEM
36
Chinese. : ASIAN
37
Age. : ERA
38
Slip away from. : EVADE
39
Sudden burst of activity. : SPASM
40
Circus family. : RINGLINGS
42
Ketch of the Levant. : SAIC
44
Invents. : CREATES
45
Relevant. : APT
48
Map abbreviation. : RTE
49
Orient. : EAST
50
Disruptions. : BREAKUPS
53
Adhesive. : STICKY
57
Leagues: Ger. : BUNDE
58
"We, ___ ... " : THEPEOPLE
60
Start. : ONSET
61
Alleviate. : EASE
62
Negatives. : NOES
63
Number suffix. : TEEN
64
___-in-the-wool. : DYED
65
Compass point. : SSE
Down
1
Worry. : FRET
2
Solemn promise. : OATH
3
Binocular's cousin. : OPERAGLASS
4
Relative of a yawl. : CATBOAT
5
One: It. : UNO
6
Raison d'___. : ETRE
7
Lack of harmony. : DISCORDANCE
8
Soap: Lat. : SAPO
9
City in Burma. : PROME
10
Very tired: Colloq. : ALLIN
11
Card. : DEUCE
12
Name meaning "beauty." : ADA
14
Newsworthy resort at mouth of Rio de la Plata. : PUNTADELESTE
16
European alliance. : COMMONMARKET
20
Siderite. : ORE
22
Cut off. : INTERCEPTED
25
Monks. : FRAS
26
In the order named: Abbr. : RESP
27
Eye defect: Suffix. : OPIA
29
Deflections. : DEVIATIONS
31
Son of Gad. : ERI
33
Bevel. : CANT
34
Advantage. : EDGE
35
Disorder. : MESS
41
Understood. : GRASPED
43
Printers' union. : ITU
45
Cleric. : ABBOT
46
Fruit. : PRUNE
47
On edge. : TENSE
51
Red Sea gulf. : ADEN
52
Carriage. : SHAY
54
Navy men, for short. : CPOS
55
Abstract painter. : KLEE
56
Affirmative. : YES
59
Common suffix. : ESE
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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