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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Tuesday, March 15, 1983

58-Down : Actor Marvin

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 13, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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. 12,180
Across
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Interrupter's sound : AHEM
5
A locale for a physics course : LAB
8
Intriguing group : CABAL
13
Panty-hose shade : NUDE
14
Dock item : BALE
15
Former Dodger : REESE
16
Actor Jannings : EMIL
17
Greek and Roman : ERAS
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"And every goose ___ ... ": Kingsley : ASWAN
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He of "a lean and hungry look" : YONDCASSIUS
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Pismire : ANT
23
Deler's choice? : ERASURE
24
The sky : ETHER
26
Err at bridge, in a way : RENEGE
28
Armadillo : PEBA
31
He should have heeded Calpurnia : CAESAR
35
Postponed : RESPITED
37
Duo quadrupled : OCTET
38
Grassy patch : SOD
39
Pigment for Opie : OCHRE
40
Withdraws : RETREATS
42
Annual-report item : ASSETS
43
Rub-___ : ADUB
44
Baskets for trouters : CREELS
46
Kind of knife : BOWIE
48
Did a p.r. job : PLUGGED
53
Spoil : MAR
55
See 10 Down : IDESOFMARCH
57
As ___ (generally) : ARULE
59
Start of a March 17 greeting : TOPO
60
___ Alto : PALO
61
Honey badger : RATEL
62
River that joins the Fulda : EDER
63
Maine, to some Canadians : ETAT
64
Belief : CREED
65
Norma or Charlotte : RAE
66
Nones, e.g. : DATE
Down
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Keep ___ on (watch over) : ANEYE
2
Levity : HUMOR
3
Minneapolis suburb : EDINA
4
Combos in cards : MELDS
5
London's Wolf ___ : LARSEN
6
Cry for Yorick : ALAS
7
Like Acre in 1799 : BESIEGED
8
Depression precursor : CRASH
9
Loser to D.D.E. : AES
10
With 55 Across, Soothsayer's warning : BEWARETHE
11
Straight ___ arrow : ASAN
12
Feb.16-Apr. 2 period in 1983 : LENT
14
One presenting a check : BEARER
20
Auxiliary cleric : CURATE
21
Western college team : UTES
25
Heroic sagas : EPICS
27
Like some leaves : EROSE
29
Jones of football : BERT
30
Cool drinks : ADES
31
Cooper's ___ Munro : CORA
32
Scored on a serve : ACED
33
Penultimate words of 31 Across : ETTUBRUTE
34
___-Croatian : SERBO
36
What Pogo plays : POSSUM
38
"Father of the Bride" author : STREETER
41
Destructive kind of rain : ACID
42
Musketeers' "___ one ... " : ALLFOR
45
Literary genre : EPOPEE
47
Manipulate : WIELD
49
Yawned : GAPED
50
Persona non ___ : GRATA
51
Fame or fanfare : ECLAT
52
Table ___ (not à la carte) : DHOTE
53
___ Antony : MARC
54
Sandarac tree : ARAR
56
Fountain drink : SODA
58
Actor Marvin : LEE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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