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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Wednesday, March 28, 1962

27-Down : Kitchen appliance.

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,639
Across
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Twilled cotton cloth. : CHINO
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Sailing. : ASEA
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"Man of red earth." : ADAM
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Talked continuously. : RANON
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Victory symbol. : PALM
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Standout: Slang. : LULU
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Empty. : INANE
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___ school. : PREP
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Miss. : LASS
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The Canaveral scene. : COCOABEACH
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Groove. : SLOT
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Outfit. : KIT
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Point on the sun's ecliptic. : SOLSTICE
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Pastoral scene. : IDYLL
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People of Kenya. : MASAI
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Son of Jacob. : LEVI
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___ Chloe. : DAPHNISAND
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Greek letters. : ETAS
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Come afterward. : ENSUE
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Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
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Old man with a scythe. : FATHERTIME
43
French marshal of 1867. : NIEL
44
Muscles. : THEWS
45
That is: Lat. : IDEST
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Stormed. : ASSAILED
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Envoy: Abbr. : AMB
54
Iowa State city. : AMES
57
Fortuitous. : ACCIDENTAL
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Fertile. : RICH
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Willow genus. : ITEA
61
Bête ___. : NOIRE
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Long for. : ACHE
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Relative of 4 Down. : DONT
64
Golf clubs. : IRONS
65
"To ___ not to be ... " : BEOR
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"Vissi d'___," Puccini aria. : ARTE
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Sticks. : CANES
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Muscle ailment. : CRICK
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Tonkin's capital. : HANOI
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Dissolve. : INACTIVATE
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Admonition to a tot. : NONO
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___ street (well-to-do). : ONEASY
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Man in court. : APPELLANT
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Namesakes of a Burnett heroine. : SARAS
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Vote in. : ELECT
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On both sides: Prefix. : AMPHI
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"A Man For ___." : ALLSEASONS
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Double. : DUAL
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As well. : ALSO
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Necessity. : MUST
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More daring. : BOLDER
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10th cen. date. : CMI
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Kitchen appliance. : DISHWASHER
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"Clean up" department. : SANITATION
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Prefix used with room and date. : ANTE
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Graven image. : IDOL
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Departed. : LEFT
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Greenland outpost. : ETAH
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Greek letter. : PSI
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Mortify. : HUMILIATE
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Required. : NEEDED
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Letter. : ESS
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Like Paradise. : EDENIC
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"You ___ mouthful." : SAIDA
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Member of Equity. : ACTOR
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___ sale, special bargain. : ICENT
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Châlons' river. : MARNE
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Wish well to. : BLESS
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Horse. : ARAB
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Disney characters. : MICE
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___ chamber. : ECHO
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Ibsen character. : NORA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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