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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Wednesday, March 28, 1962

29-Down : "Clean up" department.

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
6
Sailing. : ASEA
10
"Man of red earth." : ADAM
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Talked continuously. : RANON
15
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
20
The Canaveral scene. : COCOABEACH
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Groove. : SLOT
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Outfit. : KIT
24
Point on the sun's ecliptic. : SOLSTICE
26
Pastoral scene. : IDYLL
28
People of Kenya. : MASAI
32
Son of Jacob. : LEVI
34
___ Chloe. : DAPHNISAND
38
Greek letters. : ETAS
39
Come afterward. : ENSUE
40
Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
41
Old man with a scythe. : FATHERTIME
43
French marshal of 1867. : NIEL
44
Muscles. : THEWS
45
That is: Lat. : IDEST
47
Stormed. : ASSAILED
51
Envoy: Abbr. : AMB
54
Iowa State city. : AMES
57
Fortuitous. : ACCIDENTAL
59
Fertile. : RICH
60
Willow genus. : ITEA
61
Bête ___. : NOIRE
62
Long for. : ACHE
63
Relative of 4 Down. : DONT
64
Golf clubs. : IRONS
65
"To ___ not to be ... " : BEOR
66
"Vissi d'___," Puccini aria. : ARTE
67
Sticks. : CANES
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Muscle ailment. : CRICK
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Tonkin's capital. : HANOI
3
Dissolve. : INACTIVATE
4
Admonition to a tot. : NONO
5
___ street (well-to-do). : ONEASY
6
Man in court. : APPELLANT
7
Namesakes of a Burnett heroine. : SARAS
8
Vote in. : ELECT
9
On both sides: Prefix. : AMPHI
10
"A Man For ___." : ALLSEASONS
11
Double. : DUAL
12
As well. : ALSO
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Necessity. : MUST
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More daring. : BOLDER
25
10th cen. date. : CMI
27
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
49
Member of Equity. : ACTOR
50
___ sale, special bargain. : ICENT
52
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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