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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Friday, March 8, 1957

35-Down : Suffixes in chemistry.

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,810
Across
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Music lover's enthusiasm. : HIFI
5
___ dixit (arbitrary statement): Lat. : IPSE
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Go for ___. : BROKE
14
Ideal place. : EDEN
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Any of a class of words. : NOUN
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Actress Sophia. : LOREN
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Thought on a matter. : REASONING
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Colloquial affirmatives. : OKAYS
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Morning prayers. : MATINS
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Count calories. : DIET
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Double: Prefix. : TWI
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Piece of music. : ETUDE
25
Held in. : PENT
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Mr. Coward. : NOEL
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Dried up. : SERE
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Track. : RACECOURSE
30
Untimely defeat. : SETBACK
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Formerly: Arch. : ERST
33
Eminence. : RANK
34
___ de Boulogne. : BOIS
36
Shine. : STAR
38
Guests. : CALLERS
41
Bank items. : CHECKBOOKS
44
Stream. : RILL
46
___ back (revert). : HARK
47
Karafuto inhabitant. : AINU
48
French secondary school. : LYCEE
49
D. D. E. : IKE
50
Plain. : BALD
51
___ land. : NOMANS
52
Slow: Mus. : LENTO
54
Where fuel is kept. : COALYARDS
56
Luxemburg, for example. : DUCHY
57
Inter ___. : ALIA
58
___ fixe. : IDEE
59
Quick movement. : SPEED
60
Retreat. : NEST
61
Schary of Hollywood. : DORE
Down
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Greek herald. : HERMES
2
Imagines. : IDEATES
3
Play up. : FEATURE
4
Advantageous position. : INSIDETRACK
5
Taverns. : INNS
6
Food in Hilo. : POI
7
Porch with a southern exposure. : SUNDECK
8
Motor. : ENGINE
9
Stain. : BLOT
10
South Korean. : ROK
11
Speakers. : ORATORS
12
Southernmost city of U. S. : KEYWEST
13
Store fodder. : ENSILE
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Number. : ONE
22
And the like: Abbr. : ETC
25
Collection. : PACK
26
Baby sitter. : NURSERYMAID
28
Fused. : RAN
29
Eye: Fr. : OEIL
31
Speak sharply. : BARK
34
Port on the Caspian. : BAKU
35
Suffixes in chemistry. : OLS
36
Reorganization: Colloq. : SHAKEUP
37
Name for an Irish lad. : TERENCE
38
Show sympathy. : CONDOLE
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Actor Montalban. : RICARDO
40
Slight. : SLENDER
41
___ play. : CHILDS
42
Bleat. : BAA
43
Necessity for the Tin Woodman. : OILCAN
45
Tenant. : LESSEE
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Actress Myrna. : LOY
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Man's name meaning yellow. : BOYD
51
Region north of the equator: Abbr. : NLAT
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Tea: Fr. : THE
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Three-toed sloths. : AIS

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

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