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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Saturday, May 12, 1979

38-Down : Lao-tse's doctrine

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,777
Across
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Austrian city : GRAZ
5
Usher in : SEAT
9
Caution light : AMBER
14
Western city : RENO
15
Time ___ half : ANDA
16
Let fly : LOOSE
17
Gowdy's place : ANNOUNCERSBOOTH
20
Post-office worker : STAMPER
21
Actress Ritter : THELMA
22
Also-ran : LOSER
24
Scorpio's neighbor : ARA
25
Arrival : ADVENT
28
Sci-fi guy : EARTHMAN
33
Chalon's river : SAONE
34
Adriatic port : BARI
35
Three-time champ : ALI
36
TV technician's equipment : SCISSORLIFTUNIT
40
Narration: Abbr. : ACC
41
Spoken : SAID
42
Speedily : APACE
43
Life jackets : MAEWESTS
46
Nurse : FOSTER
47
___ de France : ILE
48
Kind of badge : MERIT
50
Descendant of a son of Jacob : DANITE
53
Anarchy : MISRULE
57
TV technicians' equipment : HANDHELDCAMERAS
59
"Farewell, Pierre" : ADIEU
60
Dye vat : KIER
61
"Caveat emptor" sign : ASIS
62
Types : MOLDS
63
Comply with : OBEY
64
Manufactured : MADE
Down
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Mardi ___ : GRAS
2
Lease : RENT
3
Diva Moffo : ANNA
4
TV technician's equipment : ZOOMLENS
5
Most rational : SANEST
6
Plume filler : ENCRE
7
Cool drink : ADE
8
Caustic : TART
9
Einstein : ALBERT
10
Do-re-mi : MOOLAH
11
TV technician's equipment : BOOM
12
This, in Juárez : ESTA
13
Mixture of sodium salts : REH
18
___ sleeve (held secretly) : UPONES
19
Goren partner, at times : SHARIF
23
Fidelity, as in art : REALISM
25
Where Shillong is : ASSAM
26
Capital of Bangladesh : DACCA
27
Tenor, for one : VOICE
29
Jejune : ARID
30
___-arms (soldier) : MANAT
31
Faye or Cooper : ALICE
32
Chile saltpeter : NITER
34
Enfant terrible : BRAT
37
Caucasian : OSSETE
38
Lao-tse's doctrine : TAOISM
39
Against the current : UPSTREAM
44
Out of breath : WINDED
45
Root and Yale : ELIHUS
46
Monastery : FRIARY
49
TV host : EMCEE
50
Set in a groove : DADO
51
Blue dye : ANIL
52
Original site of U. of Nevada : ELKO
54
Sky Bear : URSA
55
"The best ___ schemes ... " : LAID
56
Being : ESSE
57
Kind of actor or radio : HAM
58
Drop bait lightly : DIB

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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