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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Wednesday, May 29, 1974

44-Down : Pithy part of a plant

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,055
Across
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Worthless matter : CHAFF
6
Presidential name : ADAMS
11
Mitzvah or sinister : BAR
14
Hourly : HORAL
15
Send payment : REMIT
16
Muhammad ___ : ALI
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Preface, for short : INTRO
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Digression : ASIDE
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Mutuel investment : BET
20
Helen Reddy hit song : IAMWOMAN
22
Court cry : OYEZ
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Went out front : LED
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Union units : LOCALS
27
Visible : APPARENT
31
Kind of office machine : ADDING
34
Highest of the Alps : BLANC
35
Houston athlete : ASTRO
37
Even up : TIE
38
Construction worker : HARDHAT
40
Narrates : RELATES
42
Inhabitant: Suffix : OTE
43
"___ to bury Caesar ... " : ICOME
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Upright : ERECT
46
Irritate : RANKLE
48
Auto graveyards, etc. : EYESORES
50
Spread hay : TEDDED
52
S.M.U. rival : TCU
53
Road, in Germany : BAHN
55
Keeps going : PUSHESON
59
W. W. II area : ETO
60
W. W. I soldier : POILU
62
Tibet's neighbor : NEPAL
64
From ___ Z : ATO
65
Auntie's mate : UNCLE
66
Thick liqueur : CREME
67
Parent : DAD
68
That is ___ : TOSAY
69
Queen Elizabeth's friend : ESSEX
Down
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Greek letter : CHI
2
"___ soit qui ... " : HONI
3
City in Greece : ARTA
4
Certain acreage : FARMLAND
5
Former Haight-Ashbury sight : FLOWERCHILD
6
Syria, in Biblical days : ARAM
7
Treats sea water : DESALTS
8
Kind of acid : AMINO
9
"___ pleasures and ... " : MID
10
French holy one: Abbr. : STE
11
Saturday-night specialist : BABYSITTER
12
Sheltered : ALEE
13
Put on the ___ : RITZ
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Keats specialty : ODE
22
Bailey or Vic : OLD
25
Part of TLC : CARE
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Time of life : ADOLESCENCE
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Loathe : ABHOR
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Rio de la ___ : PLATA
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Family status : PARENTHOOD
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Treaty org. : NATO
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Relative : NIECE
33
Adventure stories : GESTS
36
Playing card : TREY
39
Scored in tennis : ACED
41
Roosters, at dawn : AROUSERS
44
Pithy part of a plant : MEDULLA
47
Golfer Venturi : KEN
49
Numerical suffix : ETH
51
Long poems : EPICS
53
String a necklace : BEAD
54
"___ boy!" : ATTA
56
Chop ___ : SUEY
57
Starts, in poems : OPES
58
Designate : NAME
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Build, with "up" : PUT
61
Yoko ___ : ONO
63
Roman law : LEX

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

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