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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

DADAISMS

New York Times, Sunday, June 17, 1979

82-Down : A sPArkling brightness

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.38, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 560 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 122, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
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. 10,813
Across
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POP, in a way : SLAP
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He was PAPA Tiger : HOUK
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Ht., as above the PAcific : ELEV
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Skeletal PArts : COSTAE
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My DAD George or Telly's POP : RACEHORSE
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PArt of a shoe : SOLE
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Kin of amPERES : ABOHMS
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PAPPY : SUCCULENT
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Dweller near Gulf of PAria : TRINIDADIAN
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Word with FATHER : LAND
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Played a PArt : ACTEDOUT
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Florentine poet exPAtriated in 1302 : DANTE
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"___ your foreFATHERS!": J. Q. Adams : THINKOF
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PAsture breed : HOLSTEIN
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PAPPY Boyington's PAls : GIS
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PAPAS of a sort : YAMS
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___ la (PArt song) : FAL
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Mountain PAsture : ALP
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___-snee (sPArring with knives) : SNICKA
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PArent-teacher org. : PTA
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Field where "POPpies grow" : FLANDERS
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Kin of PAprikas and PArsley : THYMES
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Eight-PArt group : OCTAD
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HisPAnic name : LUIS
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UnPArallel, as tracks : ALOP
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Like a wing-shaped PArt : ALARY
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PAtrimony : HERITAGE
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How PAderewski played? : BYEAR
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PAmpean relative : PEBAN
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Spouting PAp or oil : AGUSH
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Dirt in PA., etc. : REDSOIL
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PAPA bear in PAnama : OSO
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PArrot's relative : REDBILL
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PAinful memories : SCARS
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Was a crossPAtch : CRABBED
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Word PArt meaning shoulder : OMO
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Group recently PAst 12 : TEENERS
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Thin as ___ (sPAre-set) : ARAIL
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PAsture disease : NENTA
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PArnassian southeast wind : EURUS
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"The ___ of America" (PAperback title) : GREENING
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PAste-on : DECAL
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PAstry : PIES
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___ grass (PAsturage) : GAMA
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Time sPAce : SPELL
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PAssional : EROTIC
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Kin of PArrs : STERLETS
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PAssage in Roma : VIA
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Suck a lolliPOP again and again : RESORB
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___ PArisienne : ALA
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Below-PAr mark : DEE
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Cub Scout PAcks : DENS
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PArt of R.S.V.P. : SIL
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Six-PAck items : BEERCANS
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PAsses away : DEPARTS
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PAncake for PAncho : AREPA
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PAstoral canine : SHEEPDOG
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PAnzer : TANK
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PAPA Bear : GEORGEHALAS
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PATERnosters : FISHLINES
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DADDY Warbucks's girl et al. : ANNIES
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Soft, in PAlermo : LENE
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ForeFATHERS : ANCESTORS
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Was apPArently true : SEEMED
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Actor PArker : FESS
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PAss over quickly : SKID
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Vessel similar to a dePAs : EWER
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DADS of jrs. : SRS
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Tepid, in the PAlatinate : LAU
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Harden against PAin, etc. : ACCLIMATE
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Kin of PAra nuts : PECANS
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Hesitate to PArticiPAte : HOLDOFF
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PAy dirt : ORE
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West Point's counterPArt: Abbr. : USNA
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SamPAn's cousin : KETCH
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Actress PArsons : ESTELLE
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"Our FATHER" : LORDSPRAYER
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"The Cocktail PArty" author : ELIOT
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Places for juristic PAnels : VENUES
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UnPOPular fellow : CAD
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PArt of the O.T. : OBAD
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POP : SODA
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DooDAD : THINGAMABOB
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PAPA Andrea's violin : AMATI
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Slaves of the PAst : ESNES
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___PAPA, Sioux tribe : HUNK
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PAssage plan: Abbr. : ITIN
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Bufos, sPAdefoots, e.g. : TOADS
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NewsPAper fluff : TYPO
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PAssage between decks : HATCH
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POP off : FALLASLEEP
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Egg of a PArasitic insect : NIT
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What a PArody might induce : LAUGH
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PADRES : CHAPLAINS
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PAss-catcher Rote : KYLE
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VATER's refusal : NIE
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Vehicles with PAir-runners : SLEDS
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Remove, as PAint : ERASE
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PArticular ___ (council) : SYNOD
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ABOU Ben Adhem, e.g. : ARAB
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POPdock derivative : DIGITALIS
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American PAct org. : OAS
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SIREd : PROCREATED
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PAludal plant : TULE
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" ... putty, ___, an' PAint": Kipling : BRASS
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Dies ___ (PAnegyrical hymn) : IRAE
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SePArately distinct lettering : RONDE
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PAsha's PAl : EMEER
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Puzo's "GodFATHER" : DONCORLEONE
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Becomes PArched : SERES
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CrawDADS : CRUSTACEANS
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Radar PAnel line : BLIP
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RaPA ___ (Easter Island) : NUI
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PAcking guns : ARMED
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Gallery featuring Turner PAintings : TATE
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PArtner of guy : GAL
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"You'll ___," POP song : NEVERKNOW
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A sPArkling brightness : GLINT
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Kind of PA : GRAND
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POPsy or POPpins : LASS
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PAPA swan : COB
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PAsses : ELAPSES
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PArboiled : SEETHED
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Old PAlestinian letter : RESH
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PArt : BEHALF
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CamPAigner of 1858 : DANITE
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Tales of the PAst : SAGAS
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Actress PAPAS : IRENE
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U. S. Grant counterPArt : RELEE
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They go with grandFATHER chairs : SOFAS
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ComPADRES : PALS
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Kind of rose PAth? : PRIM
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FATHER of one of David's mighty men : AGEE
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AddlePAted guy : GINK
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PArt of the Apocrypha: Abbr. : ESD
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Univ. dePArtment : SCI
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PAlindromic word : ERE
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Where the SIREt flows: Abbr. : SSR

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5 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 17 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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