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A. J. Santora
New York Times, Saturday, June 7, 1958
31-Down : Ali ___.
Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, 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.
1 H | 2 E | 3 R | 4 B | 5 S | 6 B | 7 A | 8 G | 9 S | 10 T | 11 R | 12 O | 13 D |
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14 O | V | U | L | E | 15 L | I | L | T | 16 E | E | R | Y |
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17 P | I | N | U | P | 18 A | M | O | E | 19 B | A | E | A | N |
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20 S | T | E | N | T | 21 O | R | 22 S | P | A | R | K | L | E |
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23 A | S | T | E | R | N | 24 S | O | S | O | |||||
25 E | M | B | E | 26 D | 27 N | E | S | 28 T | 29 E | 30 D |
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31 B | 32 L | 33 U | R | B | 34 Y | O | 35 G | I | B | E | R | R | A |
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36 A | E | T | 37 E | 38 D | E | M | A | T | A | 39 I | S | H |
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40 B | O | A | 41 T | R | I | D | E | S | 42 L | 43 A | P | E | L |
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44 A | S | S | U | M | E | 45 S | M | 46 A | L | L | ||||
47 R | O | T | 48 A | 49 E | D | G | A | 50 R | 51 S | |||||
52 S | 53 T | 54 A | R | R | E | D | 55 T | E | A | B | A | L | 56 L |
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57 O | R | I | E | N | T | A | 58 T | E | 59 M | A | R | I | O |
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60 C | U | R | T | 61 I | G | O | R | 62 E | M | E | E | R |
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63 K | E | Y | S | 64 C | E | E | S | 65 S | A | R | R | E |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,266
Across
1
Medicinal plants. : HERBS
6
Seizes. : BAGS
10
Stepped on. : TROD
14
Small egg. : OVULE
15
Gay tune. : LILT
16
Inspiring fear. : EERY
17
Type of picture. : PINUP
18
Alternatively responsive, as in church readings. : AMOEBAEAN
20
Loud-voiced one. : STENTOR
22
Liveliness. : SPARKLE
23
Backward. : ASTERN
24
Middling. : SOSO
25
Set firmly. : EMBED
27
Settled in a snug retreat. : NESTED
31
Adman's rhapsody. : BLURB
34
A Yankee. : YOGIBERRA
36
Aged: Lat. abbr. : AET
37
Swellings. : EDEMATA
39
Somewhat: Suffix. : ISH
40
Amusement park feature. : BOATRIDES
42
Coat part. : LAPEL
44
Take for granted. : ASSUME
45
Trivial. : SMALL
47
Roster. : ROTA
49
Poe and others. : EDGARS
52
Was the hero. : STARRED
55
Beverage item. : TEABALL
57
Adjust to a situation. : ORIENTATE
59
Role in "La Tosca." : MARIO
60
Rudely concise. : CURT
61
Russian name. : IGOR
62
Eastern title. : EMEER
63
Low islands. : KEYS
64
Certain letters. : CEES
65
River into the Moselle. : SARRE
Down
1
Jumps onto: Colloq. : HOPS
2
Little Eva. : EVITA
3
Old Finnish poetry. : RUNES
4
Duller. : BLUNTER
5
Chabas painting, now in the Metropolitan. : SEPTEMBERMORN
6
Wheedled. : BLARNEYED
7
Sight at. : AIM
8
Enamel. : GLOSS
9
Hurry: Colloq. : STEPONIT
10
Garden flower. : TEAROSE
11
Exude, as fumes. : REEK
12
Spoken. : ORAL
13
C. G. S. unit. : DYNE
19
Doubleheaders. : BASEBALLGAMES
21
Sphere. : ORB
26
Certain roofs. : DOMES
28
Release, mechanically speaking. : TRIP
29
Gaelic. : ERSE
30
Actress Arlene. : DAHL
31
Ali ___. : BABA
32
People born under the fifth sign of the zodiac. : LEOS
33
Namesakes of Actress Hagen. : UTAS
35
Utility computers. : GASMETERS
38
Pertaining to a food regimen. : DIETETIC
41
Ornamental structures. : TURRETS
43
Cotton State. : ALABAMA
46
Thing made: Suffix. : ADE
48
Proverb. : ADAGE
50
Thinner. : RARER
51
More crafty. : SLIER
52
Foot covering. : SOCK
53
Factual. : TRUE
54
Sprightly. : AIRY
56
Knowledge. : LORE
58
Terminal member. : TOE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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