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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Saturday, June 7, 1980

50-Down : Decorative plaster base

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,169
Across
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___ de guerre : NOM
4
Malice : SPITE
9
Chambers : ATRIA
14
___ Dhabi : ABU
15
"And so ___" : TOBED
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Dishonest : LYING
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Westrum of baseball fame : WES
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At ___ (very slowly) : ASNAILSPACE
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Steve and Marty : ALLENS
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Condition : STATE
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House contractor : BUILDER
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Kind of book or knife : POCKET
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Not "sugar and spice" : SNIPSANDSNAILS
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Gawking : ASTARE
33
Word with shot or stick : SLAP
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Sired : BEGOT
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Here, in Vichy : ICI
39
Particles : ATOMS
40
A "pumping" metal : IRON
41
Ribbed fabric : MOREEN
43
Gnaws the paws? : BITESONESNAILS
48
Dry out lumber : SEASON
49
___ machine (phonograph) : TALKING
51
Signed a contract : INKED
54
Where to take a baby : BYEBYE
55
Tough : HARDASNAILS
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Asner and Ames : EDS
60
So far : ASYET
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Haven : INLET
62
Paul or Brown : LES
63
Bara of silents : THEDA
64
Acta : DEEDS
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B'way sign : SRO
Down
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Moslem prince : NAWAB
2
Dagger, in printing : OBELUS
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Cloth often used for sheets : MUSLIN
4
Stubbornly conservative : STANDPAT
5
Have : POSSESS
6
___-Saud : IBN
7
Receptions : TEAS
8
Cut movie footage : EDIT
9
Ex-Dodger skipper : ALSTON
10
In the same familiar role : TYPECAST
11
Creek : RIA
12
Business abbr. : INC
13
Vital statistic : AGE
19
Come to an end : LAPSE
21
Ivy Leaguer : ELI
24
Allocate : RATION
26
Metric unit, for short : KILO
27
Biblical land : ELAM
28
Recipe amts. : TSPS
30
Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
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Most parched : DRIEST
34
Napkins under chins : BIBS
35
Lakes Indian : ERIE
36
"I've ___ Secret" : GOTA
37
Unilateral : ONESIDED
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News commentators : ANALYSTS
41
Trappists : MONKS
42
Made possible : ENABLED
44
Kreutzer piece : SONATA
45
"Alibi ___" (Joe E. Brown movie) : IKE
46
Defames : LIBELS
47
A Sec. of Treasury under Truman : SNYDER
50
Decorative plaster base : GESSO
52
Oklahoma city : ENID
53
Viking : DANE
55
Sombrero : HAT
56
Kelp ___ (source of iodine) : ASH
57
Cover crop : RYE
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Seine terrain : ILE

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

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