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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Wednesday, July 19, 1978

26-Down : Houston team

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,567
Across
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Doubleday and Dean : ABNERS
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Small one: Suffix : ULUS
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Letter on a key : PHI
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Pull out, as weeds : ROOTUP
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Mass., R.I., etc. : NENG
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Covering : LID
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More subdued : SOFTER
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Printing direction : STET
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Donkey, in Paris : ANE
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Concerning : INRE
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Fragrances : AROMAS
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Mount or Lupino : IDA
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Half a dozen, in Rome : SEI
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Sulking : INAPET
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Burden : ONUS
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At ___ (finally) : LENGTH
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Heroic tale : EPIC
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Writer Havelock : ELLIS
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Flagged down: Var. : SIGNALLED
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Passageway : AISLE
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She-bear, in Juárez : OSA
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Sierra ___ : LEONE
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Consultants : REFERENTS
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Russian co-op : ARTEL
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"I ___ Song Go ... " : LETA
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Mischievous : IMPISH
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Strong discomfort : PAIN
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Cranny : RECESS
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N.Y. time : EST
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Part of O.A.S. : ORG
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Hugh Carey's bailiwick : ALBANY
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This, to a Toledan : ESTO
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Sound of distaste : UGH
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Linear measure : FOOT
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Consign : COMMIT
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Zany : NUT
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Fit : ABLE
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Merciful : HUMANE
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__ Moines : DES
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Geologist Harry Fielding ___ : REID
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Praying figures : ORANTS
Down
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Upbeat, in music : ARSIS
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Pat or Daniel : BOONE
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Bargain air trips : NOFRILLSFLIGHTS
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Ending for kitchen : ETTE
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Mourn : RUE
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Leaped : SPRANG
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"___ Call You Sweetheart" : LETME
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Left over : UNEATEN
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Some N.C.O.'s : SGTS
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Detective : PLAINCLOTHESMAN
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Gandhi was one : HINDU
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Notions : IDEAS
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Plays the stoolie : RATSON
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Gatefold : INSERT
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Houston team : OILERS
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Name for a "Sister" : EILEEN
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Tuileries was one : PALAIS
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Piece of corn : EAR
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Recline : LIE
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Utility workers : GASMEN
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Opposite of WSW : ENE
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Neighbor of Pa. : DEL
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Place for a pendant : EARLOBE
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Hitchcock classic: 1960 : PSYCHO
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Twenty shillings : POUND
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Contend : ARGUE
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Levi's "Christ Stopped at ___" : EBOLI
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Task : STINT
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Lugs : TOTES
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Distant : AFAR
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Soprano Eames : EMMA
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"___ Father" : OUR

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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