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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Saturday, July 9, 1977

2-Down : Coeur d'___ (resort lake)

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { F J K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, 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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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,192
Across
1
Salute : HAIL
5
Old Testament book : RUTH
9
Colleague of Freud : ADLER
14
Armbone : ULNA
15
Form of "Hosea" : OSEE
16
Orange Bowl site : MIAMI
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Anthropologist Margaret : MEAD
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Felicitations : BESTWISHES
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Some teeth : INCISORS
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Pied-___ (lodging) : ATERRE
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Frauds : DECEITS
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"Do you take ___ woman ... " : THIS
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Where an Ens. serves : USN
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Short solo : ARIETTA
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Mrs. Humphrey : MURIEL
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Garrets : MANSARDS
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Algerian port : ORAN
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" ... nothing like ___" : ADAME
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Starr of Green Bay : BART
38
Wraps around : ENTWINES
40
Nobelist Lagerlöf et al. : SELMAS
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Eerie sittings : SEANCES
43
Immerse : DIP
44
Article : ITEM
45
Marooned : ENISLED
49
Click beetle : ELATER
52
Imprecation : ANATHEMA
53
Light-blue items in a nest : ROBINSEGGS
55
River to the Elbe : ISER
56
Sacred figures : ICONS
57
Fun affair : GALA
58
Kind of cone : NOSE
59
Burn slightly : SINGE
60
City on the Oka : OREL
61
Angry-dog sound : GNAR
Down
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Vaporous : HUMID
2
Coeur d'___ (resort lake) : ALENE
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Faulty : INACCURATE
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Palace help : LADIESINWAITING
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Mechanical man : ROBOT
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Customers : USERS
7
Dick Tracy's wife : TESS
8
___ up (excited) : HET
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Friendships : AMITIES
10
Withdrawing support, as from a church : DISESTABLISHING
11
Comic Bert : LAHR
12
Retired: Abbr. : EMER
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Stand up : RISE
19
Hilo girls : WAHINES
21
Function, in trig : SINE
24
Cable car : TRAM
26
Gather : AMASS
27
Tyrannizes : TRAMPLESON
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Port of Spain : ADRA
29
One of the "Stooges" : MOE
30
Coffeemakers : URNS
31
Cavalry, of old : LANCERS
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Aves. : STS
36
Think : DEEM
39
Fierce : INTENSE
41
Redact : EDIT
45
"Worn Earth" poet : ENGLE
46
Twangy : NASAL
47
City of old Syria : EMESA
48
He bells the cat : DARER
49
Apple-tossing goddess : ERIS
50
Points; places : LOCI
51
___ marché (cheap) : ABON
52
Solidifying agent : AGAR
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Kind of trip : EGO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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