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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Friday, September 14, 1979

13-Down : Relative of blacktop

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, 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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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,902
Across
1
Author Rostov: "Eroica," 1977 : MARA
5
Letter : ESS
8
Feast of Lots : PURIM
13
Kind of sax : TENOR
14
Letter with jay or tee : VEE
15
Word with mentioned : AFORE
16
___ a dozen : ADIME
17
"___ citizen": Cicero : IAMAROMAN
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Novel in which real persons are fictionalized : ROMANACLEF
21
Adding word : AND
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Card game : CANASTA
23
Ripped : TORN
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Big Bertha's birthplace : ESSEN
27
Of sound : TONAL
30
Wave, for short : PERM
33
Piano city of the Netherlands : EDE
34
Suburb of Los Angeles : POMONA
35
Boils over : ERUPTS
37
Landlord's concern : LEASES
38
Has compassion for : PITIES
39
E.T.O. general : DDE
41
Triton : NEWT
42
Earthy pigment : OCHRE
43
Pelagic eagles : ERNES
45
National League team : REDS
47
Two-handed pinochle : GOULASH
50
Abbott's first baseman : WHO
52
Far from fervent : UNROMANTIC
55
Coarsely ground wheat, rye and flaxseed : ROMANMEAL
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Fallacies in thinking : IDOLA
59
Old violin : AMATI
60
Praiseful poem : ODE
61
Sister of Notre Dame de ___ : NAMUR
62
Kind of code : PENAL
63
Buntline : NED
64
Biblical land : ELAM
Down
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Bordeaux wine : MEDOC
2
___ mundi (vital force) : ANIMA
3
Part of H.R.E. : ROMANEMPIRE
4
Omni and Cobo : ARENAS
5
Forced out : EVICTED
6
Trade route : SEALANE
7
Dotted with stars : SEME
8
Average : PAR
9
Sky sighting? : UFO
10
Type of facial feature : ROMANNOSE
11
OPEC nation : IRAN
12
Repair : MEND
13
Relative of blacktop : TAR
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Sternward : AFT
20
Estimate : ASSESS
24
Nebraska Indian : OTOE
25
Type of footwear : ROMANSANDAL
28
Over again : ANEW
29
At the tail end : LAST
30
Pumpkin or cucumber : PEPO
31
Rock entertainer Clapton : ERIC
32
Actress from Boston : RUTHROMAN
34
General assembly of legislators : PLENUM
36
___ off (annoyed) : TEED
39
Corrupt : DEGRADE
40
Slavered : DROOLED
44
May from Philadelphia : ELAINE
46
Aggregate : SUM
48
Mouthlike opening : STOMA
49
Scar on the seed of a bean : HILUM
50
Conclude, with "up" : WRAP
51
Word with run or spun : HOME
53
The "new gas" : NEON
54
The Oakland was one : CAR
56
___ loss (bewildered) : ATA
57
Nothing : NIL

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

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