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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Wednesday, September 16, 1987

13-Down : Swiss painter Paul ___

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, 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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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,826
Across
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Rock singer Andy : GIBB
5
Astringent : ALUM
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Nosher's delight : SNACK
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Humdinger : ONER
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Anderson of TV : LONI
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Stopover : HOTEL
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Recommended : ADVOCATED
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Stubborn as ___ : AMULE
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Preliminary races : TRIALS
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Lovely : ADORABLE
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Earl of Triple Crown fame : SANDE
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Looked popeyed : STARED
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Maneuvered for position : JOCKEYED
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Hee follow-up : HAW
30
Name on Japanese ships : MARU
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Rand of "Atlas Shrugged" : AYN
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Date for hire : GIGOLO
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Beasts : ANIMALS
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Big Red of horse racing : MANOWAR
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"___ my Lou" : SKIPTO
40
Rhone feeder : AIN
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Sell : VEND
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Owns : HAS
43
Slide instrument : TROMBONE
46
Des ___, Iowa : MOINES
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Bay window : ORIEL
51
Goon : ENFORCER
54
Angler's headache : TANGLE
55
Home-run great : AARON
56
Takes out taxes, etc. : WITHHOLDS
58
Bowling mark : SPARE
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Genus of maples : ACER
60
Richard and Preacher : ROES
61
Chief Justice: 1836-64 : TANEY
62
River of the Korean War : YALU
63
Tender : SORE
Down
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Nanny and billy : GOATS
2
Hindu god of thunder : INDRA
3
British Foreign Minister: 1945-51 : BEVIN
4
An event won by Jesse Owen : BROADJUMP
5
Boo-hoo : ALAS
6
Home site : LOT
7
Left on the plate : UNEATEN
8
High noon : MIDDAY
9
Took a part : SHAREDIN
10
Footloose fellow : NOMAD
11
"Three men in ___" : ATUB
12
Cubicle : CELL
13
Swiss painter Paul ___ : KLEE
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Singer Laine : CLEO
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A spice : OREGANO
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"The ___ the limit" : SKYS
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Of heat : CALORIC
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Joe Palooka's Ann : HOWE
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Bates or King : ALAN
29
Promise : WORD
30
Long-running sitcom : MASH
31
"My Way" composer : ANKA
32
Reformer Jacob ___ : RIIS
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Dukakis and Sununu : GOVERNORS
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Barrister : ATTORNEY
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Marbles : MIBS
40
Patriotic song : AMERICA
44
Street sign : ONEWAY
45
Ancient mariner : NOAH
46
Lone Ranger portrayer : MOORE
48
Nanook's place : IGLOO
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Presbyter : ELDER
50
Flower in Ardennes : LESSE
51
Start of a Steinbeck title : EAST
52
Valley of the grapes : NAPA
53
Kukla friend : FRAN
54
Done, for short : THRU
57
___ Aviv : TEL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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