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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Saturday, December 31, 1983

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 26.7
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,471
Across
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Lets in : ADMITS
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Sound heard in a library : SSH
10
Loman portrayer : COBB
14
Shrimp's relative : PEANUT
15
Item on Ali's record : TKO
16
Podded plant : OKRA
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Orwell's year : EIGHTYFOUR
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Something often polished : NAIL
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Party song : AULDLANGSYNE
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Asian weight unit : TAEL
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" ... ___ I saw Elba" : ERE
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Yellow flags : IRISES
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Against the thing, in law : INREM
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N.L. teams : NINES
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Prominent Democrat : MONDALE
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Certain marbles : AGATES
37
Hebrew word for Lord : ELI
38
Negligent : LAX
39
Army Joe and Jane : GIS
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___ Fail (coronation stone) : LIA
42
Name linked with cruelty : DESADE
44
Castle innovation : ONESTEP
46
Assignation : TRYST
48
"Lust for Life" author : STONE
49
Salad-bar bean : ADSUKI
52
Morning-after cries : OWS
55
Have ___ to grind : ANAX
56
Annual cry at midnight : HAPPYNEWYEAR
59
"___'Clock Jump," 1938 song : ONEO
60
Jan. 1 decision : RESOLUTION
64
Ending for hip or gag : STER
65
Chemical suffix : ENE
66
Tune : MELODY
67
Lewis and Fiorito : TEDS
68
Nabokov novel : DAR
69
Colosseum and Circus Maximus parts : ARENAE
Down
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Be Little : APE
2
"Agnus ___" : DEI
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Periodical, for short : MAG
4
Smoked, in a way : INHALED
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Costume for Gelsey Kirkland : TUTU
6
Milady's concern : STYLE
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Like some kisses : STOLEN
8
Jaeger : SKUA
9
Kibitzer's activity : HORNINGIN
10
Be made up (of) : CONSIST
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Approves : OKAYS
12
Pickle : BRINE
13
Bundles of hay : BALES
18
H.C.H. successor : FDR
21
Lubes : GREASES
22
Father ___ : TIME
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" ... teach ___ dog new tricks" : ANOLD
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A singing Ford : ERNIE
28
Bunkum : MALARKY
30
Classic villain : IAGO
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Belle of a 1935 song : LADYINRED
33
Former spouses : EXES
35
Singer John : ELTON
36
Music center in Italy : SIENA
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Twelve on the clock : APEX
43
Squiffed conditions : STUPORS
45
Surprise : STARTLE
47
Name for a dog : TOWSER
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"___ of golden daffodils": Wordsworth : AHOST
50
"Inferno" writer : DANTE
51
Kind of trap : SPEED
53
A neighbor of S.D. : WYO
54
Nobelist Lagerlöf : SELMA
57
Counting-out word : EENA
58
Elman's teacher : AUER
61
Tiriac of tennis : ION
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Zenana area : ODA
63
Louis or Bill : NYE

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

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