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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Thursday, March 15, 1962

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 46.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,626
Across
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___ yong (Chinese omelet). : FOO
4
Prompted. : CUED
8
Miner's nail. : SPAD
12
Not care ___. : ARAP
13
Against. : ANTI
14
Speak: Fr. : PARLE
15
Radar and sonar. : DETECTORS
17
Samoan island. : UPOLU
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Pulsating. : ATHROB
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Pertaining to 16 Down. : ECONOMIC
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To me: Fr. : AMOI
23
Table scrap. : ORT
24
Compass point. : ENE
25
Skindiver. : FROGMAN
28
Enjoy books. : READ
30
Mapped again. : REPLOTTED
32
Ten: Prefix. : DECEM
36
Chinese. : ASIAN
37
Age. : ERA
38
Slip away from. : EVADE
39
Sudden burst of activity. : SPASM
40
Circus family. : RINGLINGS
42
Ketch of the Levant. : SAIC
44
Invents. : CREATES
45
Relevant. : APT
48
Map abbreviation. : RTE
49
Orient. : EAST
50
Disruptions. : BREAKUPS
53
Adhesive. : STICKY
57
Leagues: Ger. : BUNDE
58
"We, ___ ... " : THEPEOPLE
60
Start. : ONSET
61
Alleviate. : EASE
62
Negatives. : NOES
63
Number suffix. : TEEN
64
___-in-the-wool. : DYED
65
Compass point. : SSE
Down
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Worry. : FRET
2
Solemn promise. : OATH
3
Binocular's cousin. : OPERAGLASS
4
Relative of a yawl. : CATBOAT
5
One: It. : UNO
6
Raison d'___. : ETRE
7
Lack of harmony. : DISCORDANCE
8
Soap: Lat. : SAPO
9
City in Burma. : PROME
10
Very tired: Colloq. : ALLIN
11
Card. : DEUCE
12
Name meaning "beauty." : ADA
14
Newsworthy resort at mouth of Rio de la Plata. : PUNTADELESTE
16
European alliance. : COMMONMARKET
20
Siderite. : ORE
22
Cut off. : INTERCEPTED
25
Monks. : FRAS
26
In the order named: Abbr. : RESP
27
Eye defect: Suffix. : OPIA
29
Deflections. : DEVIATIONS
31
Son of Gad. : ERI
33
Bevel. : CANT
34
Advantage. : EDGE
35
Disorder. : MESS
41
Understood. : GRASPED
43
Printers' union. : ITU
45
Cleric. : ABBOT
46
Fruit. : PRUNE
47
On edge. : TENSE
51
Red Sea gulf. : ADEN
52
Carriage. : SHAY
54
Navy men, for short. : CPOS
55
Abstract painter. : KLEE
56
Affirmative. : YES
59
Common suffix. : ESE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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