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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Saturday, March 16, 1963

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 91, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 37.5
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,979
Across
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Range of vision. : SCAN
5
Part of a shore dinner. : CRABS
10
Humming sound. : WHIR
14
Contemporary of Caesar. : CATO
15
Writer of 2500 years ago. : AESOP
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Top rating. : AONE
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Pompous style of speaking. : OROTUNDITY
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Eat into. : GNAW
20
Believe it ___. : ORNOT
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Title found in Kipling tales. : SAHIB
23
Suffix in chemistry. : OSE
24
Outing. : PICNIC
26
Marooned. : ENISLED
28
View. : SEE
29
Progress. : COVERGROUND
32
Theatrical family. : GABORS
33
Edible seaweed. : DULSE
34
Pulpit in early churches. : AMBO
37
Iroquois' foe. : HURON
39
Regretted. : RUED
40
Becomes boring. : PALLS
42
Phenomena in space. : COMETS
44
Elsie Dinsmore's forte. : PRUDISHNESS
46
Girls' group. : GSA
49
Sightly. : EYEABLE
50
Last word of "Sweet and Low." : SLEEPS
52
Envoy: Abbr. : AMB
53
Ice cream treats. : SODAS
56
Site of the surrey's fringe. : ONTOP
57
Tonkin's neighbor. : LAOS
59
Quality of some foods. : AFTERTASTE
61
Cupid. : EROS
62
Untrue. : NOTSO
63
Diana's realm. : MOON
64
Henry van ___. : DYKE
65
German man's name. : ERNST
66
Certain verb forms: Abbr. : INFS
Down
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Kitchen utensils. : SCOOPS
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Sister of fiction. : CARRIE
3
This minute. : ATONCE
4
___ your life! : NOTON
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Container. : CAN
6
Fuchsia and others. : REDS
7
Where Sikkim is. : ASIA
8
Pesky. : BOTHERSOME
9
Adventurous profession. : SPYING
10
Joker. : WAG
11
Pacific cruise port. : HONOLULU
12
After some fashion. : INASENSE
13
Espoused again. : REWEDDED
18
New York city. : UTICA
22
Turkey. : BIRD
25
Port in Cork Harbor. : COBH
27
Certain beverages. : SOURS
30
Guaranteed. : VOUCHEDFOR
31
Incorrect: Abbr. : ERRON
32
Envoy Meier. : GOLDA
34
Was attractive (to). : APPEALED
35
Broadway hit. : MARYMARY
36
Social register. : BLUEBOOK
38
Loch ___ monster. : NESS
41
Brothers and sisters. : SIBS
43
Machinist's groove. : TSLOT
45
British naturalist. : SLOANE
46
Manages. : GETSON
47
Have a ___ lunch. : SPOTOF
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Trees. : ASPENS
51
As a friend: Fr. : ENAMI
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Business abbreviation. : ATTN
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Assembly: Abbr. : SESS
58
Helmsman's direction. : SSE
60
Balderdash! : ROT

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

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