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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Monday, March 31, 1980

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 43.7
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,101
Across
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"It hurts!" : OUCH
5
McNutt of comics : BOOB
9
Pile up : AMASS
14
Hebrew dry measure : EPHA
15
Approximately : ORSO
16
Sublease : RELET
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Slickers : RAINCOATS
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Kind of lily : CALLA
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How March goes : OUTLIKEALAMB
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Pastiche : SATIRE
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Strong ___ ox : ASAN
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Kettle and Barker : MAS
27
Make a fluff : ERR
28
Religious brother : FRA
30
Demolish, British style : RASE
32
Male merganser : DRAKE
34
Adjective for March 31 : LAST
37
Gaelic : ERSE
40
Like March on April 1 : GONEWITHTHEWIND
43
"___ Can," by Sammy Davis Jr. : YESI
44
Diva Ponselle : ROSA
45
Cooper character : UNCAS
46
School dance : PROM
48
Fabulous bird of prey : ROC
50
"Ye ___ the salt of the earth" : ARE
51
Johnny Reb's group : CSA
53
Celebration at Cambridge : BASH
56
Gabrielle (Coco) ___ : CHANEL
58
March followers : APRILSHOWERS
61
N.Y. World's Fair attraction : PIETA
62
Miller's "Death of ___" : ASALESMAN
66
Ocean birds : ERNES
67
Decorate again : REDO
68
Merit : EARN
69
Coup ___ (master stroke) : DETAT
70
Ready for publication : EDIT
71
Kind of board or bag : TOTE
Down
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Anthem's "above" : OER
2
"___ lazy river ... " : UPA
3
White Sox on scoreboards : CHI
4
Asian capital : HANOI
5
Kicking specialist : BOOTER
6
Kind of hygiene : ORAL
7
Old port of Rome : OSTIA
8
Thickets : BOSKS
9
Secret remedies : ARCANA
10
Corn or oat follower : MEAL
11
O. J. Simpson was one : ALLAMERICAN
12
Alabama city : SELMA
13
Attempts : STABS
18
Teeners' "be watching" hour? : CURFEW
21
Soil : EARTH
22
Abounding in marsh plants : SEDGY
23
___ Islands, off New Guinea : ARROE
24
Sheer : TRANSPARENT
29
Voice : ALTO
31
In stitches : SEWN
33
Actor Dullea : KEIR
35
Throat-exam sounds : AHS
36
Game winner : STAR
38
Entrap : SNARE
39
Relative of "The Betsy" : EDSEL
41
"La Douce" and others : IRMAS
42
Hoodwink : EUCHRE
47
Soviet subdivision : OBLAST
49
Wildcat : OCELOT
51
Wearing a sontag : CAPED
52
Steeple : SPIRE
54
Kind of holder : SHARE
55
Watered down : HOSED
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Property, for one : ASSET
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Virginia willow : ITEA
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Ravine : WADI
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Former Peking name : MAO
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School class : ART
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Vane dir. : NNE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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