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A. J. Santora
New York Times, Saturday, April 14, 1979
Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { G J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 44.3
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 S | 2 L | 3 O | 4 T | 5 H | 6 A | 7 N | 8 T | 9 N | 10 A | 11 B |
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12 N | A | P | E | S | 13 L | U | R | 14 K | 15 B | O | L | O |
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16 I | D | E | S | T | 17 I | R | O | N | 18 S | I | D | E | S |
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19 P | E | R | T | 20 O | B | S | T | E | T | R | I | C | S |
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21 N | A | T | 22 A | L | I | E | 23 S | A | T | |||||
24 T | U | N | E | 25 R | 26 E | S | T | H | 27 O | 28 M | 29 E |
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30 O | 31 R | I | B | I | 32 P | Y | L | E | 33 O | B | E | Y |
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34 L | E | V | E | L | 35 E | R | 36 S | T | 37 U | F | F | E | R |
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38 P | L | E | B | 39 P | O | 40 S | E | 41 S | A | U | T | E |
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42 E | S | S | A | 43 Y | I | S | T | 44 M | E | N | S | |||
45 B | E | S | 46 A | 47 I | R | S | A | C | 48 S | |||||
49 P | 50 E | 51 D | I | A | T | 52 R | I | C | S | 53 T | A | T | 54 E |
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55 U | N | D | E | R | L | I | N | E | 56 S | I | T | A | R |
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57 S | O | A | S | 58 E | V | E | R | 59 T | O | E | I | N |
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60 S | L | Y | 61 E | D | S | 62 A | N | D | R | E |
© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,749
Across
1
Laziness : SLOTH
6
Hill insect : ANT
9
Capture : NAB
12
Scruffs : NAPES
13
Skulk : LURK
15
Kind of punch : BOLO
16
That is: Lat. : IDEST
17
"Old ___" : IRONSIDES
19
Vivacious : PERT
20
Specialty of certain "deliverymen" : OBSTETRICS
21
Cole or Wood : NATALIE
23
Watched tots : SAT
24
Ditty : TUNE
25
Hospice : RESTHOME
30
African antelope : ORIBI
32
Ernie or Gomer : PYLE
33
Comply : OBEY
34
Road grader : LEVELER
36
Advertising insert : STUFFER
38
New cadet, for short : PLEB
39
What cover girls do : POSE
41
Fry lightly : SAUTE
42
Bacon or Lamb : ESSAYIST
44
" ... times that try ___ souls" : MENS
45
Egyptian god of music : BES
46
Pulmonary cavities : AIRSACS
49
Dr. Spock's field : PEDIATRICS
53
Famed gallery : TATE
55
Stress : UNDERLINE
56
Hindu instrument : SITAR
57
Provided that : SOAS
58
Continuously : EVER
59
Camber : TOEIN
60
Foxy : SLY
61
Ames and McMahon : EDS
62
Previn : ANDRE
Down
1
Cut : SNIP
2
Fraught : LADEN
3
Secret agents : OPERATIVES
4
Newcomers in the news : TESTTUBEBABIES
5
Before D.D.E. : HST
6
Excuse : ALIBI
7
Day place : NURSERY
8
Hambletonian : TROT
9
Complications : NODI
10
Guinness : ALEC
11
Foreman : BOSS
14
Israeli body : KNESSET
15
Carry's arrival! : BIRTHOFANATION
18
R.B.I.'s, for one : STAT
20
"Blood and Sand" cheer : OLE
22
Blue dye : ANIL
26
Other : ELSE
27
Beclouded : OBFUSCATED
28
Cross paths : MEET
29
"Jane ___" : EYRE
30
Old wine flask : OLPE
31
Kin: Abbr. : RELS
32
Experts : PROS
35
Decretal : EPISTLE
37
Functions : USES
40
Like cathedral window glass : STAINED
43
MCMLXXIX, for one : YEAR
44
Miniver or Gamp : MRS
47
Pastry workers : ICERS
48
Kind of well : STAIR
49
Booted feline : PUSS
50
Organic compound : ENOL
51
Omaha Beach time : DDAY
52
Tear apart : RIVE
54
River into Donegal Bay : ERNE
56
R. R. depot : STA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.