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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Thursday, April 17, 1980

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { F J Q V X Y }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 34.4
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. 11,118
Across
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Caesar : SID
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Follow : TAIL
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Circles : ORBITS
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Ending for Brooklyn : ITE
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Pledge, in Perugia : ARRA
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Hailstone : PELLET
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Card game or pastry : NAPOLEON
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Mistreated : ABUSED
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Livid : BLACKANDBLUE
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Main artery : AORTA
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Farrow : MIA
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Abandon : SCRAP
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Summer time: Abbr. : DST
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"Don't ___ Lulu," 1925 song : BRING
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Wife of Zeus : HERA
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"Drums ___ the Mohawk" : ALONG
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Mayo ___ : CLINIC
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Overture : PRELUDE
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Burt Lancaster film : TRAPEZE
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High nests : AERIES
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Mine cars : TRAMS
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Secular : LAIC
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Take noisy bites : CHOMP
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Joined : WED
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"The City of ___," Kipling poem : SLEEP
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Pro ___ (for now) : TEM
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Wilkes-___, Pa. : BARRE
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Excluding, in a way : BLACKBALLING
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Navy structure for undersea research : SEALAB
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Phrase akin to "Forget it!" : NOMATTER
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Being three in one : TRIUNE
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Chemical suffix : ONIC
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Another ending for Brooklyn : ESE
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Citizen's ___ : ARREST
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Relative of mahogany : TEAK
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Highway: Abbr. : RTE
Down
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Pet duck that sailed with Heyerdahl : SINBAD
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Bilbo and Montemezzi : ITALOS
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Leave : DEPART
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___ streak (babble on) : TALKABLUE
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Square footage : AREA
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Mesabi open pit : IRONMINE
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Mays ___, N.J. resort : LANDING
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Gem for J.E.C. : OPAL
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"** in 1's I's," e.g. : REBUS
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Some stocks : BLUECHIPS
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They, in Paris : ILS
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Where Wadkins begins : TEE
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Part of E.S.T. : STD
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Birth month of J.E.C. : OCT
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Purse : BAG
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Lévesque of Quebec : RENE
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Neighbor of N.M. : ARIZ
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Meadowlands event : PACE
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Gats : RODS
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Gown hue in a song : ALICEBLUE
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Study hard and late : CRAM
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Soot used as a pigment : LAMPBLACK
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Sidekicks : PALS
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In existence : REAL
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Great Lakes port : ERIE
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Jack Teagarden played it : TROMBONE
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Tie ___ (marry) : THEKNOT
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Technical inst. in the Windy City : CTC
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Crane, Paine or Twain : WRITER
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___ Evans (Chubby Checker) : ERNEST
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Longitude unit : DEGREE
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Blueprints : PLANS
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Elev. : ALT
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Encourage a criminal : ABET
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Bowfin genus : AMIA
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RR stop : STA
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Do wrong : ERR
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Kind of lift or drop : AIR

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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