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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Saturday, May 17, 1980

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { X Z }, Scrabble score: 342 (avg 1.86)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 11.4
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. 11,148
Across
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Sine ___ non : QUA
4
Quaff for Quintilian : AQUA
8
Oligophrenic's problem : LOWIQ
13
" ... lamp ___ my feet": Psalms : UNTO
15
Presses for payment : DUNS
16
Hades, to Babylonians : ARALU
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"___ of Ohio" (McKinley) : IDOL
18
Flippant : AIRY
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Eyelashes : CILIA
20
Person in power : TOPDOG
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Capp and Hirt : ALS
24
Harem rooms : ODAS
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Assert oneself : SPEAKUP
27
Places : LOCI
28
Completely : QUITE
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Stupefy : BEMUSE
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His forte is to exhort : URGER
34
A Ford : EDSEL
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Immediately : PDQ
38
"And pretty maids all ___" : INAROW
40
Infamous camp site : DACHAU
42
Chum : PAL
43
Out of ___ (ailing) : SORTS
47
Dough or cabbage : MOOLA
48
Hat named for a Sardou play : FEDORA
49
Speechless : MUTED
50
Takeoff acronym : JATO
53
Owner of a contiguous estate : ABUTTER
55
Norse god : ODIN
56
Sportscaster Martin : NED
57
Hopper or Turner : ARTIST
61
Indic tongue : HINDI
63
Stagger : REEL
65
Eskimo settlement : ETAH
66
Israeli desert : NEGEV
67
Lanky : TALL
68
Noah's messenger : DOVE
69
An asking : QUERY
70
Levee : QUAY
71
Need: Abbr. : REQ
Down
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Resign : QUIT
2
Destroy : UNDO
3
At the peak : ATOP
4
Saying : ADAGE
5
On the ___ vive : QUI
6
Not gathered, as leaves : UNRAKED
7
Havens : ASYLUMS
8
Resinous substance : LAC
9
Baltimore player : ORIOLE
10
Mr. Pepper : WALDO
11
Sacro follower : ILIAC
12
Seeming : QUASI
14
Octogenarian : OLDSTER
21
Laborious : OPEROSE
23
Oozed forth : SPUED
26
Ribicoff : ABE
28
Wisecrack : QUIP
29
Receptacle for flores : URNA
30
One of David's guard : IGAL
32
Calaboose or stir : SLAMMER
35
Unit of illumination : PHOT
36
Carnegie : DALE
37
Oxford area, for short : QUAD
39
Teutonic god : WODAN
41
Wooed : COURTED
44
Lewis of radio's "The Little Show" : ROBERTQ
45
Canadian V.I.P. : TRUDEAU
46
Cal. day : SAT
48
" ... heart grow ___" : FONDER
50
Mr. Public : JOHNQ
51
Ta-ta, in Troyes : ADIEU
52
Trace : TINGE
54
Score : TALLY
58
"Believe ___ Not" : ITOR
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Pitching statistic : SAVE
60
On ___ T. (secretly) : THEQ
62
Brown's vines : IVY
64
High note : ELA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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