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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Wednesday, August 24, 1977

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 41.6
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,238
Across
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Office V.I.P. : BOSS
5
Coarse : GROSS
10
Freesia or dill : HERB
14
Ending for system : ATIC
15
College or city in Wisconsin : RIPON
16
Egg-shaped : OVAL
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Sizzling line : HIGHTENSIONWIRE
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Skivvies : TSHIRTS
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Woven, in a way : TWILLED
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Sector : ZONE
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Nectar collector : BEE
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"___ Hot Tin Roof" : CATONA
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Perfect : ROUNDOFF
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His, in Paris : ALUI
33
Animal : BEAST
34
Monk's title : FRA
35
Between extremes : MIDDLEOFTHEROAD
39
Service club, for short : USO
40
Llama's habitat : ANDES
41
Dancer of the Orient : ALME
42
Peacock, at times : STRUTTER
44
Fire-engine appurtenance : LADDER
46
Word with diem or annum : PER
47
Alone: Comb. form : SOLI
48
Beg : ENTREAT
52
Portable stand : TABORET
56
Group on the edge of poverty : LOWINCOMEFAMILY
58
Clark Kent's co-worker : LOIS
59
Treasure ___ : TROVE
60
A social sci. : ECON
61
Stake : ANTE
62
Done : ENDED
63
Not any : NONE
Down
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Thai money : BAHT
2
One of the Skinners : OTIS
3
Lament : SIGH
4
Having a split personality : SCHIZOID
5
___ Green, elopers' one-time mecca : GRETNA
6
Wash lightly : RINSE
7
Mother of Jupiter : OPS
8
"Honi ___ qui ... " : SOIT
9
Shrub with white flowers : SNOWBUSH
10
Ululated : HOWLED
11
Satan sows its seeds : EVIL
12
Uncommon : RARE
13
Blackmailed : BLED
18
Ending for cyclo : TRON
19
Dolce far ___ (delightful idleness : NIENTE
24
French writer of "The Fall" : CAMUS
25
Heeling, as a ship : ALIST
26
English dynasty : TUDOR
27
Direct attention (to) : REFER
28
Stable fare : OATS
29
"The beauty ___ men is the gray head": Proverbs : OFOLD
30
Canvas enhancer : FRAME
31
Flower on the wane : FADER
33
Portend : BODE
36
Triangular sail : LATEEN
37
Play interlude : ENTRACTE
38
Wireless operators : RADIOMEN
43
Revolt : UPRISE
44
Dawdled : LOAFED
45
___ Longa : ALBA
47
Singer Lawrence : STEVE
48
Gov. Grasso : ELLA
49
Midday : NOON
50
Ridicule : TWIT
51
Shredded : TORN
53
Puerto ___ : RICO
54
College in N.C. : ELON
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River in England : TYNE
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Fashionable : MOD

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

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