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A. J. Santora
New York Times, Saturday, January 23, 1993
17-Across : Jets fan
Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.60, Missing: { Q V X }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 98, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 33.7
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 J | 2 A | 3 N | 4 E | 5 F | 6 O | 7 N | 8 D | 9 A | 10 A | 11 M | 12 I | 13 S | 14 S |
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15 A | B | O | L | I | T | I | O | N | 16 M | A | N | T | A |
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17 M | A | N | I | T | O | B | A | N | 18 O | C | T | A | L |
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19 U | S | E | D | 20 E | L | B | O | 21 W | S | 22 E | T | A |
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23 P | E | T | E | 24 R | 25 I | L | Y | A | 26 A | R | E | D |
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27 S | U | 28 C | C | E | E | D | 29 B | A | L | D |
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30 S | 31 P | 32 A | 33 R | O | K | 34 R | E | 35 G | A | L | I | A |
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36 H | A | N | 37 G | A | R | 38 S | A | T | I | N | Y |
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39 A | N | G | E | L | I | 40 C | 41 L | I | M | 42 A | E | S |
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43 P | O | L | L | 44 N | O | 45 M | I | N | A | 46 L | ||||
47 E | R | I | S | 48 T | R | U | K | 49 L | A | 50 L | 51 A | 52 W |
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53 L | A | C | 54 S | H | O | R | E | 55 D | 56 M | O | R | I |
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57 E | M | I | 58 L | Y | 59 N | A | M | E | 60 N | A | M | E | S |
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61 S | I | Z | E | S | 62 E | L | A | B | O | R | A | T | E |
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63 S | C | E | N | T | 64 T | E | D | T | U | R | N | E | R |
© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,782
Across
1
Top-notch Atlanta fan : JANEFONDA
10
Off the mark : AMISS
15
W. L. Garrison's goal : ABOLITION
16
Horse blanket : MANTA
17
Jets fan : MANITOBAN
18
Of eight : OCTAL
19
"___ Cars," 1980 film : USED
20
Rub ___ with (hobnob) : ELBOWS
22
Greek letter : ETA
23
Singer Frampton : PETER
25
Soviet writer Ehrenburg : ILYA
26
"O, my Luve is like ___...": Burns : ARED
27
Prosper : SUCCEED
29
Alopecic : BALD
30
Hot tub : SPA
33
One of Rhee's soldiers : ROK
34
Finery : REGALIA
36
Spruce Goose's berth : HANGAR
38
Silky smooth : SATINY
39
Heavenly : ANGELIC
41
55 m.p.h., e.g. : LIM
42
Loser to H.C.H. : AES
43
Head : POLL
44
Putative : NOMINAL
47
Ate's mother : ERIS
48
W.W. II naval base : TRUK
49
Bochco-Fisher creation : LALAW
53
Sealing-wax substance : LAC
54
Propped (up) : SHORED
56
A "Rashomon" star : MORI
57
Bride in "Our Town" : EMILY
59
Identify miscreants : NAMENAMES
61
Gluey substances : SIZES
62
Add details : ELABORATE
63
"___ of a Woman," Pacino film : SCENT
64
Bottom-line Atlanta fan : TEDTURNER
Down
1
Highway bottleneck : JAMUP
2
Humiliate : ABASE
3
Triple trio : NONET
4
Omits : ELIDES
5
Well-trained : FIT
6
Neb. Indian : OTOE
7
Number 9 iron for Bobby Jones : NIBLICK
8
Not impossible : DOABLE
9
Nudnik : ANNOYER
10
Major Hoople : AMOS
11
Big burger : MAC
12
Among other things: Lat. : INTERALIA
13
Carolinas' divider : STATELINE
14
The green teens : SALADDAYS
21
Attacks strongly : WADESIN
24
Bucolic : RURAL
26
Blind as ___ : ABAT
28
Great city of old Greece : CORINTH
30
Like a blob : SHAPELESS
31
Type of camera : PANORAMIC
32
Convert Giovanni into John, e.g. : ANGLICIZE
35
A Nasser name : GAMAL
37
Takes form : GELS
40
Headgear for a prince : CORONET
41
Energetically : LIKEMAD
45
Of a wall: It. : MURALE
46
"Extase" star : LAMARR
50
Tragic salesman : LOMAN
51
Virtue; valor : ARETE
52
Partner of older : WISER
54
Part of CBS : SYST
55
Obligation : DEBT
58
Actor Cariou : LEN
60
___ Turn (road sign) : NOU
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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