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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Friday, October 30, 1981

13-Across : In ocean waters

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J M Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 38.3
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,679
Across
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Things to do : TASKS
6
Novel by Nabokov : DAR
9
Presage : BODE
13
In ocean waters : ADEEP
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Sponsorship : EGIS
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River of Russia : URAL
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Duck perched on a sail? : CANVASBACK
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Chicken outside the base line? : FOWL
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Agitated : INASNIT
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Resentful state : HUFF
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Add : TOT
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Recognize : KNOW
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Family that befriended young Poe : ALLANS
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___ up (accelerated) : GEARED
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"The Crow and the Fox" writer : AESOP
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Put in categories : ASSORT
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Bird that quails? : BOBWHITE
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Duck that is somewhat blue? : TEAL
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Ascribe : REFER
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Make : EARN
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Bird for Yul Brynner? : BALDPATE
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Bird devouring an ant and an eel? : ELANET
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Formal mall : ALLEE
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Avoided a commitment : HEDGED
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Adolescent : TEENER
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Snug : TAUT
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Health resort : SPA
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Heroic poetry : EPOS
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More meshy : NETTIER
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Do in : SLAY
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Bird for Miles? : WILDTURKEY
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Falcon for Franklin? : KITE
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Immoral : EVIL
66
___ Sculptoris, southern constellation : CAELA
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Bird for Cleo? : IBIS
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Parrot : APE
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City near Düsseldorf : ESSEN
Down
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Implied but not expressed : TACIT
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A bell town : ADANO
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French legislature : SENAT
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Electron volts : KEVS
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Fore-and-aft sail : SPANKER
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One often dunned : DEBTOR
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Turkish leader : AGA
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Like Dives : RICH
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Stupid bird? : BUFFLEHEAD
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Gold, in Chihuahua : ORO
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Marjorie's bird? : DAW
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Building addition : ELL
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Bird for a barbecue? : SKUA
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Singer from Hoboken : SINATRA
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Defect : FLAW
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Ducks and drakes in a tangle? : WEBFEET
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Burmese or Thai : ASIAN
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___ Dame : NOTRE
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Exhausted : SPENT
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Birds for Midas? : GOLDENEYES
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Bambi's mother : DOE
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Facing Doug Bird : ATBAT
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Activist Bobby : SEALE
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Garçon's room : SALLE
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Noted French horologist : BREGUET
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Numerical ending : ETH
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Little bird's sound : PEEP
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Romaine, for one : LETTUCE
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Caress; pet : DANDLE
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Poet laureate: 1715–18 : ROWE
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Bill ___, Dickens villain : SIKES
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A contemporary of Shakespeare : PEELE
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Indo-European : ARYAN
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Samoan dance : SIVA
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Refrain syllables : TRAS
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What kanonen do : SKI
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Ad follower : LIB
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Panay native : ATI
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Sass : LIP

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

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