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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

Locus-Pocus

New York Times, Sunday, December 4, 1977

39-Across : What larvae do

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 94, Avg Word Len: 5.12, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 644 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 137, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 27.3 Grid has duplicate clues.
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In 81-Down clue, reference is likely to Kiri Te Kanawa, not another soprano Natalia Kawana — this is probably an error; left as in original.

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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,340
Across
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Spoofs, in a way : ROASTS
7
Rough spot : SCUFF
12
Loose dress : SHIFT
17
Gist : NUB
20
"Rhapsody ___" : INBLUE
21
Sort of court : MOTEL
22
Famed jurist : TANEY
23
Granular snow : NEVE
24
Sharpened : ACUATE
25
Where most of this is : OVERABARREL
27
Sponge spicule : OXEA
28
Tennis call : LET
29
Fuses : UNITES
31
Oil drum : BARREL
32
Perfume oil : ATTAR
33
Dolphin's blind cousin : SUSU
35
Poetic work : ODE
36
Don Ho prop : LEI
37
Melee : FIGHT
39
What larvae do : PUPATE
41
Lumbermen or beetles : SAWYERS
45
Presumptively : APRIORI
48
Deep sleep : SOPOR
49
Less desiccated : SAPPIER
51
Cancel : DISANNUL
52
Hole-___ : INONE
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Gain by force : WREST
54
Poland China : SWINE
56
Used up : GONE
57
Pongee color : TAN
58
Partner of Rogers and Powell : ASTAIRE
61
Bouquet : SCENT
62
Man from Big D : TEX
63
Camise : SHIRT
64
Fissile rock : SHALE
65
One of last year's frosh : SOPH
68
Cooperstown name : COBB
72
Where part of this is : UNDERSHIRT
75
More pixilated : NUTTIER
78
Agents : OPERANTS
80
Author of "BUtterfield 8" : OHARA
81
Butte native : MONTANAN
82
Negev and Nefud : DESERTS
83
Where the end of this is : ABOVEBOARD
85
N.C.O.'s : SGTS
86
Yellow flag : IRIS
87
Kind of Danish : PRUNE
88
Enplane : BOARD
90
Usti ___ Labem, Czechoslovak city : NAD
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Vitality : PULSE
93
Henna : HAIRDYE
95
Catch : BAG
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Bread spread : OLEO
100
Dormouse : LEROT
101
Christophe's homeland : HAITI
102
Athenian political subdivision : PHYLE
104
Lengthen : ELONGATE
106
Adjective for diamond : HARDEST
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Demolish : TOTAL
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Marked with stripes : LINEATE
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Orphan's new parent : ADOPTER
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Assenting sounds : UHHUHS
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Glyceride : ESTER
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One, in Berlin : EIN
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Wildebeest : GNU
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Defendant, in law : REUS
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Medicinal amounts : DOSES
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Kind of school : NORMAL
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American dogwoods : OSIERS
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Huckle : HIP
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Co-inventor of cordite : ABEL
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Where most of this is : BELOWNORMAL
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Unemployed : OTIOSE
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Nursery villain : WOLF
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African antelope : ORIBI
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Vandyke, e.g. : BEARD
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Why some products fail : NONUSE
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Ship-shaped clock : NEF
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Skirt insert : GODET
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Arab land : SYRIA
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Exempted : SPARED
Down
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Shah's pelf : RIALS
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Start of "The Raven" : ONCEUPONA
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What this does twice : ABUTSUPON
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Suburb of Rabat : SLA
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Short skirt : TUTU
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"Eyes have they, but they ___" : SEENOT
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Hit, Biblical style : SMOTE
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Where vessels nestle : COVE
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Salt Lake City team : UTES
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Acier ingredient : FER
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"Front porch" : FLAB
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Wide-eyed tourist : STARER
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Political pollster : HARRIS
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Dictator's phrase : INRE
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Become lightheaded : FEELFAINT
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Father ___, in Wolff's "The Bluebird" : TYL
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Where to find this : NEXTTONOTHING
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Eye area : UVEA
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Silvertip : BEAR
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Zilch : NOTHING
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Haying machine : BALER
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Kin of calends : IDES
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Pearl Mosque site : AGRA
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In the know : UPON
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___ dixit : IPSE
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Sectors : AREAS
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Ariel, for one : SPRITE
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Little or Frye : APER
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Sapient : WISE
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Thus far : YET
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Magic incantation : RUNE
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Holly : ILEX
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Take a chair : SIT
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Oscar and Tony : AWARDS
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Banquet : DINE
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Pharaoh's talisman : SCARAB
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Strip : WELT
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Switches tracks : SHUNTS
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Colors : TINTS
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Worcester or York : SHIRE
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Thin slice : SHAVE
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Diverse : SUNDRY
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Giant at 16 : OTT
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School orgs. : PTAS
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Torsk : COD
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Poetic verb : OPE
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Where most of this is : BESIDEONESELF
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___ Rabbit : BRER
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Hale : ROBUST
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Glistened : SHONE
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U.S.-Can. defense org. : NORAD
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Snack : EAT
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Important hosp. group : RNS
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"Exodus" hero : ARI
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Soprano Kawana et al. : MAORIS
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Guthrie : ARLO
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Kind of dictum : OBITER
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Sinless : PURE
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Profundity : DEPTH
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Coward : NOEL
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"___ Want for Christmas ... " : ALLI
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Pianist from N.Y.C. : PETERNERO
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Cardinals' QB : HART
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Deputy : AIDE
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Locale of this phrase : BYTHEHOUR
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Like eggs baked with Gruyère cheese : ALASUISSE
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Semisolid : GEL
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Make ___ scarce : ONESELF
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Like Apley : LATE
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Fortune : HAP
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Cuckoo's announcement : HOUR
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Roscoes : GATS
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Lustrous fabric : HONAN
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Porter product : TUNE
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Bacterium : AEROBE
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Blockhead : DIMWIT
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Iroquoian group : HURONS
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Hayworth role : GILDA
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Radar reading : SPEED
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Sunup : DAWN
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Musette : OBOE
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Far from fragrant : OLID
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Soft throws : LOBS
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Actor Sharif : OMAR
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Patola : SARI
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Road sign : STOP
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Quagmire : BOG
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Ferdinand was one : REY
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Manet's "___ Boat" : INA

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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