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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

Americana

New York Times, Sunday, May 16, 1965

123-Down : As a friend: Fr.

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 160, Blocks: 94, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 705 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 148, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 22, Grid flow: 48.6
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,768
Across
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Cabinet post. : HEW
4
Grand ___. : RAPIDS
10
Agave fiber. : PITA
14
Composer of "Nola." : ARNDT
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School event. : EXAM
21
Western world. : AMERICA
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Persons. : ONES
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Heart: Fr. : COEUR
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Opulu seaport. : APIA
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Ossicle. : BONELET
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State: Abbr. : OKLA
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Unlawful rate of interest. : USURY
29
Benét story. : DEVILANDDANIELWEBSTER
33
Suffix in chemistry. : YLENE
34
Testimonial gift. : PAULREVEREBOWL
37
Cap for a dervish. : TAJ
39
Scene of Tell tale. : URI
41
French revue. : FOLIES
42
Information agency. : USIA
43
Softly. : PIANO
45
Difficulty. : NODUS
48
Chemical endings. : OLS
49
Teach. : EDIFY
50
Swampy: Poet. : MARISH
51
Where the girls eat. : TEAROOM
53
Ornaments. : EMBOSSES
56
Shortly. : ANON
57
Basketball group. : NBA
59
Engineering school. : TECH
60
Pullet. : HEN
61
Much-used prefixes. : NONS
62
Gadget. : HICKEY
64
Island of legend. : AVALON
68
Pharmacist's concern. : DOSE
72
Grampus. : ORC
73
Garment. : PANTY
74
Yellow antelope. : ORIBI
75
Rich in flavor. : FRUITY
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Gilbert-Muir song, 1912. : WAITINGFORTHEROBERTELEE
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W.W. II amphibian. : AMTRAC
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Indians. : UTAHS
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French painter. : DEGAS
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Favorite. : PET
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Numbfish. : RAYS
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Win ___. : ORLOSE
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Folklore king. : OBERON
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Kennedy, for example. : CAPE
92
Aloof. : ICY
93
Saga. : TALE
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Inquire. : ASK
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Mimics. : APES
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Dessert specialties. : CUPCAKES
102
Man of courage. : GALLANT
104
Seed pod. : LOMENT
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___ fours. : ONALL
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Officer of a kind. : NCO
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Barometer's relative. : GAUGE
110
Roads of Rome. : ITERS
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Unless: Lat. : NISI
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Silly as ___. : AGOOSE
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Bushy clump. : TOD
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Near: Scot. : NAR
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William Steffe song. : JOHNBROWNSBODY
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Certain reviews. : RAVES
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Memorial near Plymouth. : MILESSTANDISHMONUMENT
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Carroll girl. : ALICE
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Ark passenger. : SHEM
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Gain. : ACHIEVE
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Winglike. : ALAR
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Spanish children. : NINAS
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Nydia's rival. : IONE
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Makeshift. : STOPGAP
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Verne's captain. : NEMO
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Business matters. : DEALS
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Rock: Prefix. : PETR
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Dismays. : APPALS
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___ code. : ZIP
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Impetuous. : HEADY
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Eject. : EXPEL
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Postpone. : WAIVE
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River into the Danube. : RABA
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King of Judah. : AMON
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Await decision. : PEND
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Angered. : IRED
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Become a partial ruin. : DILAPIDATE
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Part of an opera. : SCENA
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Where the boys meet. : POOLROOM
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Item before ballpoints. : INKWELL
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Transmit, as images. : TELEVISE
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Busy ___. : ASABEE
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Sharp. : ACUTE
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Signs of spring. : ROSEBUDS
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Anxiety. : NEUROSIS
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Major, in music. : DUR
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Rugby play. : TRY
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Preserves. : MAINTAINS
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One of the Cook Islands. : ATIU
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Tilts. : LEANS
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Pixie. : ELF
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Campus group: Abbr. : SRS
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Mate. : WIFE
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Sets. : LAYS
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Signature. : JOHNHANCOCK
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Brash. : UNTACTFUL
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Striped mahogany. : ROE
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Complete vista. : PANORAMA
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Pittsburgh. : IRONCITY
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Nobelist in chemistry. : UREY
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Group: Abbr. : SOC
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Long time. : EON
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Big name in turf lore. : MANOWAR
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Chicago airfield. : OHARE
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Electrical unit. : MHO
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"___ In Paris." : BENFRANKLIN
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Opera VIP. : BING
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Site of famed Kabuki theater. : KYOTO
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Relative of "puer." : VIR
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Dwelling. : ABODE
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Set free. : LIBERATED
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Lawful. : DUE
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Relative of cellophane. : OILPAPER
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Increases. : STEEPENS
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Part of a physical. : EYETEST
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___ mater. : PIA
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Sounds akin to gasps. : OHS
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Wall Street abbreviation. : RTS
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Men on the board: Abbr. : TRS
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African title. : RAS
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Greek letter. : THETA
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Parts of psyches. : EGOS
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Bread. : RYE
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Stewing pot. : OLLA
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Salon of a sort. : BEAUTYSHOP
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Studio expert. : CAMERAMAN
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Suffix for senator or president. : IAL
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School subject: Abbr. : ALG
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And/or: Abbr. : CONJ
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Pearly mussel. : UNIO
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Made of Asian wool. : PASHMINA
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Purely scientific. : CLINICAL
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Kind of rabbit. : SNOWSHOE
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Filmy fabric. : GOSSAMER
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Saigon name. : NGO
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Japanese port. : OTARU
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Capacity. : CONTENT
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Much-used verb. : ARE
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"Girl talk." : GOSSIP
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Helmsman's course. : EBN
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Wish well to. : BLESS
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Harem rooms. : ODAS
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Authoritative sayings. : DICTA
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Range of Dinaric Alps. : VELEZ
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As a friend: Fr. : ENAMI
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Hone. : STROP
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Horse: Prefix. : HIPP
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Prefix for phone or cycle. : MEGA
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Rounded. : OVAL
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Knots in cotton. : NEPS
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As well as. : AND
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Be situated. : LIE

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10 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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