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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Thursday, August 6, 1981

32-Down : Baseball announcer's phrase

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J V }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 37.7
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. 11,594
Across
1
Wise one : SAGE
5
Drink in Dresden : BIER
9
Nile dam : ASWAN
14
"The bird ___ the Wing": FitzGerald : ISON
15
Fire god : AGNI
16
Shutout spoiler : SCORE
17
At ___ (without direction) : LOOSEENDS
19
Asian land : KOREA
20
Follower of kick, pick or tick : OFF
21
Awards : PRIZES
23
City map : PLAT
24
Away : FRO
26
Added the columns : TOTALED
28
"For ___ sake!" : PETES
30
Hole-___ : INONE
31
Pitching item : WOO
34
Baile ___ Cliath (Dublin) : ATHA
35
Track star Sebastian : COE
36
Conclusion : ENDING
38
Sweet pickle : GHERKIN
40
Home-run swinger : CLOUTER
41
Pals of Mr. Bones : ENDMEN
42
Kind of apple or flower : MAY
43
Brake part : SHOE
44
The buck stops her : DOE
45
Same, in a way : EQUAL
47
Byzantine church décor : IKONS
48
Strike out : EXPUNGE
50
Washington Square inst. : NYU
51
Conduit : PIPE
53
Verdugo and Cernei : ELENAS
55
Come ___ halt : TOA
58
Upright : ONEND
60
Upside down : ENDFOREND
62
Cartoonist Bushmiller : ERNIE
63
Betelgeuse is one : STAR
64
Writer Robb : INEZ
65
Olympic bronze, e.g. : MEDAL
66
A Delano : SARA
67
Gds. : MDSE
Down
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Farm sight : SILO
2
___ now (presently) : ASOF
3
Be reckless : GOOFFTHEDEEPEND
4
Nav. officer : ENS
5
Fighter-actor : BAER
6
What a motorist turns on : IGNITION
7
Where touchdowns occur : ENDZONE
8
___ the occasion : RISETO
9
Put to : ASK
10
Range : SCOPE
11
"Gloria Patri" phrase : WORLDWITHOUTEND
12
Section : AREA
13
Not messy : NEAT
18
Heroic verse : EPOS
22
With reason : SANELY
25
Fortify again : REARM
27
Marquisette : LENO
28
Called for on the p.a. system : PAGED
29
Cultural group: Comb. form : ETHNO
32
Baseball announcer's phrase : ONEON
33
Monsters : OGRES
35
Due e tre : CINQUE
37
Dark : DUSKY
39
Board and room : KEEP
40
List for a judge : CALENDAR
42
Purplish red : MAGENTA
46
Except that : UNLESS
47
___ many words : INSO
49
City near Dayton : XENIA
51
This helped save Old Ironsides : POEM
52
Concerning : INRE
54
Former org. of radio performers : AFRA
56
Washingtons : ONES
57
Trimming tool : ADZE
59
Neighbor of Pa. : DEL
61
Hoop part : RIM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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