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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Friday, January 5, 1979

15-Across : ___ were

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F J Q U W Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 55.2
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,650
Across
1
Enclosure : CAGE
5
Goes to the plate : BATS
9
Crack : SOLVE
14
Carry out an order : OBEY
15
___ were : ASIT
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Charged particle : ANION
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Mistle thrush : SCREECHER
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Relinquish : DEMIT
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Travesties : MOCKERIES
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Arena surface : ICE
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Nut pine : PINON
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Shin or mustard : PLASTER
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___ room (play area) : REC
27
Makeup item : LIPSTICK
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Solo at San Carlo : ARIA
32
Chignon locale : NAPE
33
"It is human nature to ___ fallen man": Aeschylus : KICKA
37
Economic phenomenon : MIDDLECLASSPOOR
40
___ France : ILEDE
41
Simple : EASY
42
Wild plum : SLOE
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Real : EXISTENT
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U.S.S.R. river : OKA
47
Inform : APPRISE
50
Thomas : DANNY
52
Tavern : BAR
53
Flared fastener : COTTERPIN
56
Rounded molding : OVOLO
58
Fruitlessly : TONOAVAIL
61
Epoxy is one : RESIN
62
Land of the "brothers of Israel" : EDOM
63
Taro plant : EDDO
64
Lock of hair : TRESS
65
Rambler : ROSE
66
The "new gas" : NEON
Down
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Romaine lettuce : COS
2
As simple as ___ : ABC
3
Disinfectant : GERMICIDE
4
Keep an ___ (watch over) : EYEON
5
Part of a round of golf : BACKNINE
6
Wimbledon name : ASHE
7
Bank : TIER
8
Ecdysiast's act : STRIPTEASE
9
Helpless misfits : SADSACKS
10
United : ONE
11
Restrict : LIMIT
12
Utter : VOICE
13
Record : ENTER
18
Bionomics: Abbr. : ECOL
21
Yale : ELI
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Daredevil's delight : PERIL
25
Gambols : SKIPS
26
Branches : RAMI
28
Model of a sort : PACESETTER
29
Panel strip : SPLAT
31
Copperhead : ADDER
34
Row of pillars : COLONNADE
35
Like a weirdo : KOOKY
36
Region : AREA
38
Wordbooks; calepins : LEXICONS
39
Set of concurrent things : SYNDROME
44
Prefix with metrics or bar : ISO
45
Polynesian's clothing item : TAPA
47
Cut short : ABORT
48
Device for spreading concrete : PAVER
49
Bacon's forte : PROSE
51
Actor who wrote "The Moon's a Balloon" : NIVEN
54
Bustle : TODO
55
Eve was his granny : ENOS
57
Fleur de ___ : LIS
59
Ceremony promise : IDO
60
U.K. capital : LON

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

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