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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Thursday, November 11, 1993

35-Across : Sondheim-BernSTEIN song from "West Side Story"

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,074
Across
1
Little Scout : CUB
4
Impress clearly : ETCH
8
Morbid one : GHOUL
13
Joined the mil. : ENL
14
Ending for buck : AROO
15
Humble : LOWLY
16
Printing error : TYPO
17
"STEIN Song" singer : RUDYVALLEE
19
Cahn-STYNE song : ILLWALKALONE
21
Computer pointer : MOUSE
22
Cut out : EXCISED
26
Gluts : ENGORGES
30
Contestant : ENTRY
31
Hair bands : FILLETS
34
Exist : ARE
35
Sondheim-BernSTEIN song from "West Side Story" : IFEELPRETTY
38
Pat : DAB
40
Baltic nation : ESTONIA
41
Sundering breach : CHASM
44
"To a rag ___...": Kipling : ANDABONE
48
Wireless inventor : MARCONI
51
Programmed assembly-line worker : ROBOT
52
STEIN line, in part : AROSEISAROSE
56
"STEIN Song" town : ORONOMAINE
59
George Bush's classmates : ELIS
60
See 3 Down : VENTS
61
Marie Wilson role : IRMA
62
Calendar abbr. : TUE
63
Kind of daisy : OXEYE
64
Bumppo's quarry : DEER
65
40 Across was one: Abbr. : SSR
Down
1
Sri Lanka, once : CEYLON
2
Disconnect, in a way : UNPLUG
3
___ steam (lets it all out) : BLOWSOFF
4
His wife is a countess : EARL
5
Caroline Islands group : TRUK
6
Artistic conclusion : CODA
7
Games expert : HOYLE
8
Quick look : GLANCE
9
Golf feat, with 58 Down : HOLEIN
10
Temple athlete : OWL
11
Ending for mod or gran : ULE
12
A solid caustic : LYE
16
Clock : TIME
18
Virgil's voice : VOX
20
Redwood nest : AERIE
23
Defer : STAY
24
Miscalculate : ERR
25
Colorant : DYE
27
Joyousness : GLEE
28
Right-angle fittings : ELLS
29
Dividing membranes : SEPTA
32
Video-game film : TRON
33
___ packing (shoo) : SEND
35
Steel beam : IBAR
36
Royal headdress : TIARA
37
Low footstools : TABORETS
38
British mil. decoration : DCM
39
So that's it! : AHA
42
Barely enough, if at all : SCANTY
43
Sullen : MOROSE
45
Ancient Greek coin : OBOLUS
46
More meddlesome : NOSIER
47
Vous ___ (you are) : ETES
49
___ de guerre : NOM
50
"___ No," Loesser-STYNE song : ISAID
53
Sean's old sod : EIRE
54
Porter's "The Gypsy ___" : INME
55
Parch : SEAR
56
Ab ___ (from the beginning) : OVO
57
Kingly name : REX
58
See 9 Down : ONE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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