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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Tuesday, December 22, 1981

17-Down : Lanford Wilson's "The ___ Baltimore"

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q V X }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 52.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
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. 11,732
Across
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Famed name in tennis : ASHE
5
Coal size : PEA
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Part of a foundation : SLAB
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Famed name in tennis : MOODY
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Part of a manor : HALL
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Bathroom flooring : TILE
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Free : ONTHEHOUSE
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Salt tree : ATLE
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Stadium cheer : RAH
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Swarthmore chaperon : HOUSEMOTHER
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Conductor Peter ___ : EROS
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Lao-___, reputed founder of Taoism : TSE
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Carefree : BREEZY
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Like a dicer or ricer : UTILE
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Costly : HIGH
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Builder : MASON
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Gator's kin : CROC
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"All ___," 1931 song : OFME
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Signal of a sort : ALERT
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Ath. group : AAU
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Cult leaders : GURUS
40
Like Gaspar : WISE
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Submissions to a newspaper ed. : RPTS
42
Custom : USAGE
43
Tills : HOES
45
Ant : EMMET
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Go ___ (have a spree) : TOTOWN
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I love: Lat. : AMO
51
Wearing sabots : SHOD
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Like ___ (very fast) : AHOUSEAFIRE
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"___ Gang" : OUR
58
Mauls : PAWS
59
What Hoban designed : WHITEHOUSE
61
HOMES lake : ERIE
62
Nary ___ (none) : AONE
63
Bridge positions : EASTS
64
Bedroom and kitchen followers : SETS
65
Housewife's cleanser : LYE
66
Trueheart : TESS
Down
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Con ___ (tenderly) : AMORE
2
Sub detector : SONAR
3
Structures made mainly of glass : HOTHOUSES
4
Old English letter : EDH
5
Break : PAUSE
6
Word before where : ELSE
7
Purifier : ALEMBIC
8
Structures at Albany, Trenton, etc. : STATEHOUSES
9
Nimble : LITHE
10
"Comment ___-vous?" : ALLEZ
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Maudlin at a tavern : BEERY
13
Slangy approval : YEH
14
Headgear at English colleges : HOUSECAPS
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Lanford Wilson's "The ___ Baltimore" : HOTL
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Part of O.A.S. : ORG
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Depositories : STOREHOUSES
27
F.H.A. charge : INT
28
Minute arachnid : HOUSEMITE
29
Gullet : MAW
30
Arena attraction for decades : ALI
32
He can't be trusted : RAT
34
Belushi's "Animal" place : FRATHOUSE
35
Toby : MUG
36
Nav. course : ESE
39
Chicle : GUM
41
Urban project : RENEWAL
44
Cries from the woodshed : OWS
46
Encore : MORE
47
Records : TAPES
48
Where the Cubs alight : OHARE
49
Namely : TOWIT
50
"___ Romance," 1936 song : AFINE
52
Evicts : OUSTS
53
Kind of rehearsal : DRESS
55
Salt's call : AHOY
56
Until, in Berlin : EHE
60
Pilcorn : OAT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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