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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Friday, February 17, 1978

15-Across : Miss Horne

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { G J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 47.8
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,415
Across
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Treaty area : PANAMA
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Dry, as a desert : ARID
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Kitty : POT
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As neat ___ : ASAPIN
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Miss Horne : LENA
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"Exodus" hero : ARI
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Promise of prosperity around the corner : PIEINTHESKY
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Welcome or door : MAT
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Cars of the 20's : ESSEXES
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Phi ___ Kappa : BETA
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Negligent : SLACK
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Part of an hr. : MIN
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Course marker for an airman : PYLON
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Comfort : EASE
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President Taft's mustache : HANDLEBARS
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Golf tournament : THEOPEN
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Go sky-high : SOAR
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Arab leader : ARAFAT
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Least restricted : FREEST
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"The Fan ___," book by Wallace: 1974 : CLUB
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Home of Falcons and Hawks : ATLANTA
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The weak opposition : CREAMPUFFS
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Clockface : DIAL
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Intertwines : LOCKS
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Car of the 20's : REO
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Sierra ___ : MADRE
49
Will-___-wisp : OTHE
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Type of spray dispenser : AEROSOL
52
___ Paulo : SAO
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Guy who knows his onions : SMARTCOOKIE
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Cannes season : ETE
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Debauchee : ROUE
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Locker-room tincture : ARNICA
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Yachtsman Turner : TED
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Aide: Abbr. : ASST
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Seesaw : TEETER
Down
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Political patronage : PAP
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"___ was saying ... " : ASI
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No, to Burns : NAE
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An easy task : APIECEOFCAKE
5
Russian city : MINSK
6
Carpenter insects : ANTS
7
Blood component : ALEXIN
8
Transmits again : RESENDS
9
Printers' items : INKS
10
Kind of nursery : DAY
11
One of the Masons : PAMELA
12
Webster, for one : ORATOR
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Giants : TITANS
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Virile fellow : HEMAN
21
How man "doth not live" : BYBREADALONE
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Bristle : SETA
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"Cowardly Lion" in a film : LAHR
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On the water : ASEA
26
Writer Buck : PEARL
28
Hot under the collar : HETUP
29
Barn areas : LOFTS
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Pre-Easter symbols : PALMS
35
City in Oklahoma : ENID
36
Play the hero : STAR
37
Narrative : TALE
39
F.B.I., U.S. Customs, etc. : BUREAUS
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In progress : AFOOT
41
Skeleton's possible hideout : CLOSET
42
Spin : ROTATE
43
Repeated : ECHOED
44
Hunt for : FERRET
48
Clement or Marianne : MOORE
50
Old Testament book : AMOS
51
Improvise, à la Fitzgerald : SCAT
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Mrs., in Juárez : SRA
54
Carson : KIT
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Rink surface : ICE
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Piece of corn : EAR

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