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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Saturday, March 15, 1980

5-Down : Bank president's role

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 5.23, Missing: { F Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 58.4
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,085
Across
1
Spout : JET
4
Side dish : SLAW
8
Fur : OTTER
13
Gold for Gerardo : ORO
14
Ancient capital of Mongolia : HOLIN
16
Babel : NOISE
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Snead or Houston : SAM
18
Pay hike : RAISE
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Coins : CENTS
20
Stamina : STAYINGPOWER
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Captured : TAKEN
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Nervous disorder : CHOREA
27
Convenience for a driver : POWERSTEERING
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Nomads of Nordland : LAPPS
30
Bank abbr. : INT
31
Procreate : SIRE
33
Levin or Wolfert : IRA
34
Small swords : EPEES
36
D.D.E. was one : GEN
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Speech problem : LISP
39
Wallach : ELI
40
Robert ___ Sherwood : EMMET
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Avoiding : STEERINGCLEAR
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Fearless : HEROIC
47
___ once (suddenly) : ALLAT
48
No problems : CLEARSAILING
52
Former Turkish soldier : SPAHI
55
Amazonian group : TUPIS
56
Cowardly fellow : CUR
57
West Coast sound : PUGET
58
January, in Rio : ENERO
59
Fuss and feathers : ADO
60
Mortify : ABASH
61
Adam's garden : EDEN
62
Actor Ayres : LEW
Down
1
Chinese idol : JOSS
2
It was, to Caesar : ERAT
3
Item for an Italian recipe : TOMATOPASTE
4
Butcherbirds : SHRIKES
5
Bank president's role : LOANER
6
Does a wheel job : ALIGNS
7
Frail thing : WISP
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___ twice (occasionally) : ONCEOR
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"___ human": Pope : TOERRIS
10
Stannum : TIN
11
N.Y. time : EST
12
Home: Abbr. : RES
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Division of the Tertiary period : NEOCENE
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Complain : YAWP
22
Sharpens : WHETS
25
Puzzling : ENIGMATICAL
26
Yes man : AGREER
27
Part of a see : PARISH
28
Connection : TIEIN
29
Abner's adjective : LIL
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Suffix with differ : ENT
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Spooky : EERIE
35
Arranged in folds : PLICATE
38
Roosts for roasters : PERCHES
40
Writer Ralph Waldo : ELLISON
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Fast breaker : MEAL
43
Flint tool : EOLITH
44
Panted : GASPED
45
Actress Bloom : CLAIRE
49
Finnish poem : RUNE
50
Museum painting : NUDE
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Cultivate : GROW
52
Health club : SPA
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Tavern : PUB
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Turkish title : AGA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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