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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Wednesday, March 23, 1977

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 27.6
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,084
Across
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Plays eighteen : GOLFS
6
Racing boat : SCULL
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Ziegfeld : FLO
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Grown-up : ADULT
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Asian capital : HANOI
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Schoolboy : LAD
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Prima ___ evidence : FACIE
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Pick out : ELECT
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Bar need : ICE
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Like basset features : FLAPEARED
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Wagoner's command : HUP
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Pliant states : FLOPPINESSES
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Grid group : NFL
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Island country : HAITI
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Dogpatch founder : CAPP
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Kind of energy : SOLAR
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Hawaiian goose : NENE
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Half of a dance : CHA
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Stands for cameras : TRIPODS
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Towser's meal : DOGFOOD
42
Diamond off. : UMP
43
Slangy agreements : YEHS
45
Sail the skies : GLIDE
46
Young deer : FAWN
48
Eyelashes : CILIA
51
The electees : INS
52
Has conniptions : FLIPSONESTOP
55
Baton Rouge inst. : LSU
56
Clumsy dive : BELLYFLOP
60
"___ the season ... " : TIS
62
Abscond : ELOPE
64
Oily resin : ELEMI
65
Pizarro's pelf : ORO
66
Belief : TENET
67
Curia man : ROMAN
68
Skillet : PAN
69
Swamis : SEERS
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Ignite : SPARK
Down
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Hoax : GAFF
2
Medieval estate : ODAL
3
Painter Signorelli : LUCA
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Blow to and fro : FLIPFLAP
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Girder material : STEEL
6
Everest climber : SHERPA
7
Dictionary : CALEPIN
8
Not emended : UNEDITED
9
Site: Abbr. : LOC
10
Double-jointed : LITHE
11
Decides, in a way : FLIPSACOIN
12
Tree resin : LAC
13
Sappho creation : ODE
21
Irish org. : AOH
23
Trojans' inst. : USC
25
Boy, in Juárez : NINO
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Hebrew vestments : EPHODS
27
Part of a black suit : SPADE
28
Customary : NORMAL
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"Geraldine" : FLIPWILSON
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Cram : STUFF
33
Netman Emerson : ROY
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Plant or head : EGG
38
Art ___ : DECO
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Tibia : SHINBONE
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Backward somersault : FLIPFLOP
44
Surprise hit : SLEEPER
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Notaries: Abbr. : NPS
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Keys : ISLETS
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Expanse west of Eur. : ATL
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Tallows : SUETS
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Court hearings : OYERS
57
Tony, of golf fame : LEMA
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Sharif : OMAR
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Fragrant flower : PINK
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Flip-___ can : TOP
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Writer Levin : IRA
63
Shelter : LEE

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

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