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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Friday, April 27, 1979

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q V X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 34.3
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,762
Across
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Region of Peru : TACNA
6
Type of jazz : SCAT
10
Blemish : SCAR
14
Actor Richard of silents : ARLEN
15
In addition : ALSO
16
Kafka heroine : OLGA
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Helping hand : BOOST
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Christian of Egypt : COPT
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Ottoman : POUF
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Pastoral : RUSTIC
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Yellow and Red : SEAS
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Clique : SET
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Honshu bay : ISE
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Just miss a target : COMECLOSE
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Bovine of Asia : ZEBU
31
Enticement : BAIT
32
Frail : REEDY
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Recovery : UPTURN
37
Plains Indian : PAWNEE
38
Area below a horse's neck : WITHERS
40
Coaches : DIRECTS
41
Sidewalk shade : AWNING
42
Suburb of Chicago : CICERO
43
Fans : COOLS
44
Queen of the Nile, for short : CLEO
45
___ up (recaps) : SUMS
48
Final sales : CLOSEOUTS
51
Enthusiast: Slang : NUT
52
Lively, in Paris : GAI
54
Some gypsies : ROMS
55
Uneven : SPOTTY
57
Therefore : ERGO
59
Foxy look : LEER
61
Utopian : IDEAL
62
Sharif : OMAR
63
Not fooled by : ONTO
64
Menu at Antoine's : CARTE
65
Old instrument : LYRE
66
Do a stevedore's job : STOW
67
Valuable possession : ASSET
Down
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Iran's second-largest city : TABRIZ
2
Inspirit : AROUSE
3
Off-the-target phrase : CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR
4
Word with crow's or hornet's : NEST
5
Caper : ANTIC
6
Pouch : SAC
7
Encircle and isolate : CLOSEIN
8
View : ASPECT
9
Morgan's "___ Woman" : TOTAL
10
Saturate : SOP
11
Part of a sci-fi movie title : CLOSEENCOUNTERS
12
Chill : AGUE
13
Slew : RAFT
21
City on the Itz : COBURG
23
"And what is ___ as a ... ?" : SORARE
27
Subject of close-up photos since 1965 : MARS
28
Norton's milieu : SEWERS
30
Difficult : UPHILL
33
Mil. unit : DET
34
Sandburg's "The People, ___" : YES
36
Muscle that stretches : TENSOR
37
Ornamental loops : PICOTS
38
Woman in the service : WAC
39
W.W. II isle, for short : IWO
40
"Mon ___!" : DIEU
42
"Stick ___ your desks ... ": G.&S. : CLOSETO
44
Solidify : CEMENT
46
Undergo basic change : MUTATE
47
Surgical instrument : STYLET
49
Does a one-man show : SOLOS
50
Overlapping bandage : SPICA
52
Science subj. : GEOL
53
West Point team : ARMY
56
Harem rooms : ODAS
58
Mined material : ORE
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Shindy : ROW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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