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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Saturday, June 7, 1958

44-Across : Take for granted.

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,266
Across
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Medicinal plants. : HERBS
6
Seizes. : BAGS
10
Stepped on. : TROD
14
Small egg. : OVULE
15
Gay tune. : LILT
16
Inspiring fear. : EERY
17
Type of picture. : PINUP
18
Alternatively responsive, as in church readings. : AMOEBAEAN
20
Loud-voiced one. : STENTOR
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Liveliness. : SPARKLE
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Backward. : ASTERN
24
Middling. : SOSO
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Set firmly. : EMBED
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Settled in a snug retreat. : NESTED
31
Adman's rhapsody. : BLURB
34
A Yankee. : YOGIBERRA
36
Aged: Lat. abbr. : AET
37
Swellings. : EDEMATA
39
Somewhat: Suffix. : ISH
40
Amusement park feature. : BOATRIDES
42
Coat part. : LAPEL
44
Take for granted. : ASSUME
45
Trivial. : SMALL
47
Roster. : ROTA
49
Poe and others. : EDGARS
52
Was the hero. : STARRED
55
Beverage item. : TEABALL
57
Adjust to a situation. : ORIENTATE
59
Role in "La Tosca." : MARIO
60
Rudely concise. : CURT
61
Russian name. : IGOR
62
Eastern title. : EMEER
63
Low islands. : KEYS
64
Certain letters. : CEES
65
River into the Moselle. : SARRE
Down
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Jumps onto: Colloq. : HOPS
2
Little Eva. : EVITA
3
Old Finnish poetry. : RUNES
4
Duller. : BLUNTER
5
Chabas painting, now in the Metropolitan. : SEPTEMBERMORN
6
Wheedled. : BLARNEYED
7
Sight at. : AIM
8
Enamel. : GLOSS
9
Hurry: Colloq. : STEPONIT
10
Garden flower. : TEAROSE
11
Exude, as fumes. : REEK
12
Spoken. : ORAL
13
C. G. S. unit. : DYNE
19
Doubleheaders. : BASEBALLGAMES
21
Sphere. : ORB
26
Certain roofs. : DOMES
28
Release, mechanically speaking. : TRIP
29
Gaelic. : ERSE
30
Actress Arlene. : DAHL
31
Ali ___. : BABA
32
People born under the fifth sign of the zodiac. : LEOS
33
Namesakes of Actress Hagen. : UTAS
35
Utility computers. : GASMETERS
38
Pertaining to a food regimen. : DIETETIC
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Ornamental structures. : TURRETS
43
Cotton State. : ALABAMA
46
Thing made: Suffix. : ADE
48
Proverb. : ADAGE
50
Thinner. : RARER
51
More crafty. : SLIER
52
Foot covering. : SOCK
53
Factual. : TRUE
54
Sprightly. : AIRY
56
Knowledge. : LORE
58
Terminal member. : TOE

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

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