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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Wednesday, July 15, 1981

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 34.4
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,572
Across
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Stored away : ONICE
6
Pearl Mosque city : AGRA
10
Doggy's name : FIDO
14
Shylock's friend : TUBAL
15
Equine stride : GAIT
16
Champagne bucket : ICER
17
Takes a risk : SKATESONTHINICE
20
Writer Jong : ERICA
21
Monetary units of Paraguay : GUARANIS
22
Canadian capital : OTTAWA
24
Ingredient for a flip : EGG
25
___ arms (aroused) : UPIN
28
Disney : WALT
30
Word with pay or work : LOAD
33
Twitching : TIC
34
Numerous : MANY
36
Dealership : AGENCY
38
Sights on peaks : ICECAPS
40
Cool oolong : ICEDTEA
41
Red, white and blue : COLORS
42
Paw : FOOT
43
Concealed : HID
44
___ impasse : ATAN
45
Skip over : OMIT
47
Urges : YENS
48
Sgt. Lopez, e.g. : NCO
50
Fit for cultivation : ARABLE
53
Bridge call : REDOUBLE
56
Jacob Abbott's "___ Books" : ROLLO
59
They had "frozen assets" : ICECREAMPARLORS
62
Lancaster : BURT
63
Hesse river : EDER
64
Spanish ladies : DONAS
65
Soprano Silvia : SASS
66
Auld lang ___ : SYNE
67
Stockholm citizen : SWEDE
Down
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Military inst. : OTS
2
Power plant: Slang : NUKE
3
Steel beam : IBAR
4
Positively charged atomic particle : CATION
5
Vote in : ELECT
6
Past : AGO
7
Pier-to-packet passage : GANGWAY
8
Fire dance, e.g. : RITUAL
9
Baile ___ Cliath (Dublin) : ATHA
10
Advanced via bamboozlement : FINAGLED
11
___ cake (bonus of a sort) : ICINGONTHE
12
Prefix with gram or liter : DECI
13
Bornite and limnite : ORES
18
Bestrode, with "on" : SAT
19
Dander : IRE
23
Beards grown by barley farmers : AWNS
25
City on the Mohawk : UTICA
26
Loop for a lace maker : PICOT
27
Northerners who are 98% Lutheran : ICELANDERS
29
Cantina offering : TACO
31
___ the hole (hidden asset) : ACEIN
32
Matching pairs : DYADS
34
Deface : MAR
35
Lhasa ___, breed of dog : APSO
37
Catch on : GET
39
Invents : CONCOCTS
40
Jot : IOTA
42
Relief pitchers : FIREMEN
46
Ailment : MALADY
47
Like the ribbons of Jan. 1981 : YELLOW
49
"___ Miss Brooks," radio hit: 1948–57 : OUR
51
Cupped item : BRA
52
British house, for short : LORDS
53
Kids : RIBS
54
S.A. land : ECUA
55
Kind of wax : BEES
57
Solo : LONE
58
Mouthward : ORAD
60
Prefix with determined : PRE
61
Utica-to-N.Y.C. direction : SSE

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

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