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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Saturday, July 9, 1977

57-Across : Fun affair

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { F J K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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. 10,192
Across
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Salute : HAIL
5
Old Testament book : RUTH
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Colleague of Freud : ADLER
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Armbone : ULNA
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Form of "Hosea" : OSEE
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Orange Bowl site : MIAMI
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Anthropologist Margaret : MEAD
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Felicitations : BESTWISHES
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Some teeth : INCISORS
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Pied-___ (lodging) : ATERRE
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Frauds : DECEITS
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"Do you take ___ woman ... " : THIS
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Where an Ens. serves : USN
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Short solo : ARIETTA
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Mrs. Humphrey : MURIEL
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Garrets : MANSARDS
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Algerian port : ORAN
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" ... nothing like ___" : ADAME
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Starr of Green Bay : BART
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Wraps around : ENTWINES
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Nobelist Lagerlöf et al. : SELMAS
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Eerie sittings : SEANCES
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Immerse : DIP
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Article : ITEM
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Marooned : ENISLED
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Click beetle : ELATER
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Imprecation : ANATHEMA
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Light-blue items in a nest : ROBINSEGGS
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River to the Elbe : ISER
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Sacred figures : ICONS
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Fun affair : GALA
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Kind of cone : NOSE
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Burn slightly : SINGE
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City on the Oka : OREL
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Angry-dog sound : GNAR
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Vaporous : HUMID
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Coeur d'___ (resort lake) : ALENE
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Faulty : INACCURATE
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Palace help : LADIESINWAITING
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Mechanical man : ROBOT
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Customers : USERS
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Dick Tracy's wife : TESS
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___ up (excited) : HET
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Friendships : AMITIES
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Withdrawing support, as from a church : DISESTABLISHING
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Comic Bert : LAHR
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Retired: Abbr. : EMER
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Stand up : RISE
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Hilo girls : WAHINES
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Function, in trig : SINE
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Cable car : TRAM
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Gather : AMASS
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Tyrannizes : TRAMPLESON
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Port of Spain : ADRA
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One of the "Stooges" : MOE
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Coffeemakers : URNS
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Cavalry, of old : LANCERS
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Aves. : STS
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Think : DEEM
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Fierce : INTENSE
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Redact : EDIT
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"Worn Earth" poet : ENGLE
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Twangy : NASAL
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City of old Syria : EMESA
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He bells the cat : DARER
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Apple-tossing goddess : ERIS
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Points; places : LOCI
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___ marché (cheap) : ABON
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Solidifying agent : AGAR
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Kind of trip : EGO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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