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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Saturday, August 1, 1981

51-Across : Double this for a perfume-yielding tree

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 30.7
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. 11,589
Across
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Airport arr. estimates : ETAS
5
Asiatic palm : NIPA
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Not straight : ASKEW
14
Seduce : VAMP
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Singer Ed : AMES
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Pat or Debbie : BOONE
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Melville title : OMOO
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Urban aeries : PENTHOUSES
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Meter unit : KILOWATTHOUR
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Mezzo-soprano Obraztsova : ELENA
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Air: Comb. form : AER
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Author Tarbell : IDA
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Urged (on) : EGGED
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It's common or proper : NOUN
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Gibson girl's shape : HOURGLASSFIGURE
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One of the Siamese twins : ENG
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Old World cont. : EUR
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Goal : AIM
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Get benched : SIT
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Drudge : TOIL
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Composed type : METAL
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Dissenting voice : NAY
49
Perez stat. : RBI
51
Double this for a perfume-yielding tree : ILANG
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William Safire, once : SPEECHWRITER
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Resin source : BALSAMTREE
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Bone: Comb. form : OSSE
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Zodiacal sign : ARIES
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"Mean ___," 1929 song : TOME
65
Henri's head : TETE
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Plaster used as a surface : GESSO
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Oklahoma city : ENID
68
Kind of master : TASK
Down
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Summon : EVOKE
2
Dravidian tongue : TAMIL
3
Soap plant : AMOLE
4
Inadvertent creator of phrases like "well-boiled icicle" : SPOONER
5
Valley of the grapes : NAPA
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"___ a man with ... " : IMET
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Five-year periods : PENTADS
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"Just ___ twig is bent ... ": Pope : ASTHE
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"___ Ben Adhem" : ABOU
10
Turning to vinegar : SOURING
11
Hagler stats. : KOS
12
Wind dir. : ENE
13
Singer Montgomery : WES
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Mount where Aaron died : HOR
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Word with tail or tongue : WAGGER
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Drench : DOUSE
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Of gold : AURIC
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Stick on : GLUE
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What "the walls have" : EARS
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One of the Low Countries: Abbr. : NETH
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Clout : HEFT
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Kind of soup : ONION
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Boredom, to Sophia : UGGIA
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Unthreatened : SAFE
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Printing sign : FIST
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Damage : IMPAIR
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Joyce book : ULYSSES
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Fraternity letter : OMICRON
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Gould or Nugent : ELLIOTT
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Ad ___ (pertinent) : REM
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Midler : BETTE
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Confused : ATSEA
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Hideaways : NESTS
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Irene Papas, e.g. : GREEK
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Mexican's "Give way!" : PASO
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Half: Prefix : HEMI
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Tobacco, informally : WEED
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Valise : BAG
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Land measure : ARE
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Fleur-de-___ : LIS

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

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