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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Saturday, September 20, 1975

40-Down : ___ in the head

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { B J Q }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 50.9
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,534
Across
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"What a good boy ___" : AMI
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Friendly : WARM
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___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
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___-Lenape, Delaware tribe : LENI
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Kind of code : AREA
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Prearrange : SETUP
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Like some twins : IDENTICAL
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Blazing speed : SMOKE
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Economic proposal : TAXCUT
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Kept : RETAINED
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Elsa of "Born Free" : LIONESS
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Feel sick : AIL
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Stylish : SMART
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Glass ingredient : SILICA
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Park in Colorado : ESTES
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Table china : IRONSTONE
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___ South : DEEP
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Boy or Cub : SCOUT
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Moffo : ANNA
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"The Palace Guard" author : DANRATHER
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Slang : ARGOT
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Franklin and kitchen : STOVES
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Biblical land of gold : OPHIR
44
Custard or pecan : PIE
45
Naps : SNOOZES
47
Go through a role : REHEARSE
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Actor Cook : ELISHA
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Sluggish : INERT
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Shams : PRETENSES
56
Strong point : FORTE
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Green and lasting : EVER
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Carnival wild-man : GEEK
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Fighter Patterson : FLOYD
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Turn down : DENY
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Graduating class: Abbr. : SRS
Down
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Touched land : ALIT
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Decoration : MEDAL
3
Having no being : INEXISTENT
4
Dumb or head : WAITER
5
Line of a circle : ARC
6
Brings up : REARS
7
Evil: Prefix : MALE
8
Attacks : ASSAILS
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Setting up buffer zones : DEMILITARIZING
10
English school : ETON
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New Testament book : LUKE
12
Mimicked : APED
14
Certain real estate : INCOMEPROPERTY
18
Bluefins, etc. : TUNAS
22
Contaminate : TAINT
24
Verses : STICHS
27
Become disenchanted with : SOURON
28
Assemblies : CONGRESSES
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Part of A. D. : ANNO
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Degree in educ. : EDD
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Ross and Bering : SEAS
33
Shad or Richard : ROE
34
Have a sandwich : EAT
36
Guide : STEER
39
Flew a plane : AVIATED
40
___ in the head : AHOLE
43
Certain writing : POETRY
45
Come in handy : SERVE
46
Unmixed : SHEER
47
Moroccan native : RIFF
48
Organic compound : ENOL
49
Kind of worship : HERO
50
Went fast : SPED
52
Invites : ASKS
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Poetic time : EEN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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