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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

New York Times, Wednesday, September 9, 1981

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 31.3
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. 11,628
Across
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Exults : BOASTS
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Barbara Eden's target in a TV series : PTA
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Hot spot : OAST
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Not more than : ATMOST
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Forage plant : ERS
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Hoodwink : DUPE
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Left port : SHIPPEDOUT
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To be, in Paree : ETRE
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Puts down turf : SODS
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Palmer's forte : PENMANSHIP
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Myerson's crown in 1945 : TIARA
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Kind of upmanship : ONE
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"___ long way to ... " : ITSA
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Sharp : KEEN
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Come near, with "on" : VERGE
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Some warehousemen : SHIPPERS
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Kin of sobrinas : TIAS
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Sends out again : RESHIPS
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"Don't give up ___" : THESHIP
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Dye : TINT
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Serves a sentence : DOESTIME
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Belief : CREDO
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Affected : AIRY
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Quarrel : SPAT
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Above, to F. S. Key : OER
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Device for stimulating emission of radiation : LASER
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Superiority : MASTERSHIP
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Guam harbor : APRA
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Repeat : ECHO
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Guidance : LEADERSHIP
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Swizzle : STIR
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Be at fault : ERR
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Home-grown : NATIVE
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Some ophidians : ASPS
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Part of E.S.T. : STD
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Kind of "ship" with a franchise : DEALER
Down
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It bites in the Atlantic Bight : BASS
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H.R.E. emperor : OTHO
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Word with ships : AMID
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Saturates : SOPS
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Recipe amt. : TSP
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Kind of rate or rocket : STEP
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Showy flowers : PEONIES
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___ Doctrine: 1947 : TRUMAN
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" ... wagon to ___": Emerson : ASTAR
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Pindarics : ODES
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Byline information : AUTHORSHIP
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Carson's "Silent ___" : SPRING
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Indian home : TEEPEE
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Keeps in check : DETERS
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Hosts of warships : NAVIES
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Neighbor of Syr. : ISR
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___ dansant (tea dance) : THE
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Pinta to Santa Maria : SISTERSHIP
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Ant cow : APHID
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Held on to : KEPT
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Positions in Goren's game : EASTS
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Flour made from corn, beans, etc. : PINOLE
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"___ also serve ... " : THEY
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Sultry : TORRID
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"___ Yankee Doodle ... " : IMA
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Favorite : PET
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Extreme conservative : DIEHARD
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___ cropper (fails) : COMESA
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Strikes back : REACTS
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Maintain : ASSERT
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Cathedral city of France : ARLES
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High crags : TORS
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___ Oreille (Idaho lake) : PEND
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Nick and Nora's terrier : ASTA
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Donahue of TV : PHIL
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Cleave : RIVE
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Mimic : APER
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Scottish explorer : RAE

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

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