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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Thursday, January 24, 1980

49-Across : See 23 Across

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { B J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 248 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,034
Across
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Relative of HUD : FHA
4
Adjective for nonagenarians : AGED
8
Homophone for packed : PACT
12
Fat from Durocs : LARD
14
Stubborn as ___ : AMULE
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Tub plant : ALOE
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Pisa's river : ARNO
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Type of dovetail : TENON
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Hoopla : STIR
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Projecting gun platform on a warship : SPONSON
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Back door or gate : POSTERN
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With 49 Across, tourist's query in N.Y.C. : HOWCANIGETTO
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Neural network : RETE
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Flap on a cap : EARLAP
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Angel's favorite letters : SRO
33
Drudgery : GRIND
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Poker ploy : RAISE
36
Loom threads : WARP
38
Become prevalent : SETIN
40
Lupine look : LEER
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Soprano Lucine : AMARA
43
Neil or Paul : SIMON
45
First name of a Styron hero : NAT
46
Spanish wine or seaport : MALAGA
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Behind schedule : LATE
49
See 23 Across : CARNEGIEHALL
55
Where to spend schillings : AUSTRIA
58
Farmer's cultivator : GODEVIL
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Sandwich shop, for short : DELI
60
Color, as glass or wood : STAIN
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Dante's terza ___ : RIMA
63
Actor Guinness : ALEC
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Mythical man of brass : TALOS
65
In a while : ANON
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Ancient Asian : MEDE
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Ach! : ALAS
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Wine: Comb. form : ENO
Down
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One of the Gordons : FLASH
2
A brother of Groucho : HARPO
3
Author of "The Dollmaker" : ARNOW
4
What boors don't observe : AMENITIES
5
Piece of ordnance : GUN
6
Slip away : ELOPE
7
Signify : DENOTE
8
Poem on country life : PASTORAL
9
"Der ___" (Adenauer) : ALTE
10
Coconut fiber : COIR
11
Forster's ___ (sea bird) : TERN
13
Therefore, in Tours : DONC
14
Ex-sinners; expiators : ATONERS
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Puppeteer Tony : SARG
22
Mira or Rigel : STAR
24
Non-Mormon, to a Mormon : GENTILE
27
Mortgage, e.g. : LIEN
28
Voyaging : ASEA
29
Like a minx : PERT
30
Did the butterfly : SWAM
31
Siamese king : RAMA
32
Opposite of written : ORAL
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Joe and Dom of diamond fame : DIMAGGIOS
37
Wiseacre's reply to 23-49 Across : PRACTICE
39
Sign on a five-and-ten counter : NOTIONS
42
Gelling agent : AGAR
44
Indigence : NEED
47
Beardlike part of grain : ARISTA
50
Of birth : NATAL
51
Wife and sister of Zeus : HERA
52
Of wrens, hens, etc. : AVINE
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José ___, memorable dancer : LIMON
54
Venezuelan plain : LLANO
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First to take a ribbing : ADAM
56
River in central Africa : UELE
57
Monoski or pung : SLED
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Chicken ___ king : ALA

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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