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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Thursday, October 18, 1979

64-Across : Calumniates

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { J P Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,936
Across
1
Sew : STITCH
7
Indian group of Arizona : MOHAVES
14
Long short story : NOVELET
16
Far from forthright : EVASIVE
17
Open-shelved cabinet : ETAGERE
18
Small bell : TINKLER
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Ending for velvet : EEN
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Haut ___ (high society) : MONDE
22
Pieter Bruegel's style : GENRE
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Sounds from cheerleaders : RAHS
25
They like action : DOERS
27
"Ich ___," motto of Prince of Wales : DIEN
28
Apollo 15 astronaut : SCOTT
30
Called : NAMED
32
Of no ___ (ineffectual) : USE
33
"___ melodies are sweet": Keats : HEARD
35
Korea, Mongolia, etc. : FAREAST
37
Yeast, e.g. : LEAVENING
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A neighbor of an Australian : MALAYAN
41
Sheer fabric : NINON
44
Pop : DAD
45
Duke or Hart : DORIS
47
Egyptian amulet : MENAT
49
French money: 1929-38 : ECUS
51
Newspaper edition : FINAL
53
___ precedent : SETA
54
Indonesian island group : SULAS
56
Metal tip on a shoelace : AGLET
58
Comedian Conway : TIM
59
High spirits : ELATION
61
Scurrilous : ABUSIVE
63
Sound on a drum or door : RATATAT
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Calumniates : DEFAMES
65
Adolescents : TEENERS
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Dernier cri : LATEST
Down
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Smiles derisively : SNEERS
2
"The aim of forensic oratory is ___": Cicero : TOTEACH
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Rowena's bridegroom : IVANHOE
4
One-year-old sheep : TEG
5
Skelton role : CLEM
6
He imprisoned St. Peter : HEROD
7
Public utilities employee : METERMAN
8
Egg: Comb. form : OVI
9
Put up a picture : HANG
10
Invited : ASKED
11
Lithuanian capital : VILNIUS
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Hillary's conquest : EVEREST
13
Placid : SERENE
15
Dovetail wedge : TENON
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Intolerably loud : DEAFENING
24
Booth : STALL
26
Cousin of a towhee : SERIN
29
Stair part : TREAD
31
Z-twist fabric : DENIM
34
"The ___ the Jackal": Forsyth : DAYOF
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One of the De Milles : AGNES
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Mutations : VARIANTS
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Spots; stains : MACULAE
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Flatter servilely : ADULATE
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Erstwhile : ONETIME
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Indigenous inhabitants : NATIVES
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Romberg's "___ Song" : DESERT
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Mess of cress : SALAD
48
Least feral : TAMEST
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Prince of Darkness : SATAN
52
Sleuth in 34 Down : LEBEL
55
Developer's interest : SITE
57
Porous rock : TUFA
60
Item on a trireme : OAR
62
Emulated Horner : SAT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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