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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Saturday, October 4, 1980

20-Across : Beasts with taking ways

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J V W }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,288
Across
1
Bistro : CAFE
5
Emperor after Nero : GALBA
10
Soprano Moser of the Met : EDDA
14
Leaf-stem angle : AXIL
15
___ a time : ONEAT
16
Part of Q.E.D. : QUOD
17
Capp's ___ the Hyena : LENA
18
Rock bottom : NADIR
19
"Render therefore ___ Caesar ... " : UNTO
20
Beasts with taking ways : KLEPTOMANIYAKS
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Roosted or rested : SAT
24
Surety bond : BAIL
25
He spied with Igal et al. : CALEB
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In favor of : FOR
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Hairy : PILAR
34
Room for Scheherazade : ODA
35
Extremely minute : ATOMIC
38
" ... ___clock scholar" : TENO
39
Beasts with imagined ailments : HYPOCHONDRIYAKS
42
Auditory; auricular : OTIC
43
Writ involving debts : ELEGIT
44
Monogram of Tusitala : RLS
45
Nick-name : SANTA
47
Dir. from Boston to Brockton : SSE
48
Blends : TONES
50
Actor Clunes : ALEC
52
Concha or pinna : EAR
53
Beasts with delusions of grandeur : MEGALOMANIYAKS
60
Neighbor of Malta : GOZO
61
Secretary of Defense: 1969-73 : LAIRD
62
Decem et tres : XIII
63
Make salt, in a way : EARN
64
Give ___ (try) : ITAGO
65
Best of films : EDNA
66
Honshu pariahs : ETAS
67
Flight: Fr. : ESSOR
68
Appear : SEEM
Down
1
Part of a horseshoe : CALK
2
Babilonia feat : AXEL
3
Dandy's partner : FINE
4
Pass, as time : ELAPSE
5
" ... ___ forth": Matt. 24:26 : GONOT
6
Resinous Philippine tree : ANAM
7
"___ and the Swan," Yeats poem : LEDA
8
Commander of the Constitution (War of 1812) : BAINBRIDGE
9
Heart chambers : ATRIA
10
Feminists' quest : EQUALITY
11
Abdul-Jabbar's ___ shot : DUNK
12
Polka followers : DOTS
13
Foofaraw : ADO
21
Parisian's smoke : TABAC
22
Kennel sound : YIP
25
Silver salmon : COHOS
26
Private chambers : ADYTA
27
Rabbit fur : LAPIN
28
Goldfinches : FOOLSCOATS
29
Exeunt ___ : OMNES
31
Discover : LEARN
32
Locale of the talus : ANKLE
33
Word before goose, gull or seal : ROSSS
36
Article written every day : THE
37
Dernier ___ : CRI
40
Stop signs : OCTAGONS
41
One of David's generals : ITTAI
46
Home of Sen. Heflin : ALA
49
Kin of kudus : ORYXES
51
___ May, in "Tobacco Road" : ELLIE
52
Where Saul saw a seeress : ENDOR
53
Castle defense : MOAT
54
Actor Stone, who played Henry Aldrich : EZRA
55
Farrow and Slavenska : MIAS
56
Ship on which Hercules sailed : ARGO
57
Ike, to Mac in the 30's : AIDE
58
Pastoral group, in poesy : KINE
59
Land overrun by Burmese: 15th-16th centuries : SIAM
60
Double this for a nag : GEE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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