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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Monday, November 13, 1978

29-Across : Virgin's-bower

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 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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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,597
Across
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___ Dame : NOTRE
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Painter Chagall : MARC
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Señora's home : CASA
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Merman : ETHEL
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Suffix with buck : AROO
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Fortuneteller's words : ISEE
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Film in which Hepburn won an Oscar: 1968 : THELIONINWINTER
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"___ Like It Hot": 1959 film : SOME
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Relative of a Teddy boy : MOD
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Dependable : STEADY
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As neat as ___ : APIN
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Throat-clearer's rebuke : AHEM
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Pamper : COSSET
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Virgin's-bower : CLEMATIS
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Coat fur : OTTER
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Jab : PROD
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Turkish title of respect : AGA
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Stravinsky ballet : THERITEOFSPRING
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Jasmine is one : TEA
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Part of the overhead : RENT
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Former ice queen : HENIE
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Dynamo part : ARMATURE
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Alcove : RECESS
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Pumpernickels : RYES
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Caterwaul : HOWL
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"And what is ___ ... ?" : SORARE
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Incarnadine : RED
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Rhyme scheme : AABA
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Baseball book by Roger Kahn : THEBOYSOFSUMMER
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Relative of etc. : ETAL
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A river of N.Y.C. : EAST
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Pacific pact : SEATO
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Burrower : MOLE
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Sturdy cart : DRAY
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Neighbor of Düsseldorf : ESSEN
Down
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N.J. court team : NETS
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Roman emperor: A.D. 69 : OTHO
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"Let ___ eat cake" : THEM
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One that frees : RELEASER
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Actor Wallach : ELI
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Massenet opera : MANON
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Desertlike : ARID
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Sportscaster Swoboda : RON
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Shelters for cattle : COWSHEDS
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Film, or place where it is shown : CINEMA
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Contemporary of Lassie : ASTA
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Pearl Buck's "Dragon ___" : SEED
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Ethereal : AERY
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Leave out : OMIT
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Part of a list : ITEM
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Beautiful woman : PERI
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In the stratosphere : ALOFT
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Terra ___ : COTTA
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Second of two : OTHER
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Get roaring mad : STEAM
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Withered old woman : CRONE
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French historian : TAINE
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___ fatuus (delusion) : IGNIS
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Sapient senior citizens : SAGES
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Looks searchingly : PEERS
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Far from furtive-looking : TRUEEYED
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Dog days' word : PHEW
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Talents for getting publicity : RECLAMES
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Fit for farming : ARABLE
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Neophyte : TYRO
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Fasces items : RODS
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Big and rugged : HEFTY
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Broadway, the Main ___ : STEM
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"___ be in England ... ": Browning : OHTO
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Unfeigned : REAL
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Artist Bonheur : ROSA
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Amo follower : AMAS
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___ noire : BETE
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Steinbeck character : ARON
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Patriotic org. : SAR
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Function : USE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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