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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Friday, November 24, 1978

20-Across : Delphi diviners

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, 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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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,608
Across
1
Mud dauber : WASP
5
Tonsure area : SCALP
10
Impersonated : APED
14
Tommy of the 1969 Mets : AGEE
15
Fife's accompaniment : TABOR
16
Cuckoo, in a way : GAGA
17
Roster : ROTA
18
One of Dad's in-laws : ENATE
19
Nobelist in Chemistry: 1934 : UREY
20
Delphi diviners : ORACLES
22
Hoplites' weapons : SPEARS
24
Lord Herbert : FATHEROFDEISM
27
Voters' choices : INS
28
G.I.'s field guns : LONGTOMS
31
Bandleader Vincent : LOPEZ
34
Lays one down on the diamond : BUNTS
35
One of the Loyalty Islands : UEA
36
Cypress pine of North Africa : ARAR
37
Mr. and Mrs. : MATES
38
Blackfly : GNAT
39
Suffix with cash and cloth : IER
40
Squander : WASTE
41
"Hope," to R.I. : MOTTO
42
Collarbone : CLAVICLE
44
Propel a randan : OAR
45
Epithet for Worms, Ger. : MOTHEROFDIETS
50
Threatening phrase : ORELSE
52
Stars over 51 Down : STELLAE
53
Drink mix : SODA
54
The Pentateuch : TORAH
57
Places : LOCI
58
Prince in Kabul : AMIR
59
Funeral oration : ELOGE
60
"See ___ and pick it up ... " : APIN
61
Tear : RACE
62
Mediterranean craft : SETEE
63
Seaport in Southern France : SETE
Down
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___ 1812 : WAROF
2
Xanthippe shopped here : AGORA
3
Attack : SETAT
4
More terrific : PEACHIER
5
Takes the helm : STEERS
6
Troubadour's love song : CANSO
7
Garb like a caftan : ABA
8
His wife turned to salt : LOT
9
Santa's largesse : PRESENTS
10
Edgar ___, versifier born in England : AGUEST
11
Supreme : PARAMOUNT
12
"The Rome of Hungary" : EGER
13
Kilmer's "The ___ Work" : DAYS
21
Early expert on bridge : LENZ
23
Nursery trio : PIGS
25
Vibration : FLUTTER
26
"Gifted" one : DONEE
29
What "some hae" : MEAT
30
Former Japanese prime minister : SATO
31
Secular : LAIC
32
City in the Black Earth region : OREL
33
Doc descended from heaven : PARAMEDIC
34
Older name for a Swiss city : BASLE
37
Cane-cutting knives : MACHETES
38
Strong-arm men : GORILLAS
40
At ___ end (perplexed) : WITS
41
Manufactured : MADE
43
Hit song of 1958 : VOLARE
44
"___ I Sing" : OFTHEE
46
Orange or Indian : OSAGE
47
Emulate Jessica and Lorenzo : ELOPE
48
Implicit : TACIT
49
Sight from Pont Neuf : SEINE
50
Glacial ridges : OSAR
51
City saved by geese : ROMA
55
Praise for a torero : OLE
56
Piffle or twaddle : ROT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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