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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Wednesday, February 10, 1982

43-Across : Took the rind off

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,782
Across
1
Start of Moore's Yule poem : TWAS
5
___ eclipse : LUNAR
10
Dangerfield product : JOKE
14
Watercourse, usually dry : WADI
15
Cinched : ONICE
16
"___ the Mood for Love" : IMIN
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With 34 Across, timid soul's declaration to a friend : IVEDECIDEDTHATI
20
Cause to be : GENERATE
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Equipped : GEARED
22
Ceremony : RITE
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Attired : CLAD
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Calm : SERENE
27
Scarfs or snakes : BOAS
28
Pacino and Hirt : ALS
31
Kazan : ELIA
32
Former French president : FAURE
33
Fled : RAN
34
See 17 Across : WILLBEASSERTIVE
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Summer in Savoie : ETE
39
Part of a tennis court : ALLEY
40
First son, often : HEIR
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"The Bridge of San Luis ___" : REY
42
Have an effect : TELL
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Took the rind off : PEELED
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Mauna Loa's output : LAVA
46
Leander's lover : HERO
47
Money in Madrid : PESETA
50
Where Burgoyne surrendered: 1777 : SARATOGA
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Timid soul's afterthought : ISTHATOKWITHYOU
56
Greek portico : STOA
57
Bay window : ORIEL
58
Verve : ELAN
59
Mr. in Hamburg : HERR
60
Tears asunder : RENDS
61
Sydney suburb : RYDE
Down
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Branchlet : TWIG
2
Tulane's Green ___ : WAVE
3
Gulf of ___, Arabian Sea arm : ADEN
4
Stellar : SIDEREAL
5
Find, as on a map : LOCATE
6
Fuse : UNITE
7
Group of pheasants : NIDE
8
Expert : ACE
9
"And the rocket's ___ ... " : REDGLARE
10
Crusade : JIHAD
11
Actor Sharif : OMAR
12
Item raised by Franklin : KITE
13
Camelot lass : ENID
18
Innisfail : ERIN
19
Puzzling problem : TEASER
23
Bob ___, Hall of Fame hoopster : COUSY
24
Drain : SEWER
25
Upper crust : ELITE
26
He wrote "Little Orphant Annie" : RILEY
27
Canton or city on the Rhine : BASEL
28
Sprite in "The Tempest" : ARIEL
29
" ___ en Rose" : LAVIE
30
Bergen puppet : SNERD
32
Part song : FALLA
35
Sweet potato : BATATA
36
To the British, this is a lift : ELEVATOR
37
Turn ___ cheek : THEOTHER
43
What Pauline endured in silents : PERILS
44
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
45
Composer of "The Merry Widow" : LEHAR
46
Hemmed and ___ : HAWED
47
Tut-tut! : PISH
48
Noble Italian family : ESTE
49
Type of battery: Abbr. : STOR
50
Kind of diver : SKIN
51
D'___ Carte : OYLY
52
Prod into action : GOAD
53
Character in Ibsen's "Pillars of Society" : AUNE
55
Pay dirt : ORE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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