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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Thursday, June 5, 1980

20-Across : R. Strauss opera: 1905

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 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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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,167
Across
1
Bounders : CADS
5
Word for 16 Across : STAR
9
Mosque of ___, Jerusalem : OMAR
13
Leave out : OMIT
14
Baritone Gobbi : TITO
15
Emulate Bryan : ORATE
16
Great Italian tenor of today : PAVAROTTI
18
Papal vestment : FANON
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R. Strauss opera: 1933 : ARABELLA
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R. Strauss opera: 1905 : SALOME
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Musical notes : LAS
22
"Thus did the hen reward ___" : BEECHER
24
Concert prop for 16 Across : HANDKERCHIEF
29
Power or control, to a tenor : ASSET
32
Bearish period : SAG
33
Guthrie : ARLO
34
Least pinguid : LEANEST
37
Iguana, for one : REPTILE
39
Rip or rip along : TEAR
40
Dancer LeRoy : HAL
42
As ___ the hills : OLDAS
43
Great Italian tenor of yesterday : ENRICOCARUSO
47
Potential winner at Belmont : ENTRANT
48
"Open sesame" lad : ALI
51
Solve a cryptogram : DECODE
55
Moderately slow musical pieces : ANDANTES
57
It rises from a rose : AROMA
58
Vehicle for 16 or 43 Across : RIGOLETTO
59
More sapient : WISER
60
Arrow poison : INEE
61
Satirical comedian : SAHL
62
Wagner's refusal : NEIN
63
Things with springs : BEDS
64
Weight allowance : TRET
Down
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Resin used in lacquers : COPAL
2
Soprano Lucine : AMARA
3
Sutherland and Scotti : DIVAS
4
Pierce : STAB
5
Pilfered : STOLEN
6
Noble : TITLED
7
Denounces : ATTACKS
8
Dauphin's père : ROI
9
___ hygienist : ORAL
10
"Look ___ hands!" : MANO
11
Molecular part : ATOM
12
Tenor Kollo : RENE
15
Joan ___ : OFARC
17
Discount : REBATE
20
Conductor Koussevitzky : SERGE
23
Attend a concert : HEAR
24
Painter Matisse : HENRI
25
"They'll Do It Every Time" cartoonist : HATLO
26
Gladiolus, e.g. : IRID
27
Fitzgerald : ELLA
28
Macbeth and Macduff, e.g. : FOES
29
"Der ___" (Adenauer) : ALTE
30
Homophone for scene : SEEN
31
European coal basin : SAAR
35
Gleamed : SHONE
36
The core of rapport : TACT
38
Kind of card : POSTAL
41
A Day in the life of Durocher : LARAINE
44
Pencil wood : CEDAR
45
Traveled over : RANGED
46
Disassembles : UNDOES
48
Perfume base : ATTAR
49
Oblivion : LETHE
50
Tennyson's Irish heroine : ISOLT
51
When Cavaradossi is shot : DAWN
52
City SW of Buffalo : ERIE
53
Mozart's "___ fan tutte" : COSI
54
Portent : OMEN
56
Place robbed by a squirrel : NEST
58
Eve's genesis : RIB

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