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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Saturday, October 6, 1979

27-Down : "The law is a ___ idiot": Dickens

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, 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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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,924
Across
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Depend : RELY
5
"___ the Beloved Country" : CRY
8
Turned down at the corner : DOGEARED
13
___ vitae (brandy) : AQUA
14
Quaker's pronoun : THEE
15
Bellowing : AROAR
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Depressed mood : FUNK
17
Far from apathetic : RESPONSIVE
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Catch off base : TAG
20
Playbill list : CAST
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Righted a wrong : ATONED
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"___ labor and to wait": Longfellow : LEARNTO
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Eastern visitor to U.S. in '79 : TENG
25
Scale notes : RES
26
Autumnal sound : RAH
28
Sharpen : WHET
31
Tranquilizing agents : SEDATIVES
35
Sierra ___ : LEONE
36
Practice a jet pilot's art : AVIGATE
37
___ fire (electric discharge) : STELMOS
39
Poznan, to Berliners : POSEN
40
___ steel : STAINLESS
42
Paving block : SETT
43
Rockefeller, in N.Y.C. : CTR
44
Letters at the helm : NNE
45
Hawkeye's home : IOWA
47
Did some engraving : INCISED
51
Diva Maria : CALLAS
53
Appia, Latina, etc. : VIAE
54
The ___ Affair: 1797 : XYZ
56
Binding contract : OBLIGATION
58
Grain sorghum : MILO
59
Thread one's way : REEVE
60
Hacks : CABS
61
Joie de vivre : ELAN
63
Rubber tree : ULE
64
State bird of Hawaii : NENE
Down
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Float : RAFT
2
Peer : EQUAL
3
Fencer's sudden thrust : LUNGE
4
Buffalo's relative : YAK
5
Word with cedar or hope : CHEST
6
Touch up old masters : RESTORE
7
Slangy assent : YEP
8
"Divina Commedia" poet : DANTE
9
He panicked the U.S. in '38 : ORSONWELLES
10
Book by Doris Lessing : GOINGHOME
11
Roof edge : EAVE
14
Surveying instrument : TRANSIT
18
Pledge at court : OATH
20
Native of Canea : CRETAN
23
O'Hara novel: 1949 : ARAGETOLIVE
27
"The law is a ___ idiot": Dickens : ASSA
29
Methuselah's longevity rival : ENOS
30
Dick Tracy's wife : TESS
31
Nitwits : SAPS
32
Cry at a Greek orgy : EVOE
33
Moonshine man : DISTILLER
34
Gilet or jerkin : VEST
35
Dolt in "Of Mice and Men" : LENNIE
38
Destroyers, in Navy lingo : TINCANS
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Unimportant : TRIVIAL
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Señora's domain : CASA
46
Engaged in, as war : WAGED
48
Weeping stone figure : NIOBE
49
Napolean's lot: 1814 : EXILE
50
Bob ___, singer from Duluth : DYLAN
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Brought to bay : CORNERED
52
Busy as ___ : ABEE
55
Torrid or Frigid : ZONE
57
Inst. at Fort Worth : TCU
58
Kingsley's "___ in White" : MEN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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