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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Tuesday, November 4, 1980

11-Down : Kind of belt

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q W X }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, 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. 11,319
Across
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What candidates hit : ROAD
5
Vex : CHAFE
10
Spiny-finned fish : SCAD
14
Prefix with valence : AMBI
15
Philosophical idealist : HEGEL
16
Word with cow or mackerel : HOLY
17
Deride : JEER
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Rebel : ARISE
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Railroad that failed in 1861 : ERIE
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Congressman from Illinois : ANDERSON
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Rubbernecked : CRANED
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Dorm occupant : COED
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Twinkler : STAR
26
Former Governor of Georgia : CARTER
29
Bachelorette's older relative : SPINSTER
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Supermarket lineup : OLEOS
34
Ibert's "___ d'Yvetot" : LEROI
35
Otto's dom. : HRE
36
British V.I.P. : PEER
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Co-winner of the Peace Prize: 1978 : BEGIN
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He wrote "The Making of an American": 1901 : RIIS
39
U.S.N.A. grad : ENS
40
Obscure : BEFOG
41
Family in a Shelley poem : CENCI
42
Chevrotains : DEERLETS
44
Former Governor of California : REAGAN
45
Ethereal : AERY
46
Third U.S. Vice President : BURR
47
Peak : ZENITH
50
Noted family in U.S. politics : KENNEDYS
54
Kind of primary or convention : OPEN
55
Bespangle : ADORN
57
Frisbee : DISK
58
Party ___ : LINE
59
Former President of Italy : LEONE
60
Layer of the iris : UVEA
61
___-deucy, backgammon variation : ACEY
62
Nixon is one : LAKER
63
Constituent : PART
Down
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Indian prince : RAJA
2
Sign that's often not fine : OMEN
3
Retired : ABED
4
Turner's C.I.A. post : DIRECTOR
5
Rake; roué : CHASER
6
He imprisoned St. Peter : HEROD
7
Opposed to, in Appalachia : AGIN
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Faiths, to Felicia : FES
9
Important event: Nov. 4, 1980 : ELECTION
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Pair used for trimming : SHEARS
11
Kind of belt : CORN
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"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
13
Hid the gray hairs : DYED
21
Anonymous Richards : ROES
23
Mate for 1 Down : RANI
25
Floral purchase : SPRIG
26
Met and conquered woes : COPED
27
Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
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A.F.B. in Texas : REESE
29
Kin of yuccas : SEGOS
30
"Let's Call the Whole ___ Off" : THING
31
Heath : ERICA
32
Sandarac or gugal : RESIN
34
Gomez or O'Doul of diamond fame : LEFTY
37
Where steins are raised : BEERHALL
38
Rose on the hind legs, as a horse : REAREDUP
40
Fruit decay : BLET
41
Enter upon an inheritance: Roman law : CERN
43
Garner's successor as Speaker : RAINEY
44
Candidate : RUNNER
46
He wrote "Games People Play" : BERNE
47
Close friend of Cézanne : ZOLA
48
DeMille movie : EPIC
49
State bird of Hawaii : NENE
50
Weirdo : KOOK
51
Traubel was one : DIVA
52
Nieuport's river : YSER
53
Card game for three : SKAT
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Ceres, to Caesar : DEA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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