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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Thursday, December 25, 1980

48-Down : "___ the housetop ... "

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 13, 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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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,370
Across
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Tart : ACID
5
Victorian's cry : EGAD
9
Important port in the Crusades : ACRE
13
Unit of loudness : SONE
14
___ Dame : NOTRE
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Yule cynosure : TREE
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Kringle : SANTACLAUS
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Report : TELL
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Arctic, for one : OCEAN
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Sailors' patron : ELMO
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Not intricate : EASY
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First of Scrooge's visions : CHRISTMASPAST
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A.F.T. rival : NEA
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Mild reproofs : TUTTUTS
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Will-___-wisp : OTHE
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Leave off : DESIST
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What sigma follows : RHO
37
He wrote "A Visit from St. Nicholas" : MOORE
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Yuletide mo. : DEC
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Cross as ___ : ABEAR
42
Doxy : ISM
43
"I told you so" expressions : SMIRKS
46
Family that once celebrated Il Natale : ESTE
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What X marks : THESPOT
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Eat high on the ___ : HOG
51
Carol words from Watts' Psalm 98 : JOYTOTHEWORLD
57
Twin who was a poor trader : ESAU
59
Babylonian goddess : ERUA
60
H.R.E. emperor: 962-73 : OTHOI
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Freeway exit : RAMP
62
Bethlehem, in a carol : LITTLETOWN
64
"___ Ideas," 1951 song : IGET
65
Composer who influenced Ravel : SATIE
66
Scene of Adam's apple : EDEN
67
Ovid : NASO
68
Advance; impart : LEND
69
Tiber feeder : NERA
Down
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The N.A.A.C.P. is one : ASSOC
2
Rose Bowl V.I.P. : COACH
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___ sanctum : INNER
4
Writ sought by a warden : DETAINER
5
Ref. book : ENC
6
Legendary automaton : GOLEM
7
Novel by Chateaubriand : ATALA
8
Yuletide dinner portion : DRUMSTICK
9
Certify : ATTEST
10
Elves, reindeer, etc. : CREATURES
11
Bro. and dau. : RELS
12
Hard to hold : EELY
15
N.Y. town on the Hudson : ESOPUS
18
Faulkner hero : ANSE
24
One of the donees of 17 Across : TAD
25
"___ boy!" : ATTA
28
"In hopes ___ St. Nicholas ... " : THAT
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Fighting mad : SORE
30
Forget to include : OMIT
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"Nonsense!" in Newcastle : TOSH
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Command to a chauffeur : HOMEJAMES
34
Vehicle for a famous reply to Virginia : EDITORIAL
35
Mass talk: Abbr. : SER
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Make out : ESPY
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"The only ___ Son ... ": John 1:18 : BEGOTTEN
44
Modern inns : MOTELS
45
Pronoun : SHE
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"___ the housetop ... " : SOUPTO
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Shakespearean "Alas!" : OWOE
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Mozart's "Cosi fan ___" : TUTTE
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With ___ hand : HATIN
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Start of a state's name : RHODE
55
Scowl : LOWER
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"___ ye hear it?": Whittier : DINNA
57
Where leprechauns cavort : ERIN
58
Grandiose story : SAGA
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What a star did for the Magi : LED

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 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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