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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Saturday, December 31, 1977

29-Down : Setting for a precious stone

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Spans: 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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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,367
Across
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Of grandparents : AVAL
5
Part-song : FALA
9
Lane : WAY
12
Soft leather : NAPA
13
Ancient rival of Babylonia : ELAM
14
It's often high : PLANE
16
"Whiffenpoof" singers : ELIS
17
"Mona ___" : LISA
18
First soprano to star in "Turandot": 1926 : RAISA
19
Potential sitter : AUNT
20
Carol subject : LITTLESTAR
22
Capital of Saskatchewan : REGINA
24
Brag : BOAST
25
Indira Gandhi's father : NEHRU
27
Boston U.'s terrier : MASCOT
31
Faux pas : GAFFE
34
Parisian's basic verb : ETRE
36
___ Carrée (Louvre quadrangle) : COUR
37
Skunk cabbage or calla lily : AROID
38
Compass point : NNE
39
"___ on earth ... " : PEACE
40
Author of "My Life": 1975 : MEIR
41
Night light : MOON
42
"Ring ___ new": Tennyson : INTHE
43
"___ Fideles" : ADESTE
45
Home of the brave : TEPEE
47
Adjective for a fugue : TONAL
49
Bouquets that can't be thrown : AROMAS
53
How some face a new year : RESOLUTELY
57
Kismet : FATE
58
Like truth, at times : AWFUL
59
Namath & Co. : RAMS
60
"Pretty maids all in ___" : AROW
61
Turkey, ham, etc. : MEATS
62
"There ___ time like the present" : ISNO
63
Item delivered by an actor : LINE
64
Roman citadel : ARX
65
Egyptian solar deity : ATON
66
Lustful look : LEER
Down
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Lend ___ (hearken) : ANEAR
2
Shopper's concern : VALUE
3
Rich Little's forte : APING
4
Inventory term : LASTINFIRSTOUT
5
Syrian peasant : FELLAH
6
Et ___ (and others) : ALII
7
Introductions cliché : LASTBUTNOTLEAST
8
Great baritone of Caruso's day : AMATO
9
" ... who only stand and ___": Milton : WAIT
10
Looped handle : ANSA
11
"Happy New ___!" : YEAR
14
Cue, in group singing : PRESA
15
What Jaques called "second childishness" : LASTSCENEOFALL
21
Cloth of gold : LAME
23
Poverty : NEED
26
Where some are keen for keno : RENO
28
Put paint on : COAT
29
Setting for a precious stone : OUCH
30
Yuletide cynosure : TREE
31
Character in "Princess Ida" : GAMA
32
Cézanne's "Boy in ___ Vest" : ARED
33
Pâté de ___ gras : FOIE
35
Movie director Clair : RENE
39
Atlantic City attraction : PIER
41
Café card : MENU
44
Sounds like Donne's bell : TOLLS
46
Owner of the Mets : PAYSON
48
Central Roman rooms : ATRIA
50
Singer Osmond : MARIE
51
In harmony : ATONE
52
Ed Norton's bailiwick : SEWER
53
Hero of a Hindu epic : RAMA
54
Jug : EWER
55
Tunisian seaport : SFAX
56
Quartet that can't sing : LMNO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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