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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Thursday, December 6, 1979

30-Down : Luster

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 246 (avg 1.27)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,985
Across
1
Proclivity : BENT
5
Spectral type : BSTAR
10
Visored cap : ETON
14
"Dich, teure Halle," e.g. : ARIA
15
Actress Verdugo : ELENA
16
"Memory ___," 1924 song : LANE
17
Wagnerian sinner : TANNHAUSER
19
Prefix with bellum : ANTE
20
D.C. documents : STATUTES
21
Poet Wylie : ELINOR
23
Writer Kingsley : AMIS
24
"And sew ___ seam" : AFINE
25
Retail store : OUTLET
28
Professors' recompenses : STIPENDS
31
Kringle : CLAUS
32
Stepping stones for Eliza : FLOES
33
Tchu! : BAH
34
Plates for pandowdies : TINS
35
Kind of alley or date : BLIND
36
Polynesian god : TANE
37
Suffix with exist : ENT
38
Devoutness : PIETY
39
Recipe direction : SAUTE
40
Blossoms with a scent resembling a beverage : TEAROSES
42
Dickens, Eliot et al. : PENMEN
43
___-nest (hoax) : MARES
44
Bonn students' assembly hall : AULA
45
Sexy : EROTIC
47
His capital is St. John's : ANTIGUAN
51
Hawaii's second largest island : MAUI
52
Eucharist hymn : TANTUMERGO
54
"Money ___ object" : ISNO
55
Bar at the bar : ESTOP
56
Hudson contemporaries : REOS
57
"___ Fall in Love," 1933 song : LETS
58
___ list (honor roll) : DEANS
59
Word in a New Year's song : SYNE
Down
1
Dugout lumber : BATS
2
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
3
"Strange Interlude" heroine : NINA
4
Hungry, thirsty, tormented king of mythology : TANTALUS
5
Scram : BEATIT
6
Oodles : SLUES
7
Bride in a Chester Gould strip : TESS
8
Dunce, in Dijon : ANE
9
Abstruse or very high : RAREFIED
10
Lady who died pining for Lancelot : ELAINE
11
Yule tree for little Fritz : TANNENBAUM
12
Two prepositions in one : ONTO
13
At no time, to Tennyson : NEER
18
Actor Cronyn et al. : HUMES
22
"Hot ___," Swit role on TV : LIPS
24
Lack of vital energy : ATONY
25
Quintet plus trio : OCTET
26
___ Arena in D.C. : ULINE
27
Having equal force : TANTAMOUNT
28
Chinks : SLITS
29
Beatrice's Florentine admirer : DANTE
30
Luster : SHEEN
32
Skips town : FLEES
35
Split down the middle : BISECTED
36
Scarlet ___ (red robins) : TANAGERS
38
Finnish port : PORI
39
"___ the Sot," Turkish sultan: 1566-74 : SELIM
41
Proportions : RATIOS
42
Packages of yarn or thread : PUTUPS
44
Chekhov : ANTON
45
Oscar-winner Jannings : EMIL
46
Make an incised mark : RASE
47
Show-biz group : ANTA
48
Discoverer of heavy hydrogen : UREY
49
Greek contest : AGON
50
Pinocchio feature : NOSE
53
Enzyme suffix : ASE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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