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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Thursday, March 11, 1982

51-Down : "Key ___," M. Anderson play

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 3, 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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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,811
Across
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Last of a Latin I trio : AMAT
5
Make very thirsty : PARCH
10
Smile warmly : BEAM
14
Mauna Loa's output : LAVA
15
Habituate : ENURE
16
Tra-___ : LALA
17
Toss : FLIP
18
Suez or Kiel : CANAL
19
Algerian port : ORAN
20
With 38 and 53 Across, comic's gag on a N.Y.C. show : IVEJUSTFLOWNIN
23
Former chess champ : TAL
24
Milieu of Ga.'s "ramblin' wreck" : TECH
25
Playful, teasing talk : BADINAGE
30
Responds to stimuli : REACTS
34
Shoshonean : UTE
35
TV sitcom : TAXI
37
Brazilian macaw : ARARA
38
See 20 Across : FROMVEGASANDBOY
42
___ Islands, NW of the Shetlands : FAROE
43
Made a hole-in-one : ACED
44
Capek classic : RUR
45
Tableware group : SPOONS
47
Dr. J, to the Joneses : TEAMMATE
50
Knot of wool : NOIL
52
Kind of dirt or load : PAY
53
See 20 Across : MYARMSARETIRED
60
Food shop, for short : DELI
61
A lot of baloney : TRIPE
62
Wanderlust appeaser : TRIP
64
Members of a clowder : CATS
65
Moth harmful to foliage : EGGER
66
Pseudologist : LIAR
67
Hudson Bay Indian : CREE
68
Picardy sight : ROSES
69
Hard to hold : EELY
Down
1
Landon : ALF
2
Bamako is its capital : MALI
3
Tel ___ : AVIV
4
S.A. rabbit : TAPETI
5
Embezzle : PECULATE
6
Notes and anecdotes : ANAS
7
Smallest of a litter : RUNT
8
Carpentry is one : CRAFT
9
He wrote "Catch-22" : HELLER
10
Windbag's cousin : BLOWHARD
11
Merit : EARN
12
Jai ___ : ALAI
13
Horace ___, famed educator : MANN
21
Tenor Peerce : JAN
22
The bounding main : OCEAN
25
Fans : BUFFS
26
Set ___ (prepare to snare) : ATRAP
27
Rio ___, in Spanish Sahara : DEORO
28
Dippy or dotty : GAGA
29
Accurate to the nth degree : EXACT
31
Goat, in Granada : CABRA
32
Game fish of the salmon family : TROUT
33
City in Oklahoma : SAYRE
36
What "video" means : ISEE
39
Luna's ascent : MOONRISE
40
Asp's weapon : VENOM
41
Music arrangers : ADAPTERS
46
Poor Clare, e.g. : SISTER
48
___ tai (rum drink) : MAI
49
Periwinkle or California laurel : MYRTLE
51
"Key ___," M. Anderson play : LARGO
53
When Philip V became king : MDCC
54
Part of a century : YEAR
55
Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
56
Manipulates, as prices : RIGS
57
Fencer's blade : EPEE
58
Lake fed by the Maumee : ERIE
59
Channel changer : DIAL
63
Snoop : PRY

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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