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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Thursday, March 15, 1979

40-Down : "___ pin and pick it up"

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, 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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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,719
Across
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Abrade : RASP
5
Take a deep breath : GASP
9
Far-reaching : VAST
13
Ancient town near Salerno : ELEA
14
Not so narrow : WIDER
15
HQ for Humboldt National Forest : ELKO
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Winged : ALAR
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Get ___ on (find out about) : ALINE
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Bustle : STIR
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Carriages or bonnets : CALASHES
21
Strong : POTENT
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Caesar's warner : THESOOTHSAYER
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Prefix with tope or type : ISO
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Prettied up : PREENED
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"Republic" author : PLATO
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Studious student : PORER
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Wharton's "The ___ of Innocence" : AGE
35
Part : ROLE
36
Did some reflecting : MUSED
37
Laurel : STAN
38
Sen. Stewart's state : ALA
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Percheron or shire : HORSE
40
All in : SPENT
41
Egress for Ed Norton : MANHOLE
43
Arabic word for hill : TEL
44
Part of the warning by 23 Across : BEWARETHEIDES
50
Items to tip : SCALES
52
Human being : CREATURE
53
Like some shows : LATE
54
Kind of eclipse : SOLAR
56
Smoker : STAG
57
Ratify : AMEN
58
Dodge : EVADE
59
Bear on high : URSA
60
Relative of a loma : MESA
61
Surfeit : SATE
62
Composer who taught Liszt : PAER
Down
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Respond to a stimulus : REACT
2
Syrian's Supreme Being : ALLAH
3
Author of "A Lonely Rage" : SEALE
4
Sycophant : PARASITE
5
Waistcoat; dickey : GILET
6
"___ for the gods" : ADISH
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Oriental coin : SEN
8
Ready : PREPARED
9
Cousin of 5 Down : VESTEE
10
Substitute : ALTERNATE
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Fleece : SKIN
12
Basis for a civil suit : TORT
14
Elm or mackerel : WAHOO
20
Not good, not bad : SOSO
22
___ and terminer (criminal court) : OYER
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Night on the town : SPREE
27
First elected governor of Alaska : EGAN
28
M.V.P. in 1978 World Series : DENT
29
British baby carriage : PRAM
30
Flirt in "Cavalleria Rusticana" : LOLA
31
Actor who played "Butley" : ALANBATES
32
Freer from defects : PURER
33
"Wild Bill" Donovan's org. : OSS
36
Symbol of slowness : MOLASSES
37
Gets a divorce : SPLITSUP
39
James Wong ___ of camera fame : HOWE
40
"___ pin and pick it up" : SEEA
42
City NE of Butte : HELENA
43
"Hey ___," 1954 song : THERE
45
Showy display : ECLAT
46
Adam Smith topic : TRADE
47
Ex-president of Brazil : DUTRA
48
Destroy : ERASE
49
Popeye's creator : SEGAR
50
Goren's clean sweep : SLAM
51
Arrived : CAME
55
Ingredients of Ovid's omelet : OVA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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