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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

OLD-FASHIONED CHALLENGER

New York Times, Sunday, March 16, 1980

56-Down : Forces to go to court

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { F K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 558 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 123, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,086
Across
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Nudges : JOGS
5
Steep slope : SCARP
10
Thaumaturgy : MAGIC
15
Maguey center in Mexico : APAM
19
Moonfish : OPAH
20
Relating to stakes : PALAR
21
Japanese pottery center : AWATA
22
Vendition : SALE
23
Prophesy : VATICINATE
25
Gibberish : GALIMATIAS
27
Londoner's lift : ELEVATOR
28
Plastics source : VINYL
30
Habit; custom : PRAXIS
31
Busy as ___ : ABEE
32
Buttons : PAGE
33
Companionway : STAIR
35
Character in "The Rivals" : ACRES
37
Hagiologist's topic : SAINTS
39
Thespian : HISTRIO
43
The clear sky : ETHER
44
Bookworm : BIBLIOPHAGE
46
Desinence : END
47
Erudition : LORE
48
Summon : CALL
49
Cut down : HEWN
50
Large number : SCAD
51
Without limit : ANY
52
Linguists : PHILOLOGERS
56
Mezzo-soprano Marilyn : HORNE
57
Fledgling : NESTLER
59
Oenochoes : EWERS
60
Rush wildly : CAREER
61
Mt. Ida maiden : OREAD
62
French toast : SANTE
63
Prynne's town : SALEM
64
Almondy drink : ORGEAT
66
Japanese-American : NISEI
67
Ineffectual : USELESS
70
Largest asteroid : CERES
71
Science comparing computers with man's nervous system : CYBERNETICS
74
Forty winks : NAP
75
Wellaway! : ALAS
76
Like a quidnunc : NOSY
77
Nurse shark : GATA
78
Asian evergreen : ATLE
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Embouchure : LIP
80
Giraffes : CAMELOPARDS
84
Growing out : ENATE
85
Gain : ACHIEVE
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Freshets : SPATES
88
Integuments : ARILS
89
Liberals in Canada : GRITS
91
Football's Panthers, for short : PITT
92
Pillow cover : SHAM
93
Ambling horse : PADNAG
96
Henry the sculptor : MOORE
98
Most fuliginous : SOOTIEST
102
Scientific study of colors : CHROMATICS
104
Temperance : SOPHROSYNE
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Autocrat : TSAR
107
"Cosi fan ___" : TUTTE
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Small combos : TRIOS
109
One of triplets : TRIN
110
"___ Came Running': Jones : SOME
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Weltanschauung : ETHOS
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Due e cinque : SETTE
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Family branch : SEPT
Down
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Zeus, to Nero : JOVE
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Cacholong : OPAL
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Channel for molten metal : GATE
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Noisy, mock serenade : SHIVAREE
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Wrongs deliberately : SPITES
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Buckeye or piroque : CANOE
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Opposite of apteral : ALAR
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Bandicoot : RAT
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Succeed : PREVAIL
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Type of dynamo : MAGNETO
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Not in : AWAY
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Annoys : GALLS
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"Lord, is ___?": Matt. 26:22 : ITI
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Madison Ave. drive : CAMPAIGN
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Suddenly : ASTART
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Rue de la ___ : PAIX
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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G.I. refectory : MESS
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Pole in a Scottish sport : CABER
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Rebel : ARISE
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Fire: Comb. form : IGNI
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Picasso or Casals : PABLO
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Unbends : THAWS
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In harmony : ATONE
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Write in letters of gold : CHRYSOGRAPH
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Horizontal timber : SILL
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Earth or baseball : SPHERE
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Like dross : RECREMENTAL
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Vacant : INANE
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More bizarre : ODDER
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Joie de vivre : ELAN
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TV pioneer : BAIRD
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Linen marking : HERS
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Thimblerig : CHEAT
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City in Canada : SOREL
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Nul tiel records : PLEAS
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Hire : LEASE
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One having legal title : OWNER
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Arrive : GETIN
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Forces to go to court : HALES
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Robles and wicopies : TREES
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First to stab Caesar : CASCA
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Sorceresses : SIBYLS
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Four for Goren : SUITS
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Silver Springs's neighbor : OCALA
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Vestige : RELIC
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Big Board initials : NYSE
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Preserves : SALTS
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Germany's Count von ___ : SPEE
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Celestial streaker : COMET
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Plume : EGRET
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Moppets : TADS
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Direct a jet : NAVIGATE
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To them, stones have souls : ANIMISTS
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One of the Moluccas : CERAM
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Sets against : OPPOSES
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Match : PAIR
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Certifies : ATTESTS
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Muse for Sappho : ERATO
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Neglect : IGNORE
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Cry from Richard III : AHORSE
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Vulcan : SMITH
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Not ___ (mediocre) : SOHOT
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Cuts for agts. : PCTS
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Chan's exclamation : AHSO
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Three scruples : DRAM
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Eight: Comb. form : OCTO
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Brochette : SPIT
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Brontë heroine : EYRE
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Minx : SNIP
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Yurt or marquee : TENT
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Word of disapproval : TUT
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Mispickel is one : ORE

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8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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