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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Friday, March 24, 1978

29-Down : Syria, Lebanon, Israel, etc.

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q U Y Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,450
Across
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Scotch companion : SODA
5
Spice for baked ham : CLOVE
10
Chew at : GNAW
14
Seed covering : ARIL
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Poe's "To ___" : HELEN
16
Rhyme scheme : AABA
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Vendition of lares and penates : GARAGESALE
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Use a swizzle stick : STIR
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Main course in U.S. : ENTREE
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Hungry as a bear : FAMISHED
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She "ain't what she used to be" : MARE
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Light bulb, in comic strips : IDEA
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Beau or fan : ADMIRER
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Gets the news : LEARNS
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"___ a stranger, and ye took me in" : IWAS
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Congressman's home-going time : RECESS
34
How some like it : HOT
36
Cupid's missile : DART
37
Mascagni opera, for short : CAV
38
Like Suckling's "fond lover" : PALE
39
Offering at the Uffizi : ART
40
Petty prince : SATRAP
43
Word in a Stein line : ALAS
44
Goes after flounder : FISHES
46
Users of 45 Down : NETTERS
48
Word with beer or East : NEAR
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Rushed around : TORE
50
Number the sheets in a book : PAGINATE
54
Half a decade : PENTAD
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Abdul the Bulbul's rival : IVAN
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Schoolroom stoolie : TATTLETALE
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Porter : COLE
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"___ Ben Jonson!" : ORARE
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Prof's concoction : EXAM
64
Inspires reverential fear : AWES
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Lead, heavy and bit : ROLES
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Nickname for a roast host : DINO
Down
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Jefferson, ___ of Monticello : SAGE
2
Landing area: Nov., 1942 : ORAN
3
Gossip's interest : DIRT
4
One who cries wolf : ALARMIST
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He screams for teams he esteems : CHEERER
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Hugo's "___ Misérables" : LES
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Oslo V.I.P. : OLAF
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"Spartacus" sculptor : VELA
9
Napoleon and Wellington : ENEMIES
10
Nobelist in Medicine: 1944 : GASSER
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Spy who was not afraid to die : NATHANHALE
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A Levy who loved a Murphy : ABIE
13
Maternity ___ : WARD
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Clothing : GEAR
22
Slayer of Castor : IDAS
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Puts up : ERECTS
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Rival of Amneris : AIDA
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Rumpelstiltskin : DWARF
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Double-up betting system : MARTINGALE
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Syria, Lebanon, Israel, etc. : LEVANT
30
___ system : SOLAR
33
DeSoto or Hudson : CAR
35
Hardy's "Pure Woman" : TESS
38
Like over 1,300 of Edison's inventions : PATENTED
40
Indo-Chinese group : SHAN
41
Device used on lawns : AERATOR
42
Word with bank, choice or party : PEOPLES
45
Traps for mackerel : SEINES
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Monkey puzzle, e.g. : TREE
50
Size of type : PICA
51
Confess or profess : AVOW
52
South Sea islands food : TARO
53
Abbr. after a list of names : ETAL
55
Vehicle for hack work : TAXI
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Actor Bates : ALAN
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Item sent to a D.J. : DEMO
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Uno e due : TRE

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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