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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Friday, March 28, 1980

47-Down : Coin for Caesar

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,098
Across
1
She wrote "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" : KERR
5
Cardiologist's aid : EKG
8
El Goléa is one : OASIS
13
Fit to ___ : ATEE
14
Ollie's partner : STAN
15
Season : INURE
16
Become wearisome : PALL
17
Duchesse for whom a pendant was named : LAVALLIERE
19
Drug : OPIATE
21
At the summit : ATOP
22
Beret's cousin : TAM
23
Falcon : KESTREL
25
Hector's home : TROY
27
Nobelist Urey's discovery : HEAVYHYDROGEN
32
Falstaffian : FAT
34
Name meaning "black" : NERO
35
Montemezzi's "L'Amore dei ___" : TRERE
36
Skulks : LURKS
38
Make a typo : ERR
40
Send payment : REMIT
41
Thin as ___ : ARAIL
42
Ruined city in western Iran : SUSA
44
Electees : INS
45
49
Suffix with gang or mob : STER
50
Kin of panjandrums : SATRAPS
53
Fam. member : BRO
56
Yellow water flag : IRIS
58
Compound used in making dyes : ISATIN
59
Otology instrument : AUDIOMETER
62
Singer Turner : TINA
63
Pantaloonery expert : CLOWN
64
" ... even good old Homer ___" : NODS
65
As ___ (letter sign-off) : EVER
66
Edible submarines : HEROS
67
Lugubrious : SAD
68
Inanimate secretary : DESK
Down
1
Java cotton : KAPOK
2
Warehouse or march : ETAPE
3
Smorgasbord vessel : RELISHTRAY
4
Spin a yarn : RELATE
5
Letter from Greece : ETA
6
Strong Australian drink : KAVA
7
Infested with punkies : GNATTY
8
Forte of Charles Willson Peale : OILPORTRAITS
9
Witch bird : ANI
10
Fat from sheep or cattle : SUET
11
Diva Petina : IRRA
12
Appear : SEEM
14
Raglan, e.g. : SLEEVE
18
Conrad's "___ Jim" : LORD
20
Certain ponies : TRANSLATIONS
24
Legendary invention of Hermes : LYRE
26
Times past : YORE
28
Preakness contestant : HORSE
29
The "tt" in "letter," e.g. : GEMINATIVE
30
Mavourneen's home : ERIN
31
N.B.A. team : NETS
32
Hullabaloo : FLAP
33
Nimbus or ambiance : AURA
37
Popular rock group : KISS
39
Scoreboard slot : RUNS
43
These make flights : STAIRS
46
___ insurance : TERM
47
Coin for Caesar : TRIENS
48
Waxed grandiloquent : ORATED
51
Sources of turpentine : PINES
52
London's "The Cruise of the ___" : SNARK
53
"Illusions" author: 1977 : BACH
54
Draw lines : RULE
55
Red jasmine emanation : ODOR
57
Porch in Athens : STOA
60
___ Jima : IWO
61
Relative of a Ph.D. : EDD

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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