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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Friday, March 3, 1978

8-Down : Alphabetic trio

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F G J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,429
Across
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Small errors : SLIPS
6
Follower of kick or stick : BALL
10
Eat snacks hour by hour : NOSH
14
She was a lady : EADIE
15
Shot and shell : AMMO
16
Out of port : ASEA
17
Start of a quotation : ADOLESCENCEISNT
20
Kinsman : RELATION
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Queued up : INLINE
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Holier-___-thou : THAN
23
Do some barbering : SHEAR
24
Type of pass, in football : SCREEN
27
Metal left over after casting : SPRUE
30
Implement for Markham's man : HOE
31
Spread through : PERMEATED
35
Hebrew month : ADAR
37
Entertainer Bobby ___: 1936-73 : DARIN
38
Boy-meets-girl situation : DATE
39
Structure for storage : WAREHOUSE
41
Hwy. : RTE
42
"Ici on ___ français" : PARLE
43
Author of the quotation : ARMOUR
46
Of the birds : AVIAN
49
Plains Indian : CREE
50
"The Swamp Fox" : MARION
52
Include or contain : COMPRISE
56
End of the quotation : APERIODITSACOMA
58
Radio time signal : TONE
59
Top of the monk : PATE
60
Eve of Passover : SEDER
61
Angered : IRED
62
"Windows of the soul" : EYES
63
Kilmer poem : TREES
Down
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Scorch : SEAR
2
Fill the hull : LADE
3
John Q.'s hero : IDOL
4
He said "Ecce homo" : PILATE
5
Do a slow burn : SEETHE
6
Part of a club sandwich : BACON
7
It is so : AMEN
8
Alphabetic trio : LMN
9
Places : LOCI
10
Brad's topper : NAILHEAD
11
Actor Davis : OSSIE
12
Medicinal plant : SENNA
13
Execrator : HATER
18
Shensi capital : SIAN
19
Follow : ENSUE
24
"Nightwork" author : SHAW
25
Part of a sonata : CODA
26
Nurture : REAR
27
Opera by Handel: 1738 : SERSE
28
___-dieu (kneeling bench) : PRIE
29
Successor to L.B.J. : RMN
31
Anka or Simon : PAUL
32
Pacific aroid : TARO
33
Part of Caesar's parting shot : ETTU
34
Puma's prey : DEER
36
No longer out of kilter : REPAIRED
37
Buzzing insect : DOR
40
Capital of Vietnam : HANOI
43
Last word of a Hemingway title : ARMS
44
Feast : REPAST
45
"Laura" lyricist : MERCER
46
Valuable violin : AMATI
47
Inhalant : VAPOR
48
Dunne or Rich : IRENE
49
Pigeon coops : COTES
51
Slangy refusal : NOPE
52
Quote : CITE
53
Parisian's antiseptic : IODE
54
Pintail duck : SMEE
55
Sonar, to a destroyer : EARS
57
Flag or Judgment : DAY

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

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