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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Thursday, April 24, 1980

42-Down : Harsh; cruel

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,125
Across
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Secular clergyman of France : ABBE
5
Mad about a fad : RABID
10
"Middle-age-spread" material : FLAB
14
Engels's associate : MARX
15
Unisonally : ASONE
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Opera laid in Egypt : AIDA
17
Writer Harte : BRET
18
Snowshoe strap : THONG
19
Rorschach item : BLOT
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Battologizes : ITERATES
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Chowchow : RELISH
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Associate of Manet and Monet : DEGAS
25
"Father of French surgery" : PARE
26
Wilde's "___ of No Importance" : AWOMAN
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Plants of the mustard family : RADISHES
32
Pass along : REFER
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"And the ___, that infest the day" : CARES
34
"Bravo, Escamillo!" : OLE
35
Track figures : ODDS
36
Neighbor of Taurus : ARIES
37
Recumbent or truant : IDLE
38
Occasional follower of years : AGO
39
Tubby : OBESE
40
Fourth deadly sin : ANGER
41
What the F.P.C. and F.T.C. do : REGULATE
43
Minks' kin : OTTERS
44
El Bahr : NILE
45
Pass in a stately way : SWEEP
46
Chowchow : CUCKOO
49
Unselfish : GENEROUS
52
Jai ___ : ALAI
53
Like an ingenue : NAIVE
55
Gallic brainstorm : IDEE
56
Mountain lake : TARN
57
Flowering shrub or tree : ELDER
58
Flirt visually : OGLE
59
Trampled : TROD
60
Sir Patrick of ballad fame : SPENS
61
Oboist's purchase : REED
Down
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Word form with dextrous : AMBI
2
Football Starr : BART
3
Chow chow : BREEDOFDOG
4
What radicals go to : EXTREMES
5
Item needed by some chair persons : RATTAN
6
Pompeii's undoing : ASHES
7
Homophone for booze : BOOS
8
Auberge : INN
9
Corrupts : DEGRADES
10
Ade's "___ in Slang" : FABLES
11
Actress Damita : LILI
12
Brouhahas : ADOS
13
Hobohemia rarity : BATH
21
Chinese gelatin : AGAR
23
Discordia : ERIS
25
"Gay ___" : PAREE
26
Clamorous : AROAR
27
Item in Palmer's palms : WEDGE
28
Stud ploy : RAISE
29
Chowchow : HODGEPODGE
30
Aunt in "Oklahoma!" : ELLER
31
Cryptesthesia experts : SEERS
33
Mt. Ida's island : CRETE
36
Sources of mother-of-pearl : ABALONES
37
Dept. created in 1849 : INTERIOR
39
Chowchow : OLIO
40
Fit to ___ : ATEE
42
Harsh; cruel : UNKIND
43
Recipients of deeds : OWNERS
45
"Morning's at ___": Browning : SEVEN
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Suffragist Carrie Chapman ___ : CATT
47
Suffix with cell : ULAR
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"___ nome," Verdi aria : CARO
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Nobelist in Literature: 1947 : GIDE
50
Ubangi feeder : UELE
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Start a garden : SEED
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Eiger is one : ALP

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