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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Wednesday, May 19, 1982

10-Down : Brazilian port

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, 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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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,880
Across
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Office worker's fastener : STAPLE
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Weight of a load of bricks : TON
10
Glorious noisemaker at St. Mary's : BELL
14
More unctuous : OILIER
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Unclose, to Marlowe : OPE
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Weird-sounding lake : ERIE
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Unwelcome words on an envelope : POSTAGEDUE
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Lovers' ___ : LANE
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Evian is one : SPA
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Oral : PAROL
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Allocated : METED
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Far from fresh : TRITE
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Captivates : ENAMORS
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Massenet opera : ARIANE
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Angry fit : SNIT
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A Siamese twin : CHANG
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Approaches : ACCESSES
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Use an iceman's pair : TONG
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Toot : SPREE
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Robust : HALE
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Declared : ASSERTED
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Shade of brown : COCOA
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Former Rumanian capital : IASI
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___ Island, U.S.M.A. training base : PARRIS
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Sedan shelter : CARPORT
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Corporeal channel : AORTA
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He wrote "The Cocktail Party" : ELIOT
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Cantor : EDDIE
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Famed Far East name : MAO
56
Reno rollers : DICE
57
Poet Riley's Indiana birthplace : GREENFIELD
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Be behind a lawbreaker : ABET
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Slammer : PEN
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"Who Can I ___?": 1964 song : TURNTO
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Emulate Shoemaker : RIDE
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Nothing could be finer to a miner : ORE
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Severe critic : SLATER
Down
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Placebos : SOPS
2
Solomon Islands settlement : TIOP
3
Certain Europeans : ALSATIANS
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Grain exchange : PIT
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Springboard activity : LEAPING
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Ant of a worker caste : ERGATE
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Flurry : TODO
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Riches : OPULENCE
9
Born : NEE
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Brazilian port : BELEM
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A Muse : ERATO
12
Kipling's "lady" : LINER
13
Where British get out in the Aire : LEEDS
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Homophone for Aire : ERE
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Blondie, to Dagwood : MATE
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Mesabi, e.g. : RANGE
26
Pleasant : NICE
27
Minutes of a meeting : ACTA
28
Greek letters : RHOS
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Noted restaurateur : SARDI
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Kind of stop : SHORT
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Baptism is one : SACRAMENT
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French saint: Dec. 1 : ELOI
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A proverbial septet : SEAS
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Top banana : STAR
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Nudnik : PESTERER
41
Kind of squad : RIOT
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Guarded : CAREFUL
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Goren's arithmetic : POINTS
45
Juniper : CEDAR
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At another place: Lat. : ALIBI
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Prepared potatoes, in a way : RICED
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Baudelaire, e.g. : POETE
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Fruit punch : ADE
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Jozsef ___, Met basso : DENE
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German elder : ALTE
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Repute : ODOR
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Vendor of stps. : GPO
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General Eaker : IRA

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

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