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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Thursday, June 11, 1981

35-Down : Erstwhile Ethiopian emperor

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 246 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,538
Across
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___ bleu (learned woman) : BAS
4
Where to get a gimlet : BAR
7
Kind of business : RISKY
12
One of two on a schooner : MAST
13
Show senility : DOTE
14
Job for an emcee : INTRO
15
B'way acronym : ANTA
16
What fans do : ROOT
17
Father of Troilus : PRIAM
18
Patsy on a warship? : CARRIERPIGEON
21
Dancer in "Peer Gynt" : ANITRA
22
Entered a dash : RAN
23
Blarney-stone kisser's gift : GAB
26
Nabob's bankroll : WAD
27
Small sayings that say much : ADAGES
30
Sculptor Pratt: 1867-1917 : BELA
31
Pitman specialist, for short : STENO
32
Juliet's betrothed : PARIS
33
Tailor's lobby? : VESTEDINTERESTS
38
Toward the caboose : AREAR
39
R.N., at times : EASER
40
Delta material : SILT
41
Like a martinet : STRICT
43
Group in a Barbara Eden TV program : PTA
46
Bancha is one : TEA
47
Coral of a lobster : ROE
48
Plunkett-to-Chester play : AERIAL
50
He never reigns but he pores? : STUDENTPRINCE
54
Type of reader : BASAL
56
Fodder plant : TARE
57
"___ horse!" : GETA
58
The chosen few : ELITE
59
Relative of a foil : EPEE
60
O'Neill character : ORIN
61
Opera prop : SPEAR
62
Entertainer Charles : RAY
63
Huge legendary Arabian bird : ROC
Down
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Split ingredient : BANANA
2
Dramatic soprano Varnay : ASTRID
3
Follower of head or red : START
4
He's no smash at a bash : BOOR
5
Where a spire sits : ATOP
6
Advice to one who is superannuated : RETIRE
7
Age, as cheese : RIPEN
8
Purse for a geisha : INRO
9
Scorpions' weapons : STINGERS
10
Croo monkey : KRA
11
___ Kippur : YOM
12
Harsh-voiced parrot : MACAW
13
Inspiring awe : DREADED
19
More incensed : IRATER
20
What people in some pools save : GAS
24
Finished hang gliding : ALIT
25
Striped swimmer : BASS
28
Keelbill : ANI
29
His goose is cooked : GONER
30
Bugs ___, memorable columnist : BAER
31
E.r.a., to Guidry : STAT
32
Past; beyond: Prefix : PRETER
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Like the cosmos : VAST
34
Extinct Indian group : ERIE
35
Erstwhile Ethiopian emperor : SELASSIE
36
___ chi, Oriental martial art : TAI
37
Dragnet foiler : ESCAPEE
41
Lawn lover's purchase : SOD
42
Wobble : TEETER
43
Mrs. Tanqueray's creator : PINERO
44
Ploy : TACTIC
45
" ... ___ and hungry look" : ALEAN
47
Straightedge : RULER
49
Extreme hardship : RIGOR
51
Toodle-oo : TATA
52
Soft leather : NAPA
53
Three-spot : TREY
54
Egyptian god of pleasure : BES
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Eisenhut, e.g. : ALP

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

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