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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Thursday, July 13, 1978

21-Down : Shylock's exorbitant rate

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, 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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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,561
Across
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Cummerbund : SASH
5
Phrenology term : BUMP
9
Student flier's goal : SOLO
13
Comedian Johnson : ARTE
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Rapier's cousin : EPEE
15
Jeb Stuart's weapon : SABER
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Dyer's device : AGER
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Laugh with gusto : ROAR
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In accord : ATONE
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Man's slipper and woman's slipper : ROMEOANDJULIET
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In shape : FIT
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Amer. backup troops : USAR
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Sullen and gloomy : MOROSE
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Canadian statesman : TRUDEAU
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Hold dear : ADORE
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Breakwaters : PIERS
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Relative of cie. and inc. : LTD
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Full cargo : LOAD
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Evasive reply : PARRY
36
Silk, in Paris : SOIE
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Libber's no-no title : MRS
38
Preserves : CURES
39
First Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1918 : POOLE
40
Promenades : STROLLS
42
Portable room : CAMPER
43
Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1958 : AGEE
44
"Some ___ born great ... " : ARE
45
Typical game of the early Mets : COMEDYOFERRORS
52
Inert gaseous element : ARGON
53
Rainbow flower : IRIS
54
Elevator button : STOP
55
Word with ocher or umber : BURNT
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Leningrad's river : NEVA
57
"___, Brute!" : ETTU
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" ... take arms against ___ of troubles" : ASEA
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One checking out : GOER
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Word with pigeon or parrot : TOED
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Moselle feeder : SAAR
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Jason's craft : ARGO
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Watch part : STEM
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Breed of hardy cattle : HEREFORD
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Scold : BERATE
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Between once and a time : UPON
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World's largest artificial lake : MEAD
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Liars on the stand : PERJURERS
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Forte of Baker and Buchwald : SATIRE
10
English horn's close relative : OBOE
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Spring period : LENT
12
Metallic rock : ORE
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Dinner courses : SALADS
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Where Beauvais is : OISE
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Shylock's exorbitant rate : USURY
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Light, clayey soil : MALM
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Essences : ODORS
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A pièce de résistance : ROAST
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Five come with a new car : TIRES
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Knocked for ___ : ALOOP
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Practical : UTILE
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In conference : PARLEYING
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Felix Salten character : DEER
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Whined : PULED
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Author W. ___ Maugham : SOMERSET
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Convincing : COGENT
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Catherine ___, Henry VIII's last wife : PARR
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Best seller in 1885 : RAMONA
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Autocrat : CAESAR
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Shank : CRUS
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Fearsome one : OGRE
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Mountain: Comb. form : OREO
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Court team : FIVE
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Bismarck : OTTO
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Mechanical repetition : ROTE
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Digging tool : SPUD
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Arab robe : ABA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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