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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Thursday, August 9, 1979

6-Down : Buggy gridiron play

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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P
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A
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C
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E
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D
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F
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L
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A
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P
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V
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I
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R
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A
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O
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L
Y
R
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E
R
S
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R
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L
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X
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N
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R
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A
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C
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I
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T
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R
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A
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S
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N
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S
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F
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U
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O
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N
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R
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A
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L
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R
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O
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P
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D
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S
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S
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A
V
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C
O
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S
L
A
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F
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R
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N
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K
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S
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C
H
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F
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T
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S
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Q
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L
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C
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R
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H
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T
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L
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G
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D
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,866
Across
1
Set an example for : PACED
6
Tent part : FLAP
10
Miniver : VAIR
14
Overhead : ABOVE
15
The Harp of the heavens : LYRA
16
Gaelic : ERSE
17
Advice to a "workaholic" : RELAX
18
Spellbound : ENTRANCED
20
U.N. labor body : ILO
21
Farm vehicle, for short : TRAC
23
Vilified : ABUSED
24
Good gardener's need : SENSEOFHUMUS
27
Viva-voce : ORAL
28
V or X, to a Roman : NUMERAL
32
Viscous : ROPY
35
Studio platters : DISCS
37
Grayish blue : SAXE
38
"___ atque vale" : AVE
39
Honeymoon sound : COO
40
___ Marshall, U.S. historian : SLA
41
Flowerless plant : FERN
43
Peltry : SKINS
45
His job is going to pot : CHEF
46
Golfo di ___ : TRIESTE
48
___ d'Orsay (French Foreign Office) : QUAI
50
Harsh pedagogue's statement to his class : ITORTUREALOT
55
Diving duck : SCOTER
58
Knicks' former coach : REED
59
Pizarro's pelf : ORO
60
Hell's companion : HIGHWATER
62
Epic involving Achilles' wrath : ILIAD
64
To ___ (precisely) : ATEE
65
Fund-raiser's verb : GIVE
66
Slowly: Musical dir. : LENTO
67
Player on the range : DEER
68
Camelot colleen : ENID
69
Paves the way : EASES
Down
1
Gauguin's birthplace : PARIS
2
White poplar : ABELE
3
"Sirs" follower : COLON
4
A sister of Zsa Zsa : EVA
5
Breed of cattle? Right! : DEXTER
6
Buggy gridiron play : FLEAFLICKER
7
What mobs do in westerns : LYNCH
8
Offering at the Uffizi : ART
9
City in N.J. : PARAMUS
10
Beautiful belles : VENUSES
11
Parts of circles : ARCS
12
"So that's how!" : ISEE
13
Comedian Foxx : REDD
19
"Hallelujah! I'm ___" : ABUM
22
"The ___ Not Taken," Frost poem : ROAD
25
Bean for Dr. Carver : SOY
26
Like the Minutemen at the bridge : UNCONQUERED
29
Foolhardy : RASH
30
Part of a cart : AXLE
31
Fall faller : LEAF
32
Vessel for Finn : RAFT
33
"Moon ___ Miami," 1935 song : OVER
34
Prefix for wig or winkle : PERI
36
___-disant (so-called) : SOI
42
Start of a postman's motto : NEITHER
43
Mink's summer place : STORAGE
44
Opposite of "No dice!" : SURE
45
Spy HQ : CIA
47
Hostess, in airline lingo : STEW
49
Officer under a praetor : AEDILE
51
Where lire are thrown daily : TREVI
52
Meat-counter display : LOINS
53
Emulate Bryan : ORATE
54
Everybody, in Mexico : TODOS
55
One source of roe : SHAD
56
Quote chapter and verse : CITE
57
Finishing strip : OGEE
61
Important import : TIN
63
Where the "lowing herd" wind : LEA

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

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