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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Wednesday, January 13, 1982

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 20.4
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,754
Across
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Sign near a school : SLOW
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Topgallant : MAST
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Kentucky Derby winner: 1955 : SWAPS
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Twister of the truth : LIAR
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Supermarket purchase : OLEO
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What esthetes have : TASTE
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Major follower : ETTE
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Horse of a certain hue : ROAN
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Ready for use : ONTAP
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Start of a definition of happiness : WHENYOURDENTIST
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Sight, touch, etc. : SENSES
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Dover ___ : SOLE
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Loser to H.C.H. in 1928 : AES
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Perfect models : IDEALS
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Red as ___ : ABEET
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Diner specialty : HASH
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Stickum : GLUE
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Continuation of definition : SAYSSEEYOUAGAIN
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Painter Mondrian : PIET
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Composer of 43 operas : PAER
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Hydrophobia : LYSSA
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Engineer's concern : STRESS
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E.M.K. : TED
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Billions and billions of years : EONS
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Tooth decay : CARIES
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End of definition : INSIXMONTHSORSO
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McKinley or Washington : MOUNT
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South Seas staple : TARO
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Cattle feed : MASH
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Highest of the Pyrenees : ANETO
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Border lake : ERIE
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Atheist, to Antonio : ATEO
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His I.Q. is 50–70 : MORON
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Retreats : DENS
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Barber's call : NEXT
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Lots : SLEWS
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Flexible; supple : LITHE
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Made of a cereal grass : OATEN
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Small birds : WRENS
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Gloomy; sullen : MOROSE
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Name of three major-league brothers : ALOU
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___ Tower, Chicago : SEARS
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Round painting : TONDO
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Squiffed : STONED
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Have too little of : WANT
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Italian wine center : ASTI
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Sch. affiliates : PTAS
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Family branch : SEPT
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Nobelist in Literature: 1923 : YEATS
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Root or Yale : ELIHU
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Mets' stadium : SHEA
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Like custard : EGGY
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Woe is me! : ALAS
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Boxer Firpo : LUIS
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The Seine, to Spaniards : SENA
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Vipers : ASPS
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Dew worm, e.g. : BAIT
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Witness : EYER
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Ducal family of Ferrara : ESTE
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Word heard on Capitol Hill : AYE
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Kind : SORT
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___ Downs : EPSOM
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Actors Robert and Alan : ALDAS
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Official in a church or synagogue : SEXTON
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Canyon phenomena : ECHOES
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Famous : NOTED
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Springe : SNARE
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Brutus or Cassius : ROMAN
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Incensed : IRATE
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Lover of Elizabeth I : ESSEX
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Not ___ (mediocre) : SOHOT
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Mosque V.I.P. : IMAM
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Censored item on TV : NONO
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Litigant : SUER
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Division word : INTO
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One of triplets : TRIN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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