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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Friday, February 29, 1980

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 12.7
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,070
Across
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"Beowulf" is one : EPIC
5
Scottish poet: 1770–1835 : HOGG
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Part of a cut gem : FACET
14
Score for an Islander : GOAL
15
Little or Frye : APER
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Outgrowth of a seed plant : OVULE
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Soprano Gluck : ALMA
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Turkish coin : LIRA
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Spanish sherry city : XERES
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February 29 : LEAPYEARDAY
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What Rod Carew wields : BAT
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Rock star Nugent : TED
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Quick, sharp bark : YIP
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Brilliant gray : PEARL
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Nosh : EAT
31
Milne hero : PIM
34
Relative of a dik-dik : IMPALA
36
Foot part : INCH
37
Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 ___ flat : INE
38
"With the help of my God I shall ___" : LEAPOVERTHEWALL
41
Ref. book : ENC
42
Nictate : WINK
43
Part of e.r.a., in baseball : EARNED
44
E.T.O. man : DDE
45
Was inactive : SAT
46
Rumbullions : RIOTS
47
Ariosti's "Amor ___ Nemici" : TRA
49
Shampoo additive : EGG
50
Roulette wager : BAS
53
Jumped or skipped over : LEAPFROGGED
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Give off : EXUDE
60
___ contendere : NOLO
61
Flow along or against : LAVE
62
Peregrine : ALIEN
63
Tomorrow, to Tacitus : CRAS
64
Get-up-and-go : ELAN
65
Distributed : METED
66
Suffix with luncheon : ETTE
67
Dollars for quarters : RENT
Down
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Sans ___ (matchless) : EGAL
2
Caber : POLE
3
"___ Liberal": M. Arnold : IAMA
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Trash : CLAPTRAP
5
Pulled; dragged : HALED
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Suffix indicating an eye defect : OPIA
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Madison's V.P.: 1813–14 : GERRY
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Slope on a road : GRADIENT
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Sly : FOXY
10
Rosary bead : AVE
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Check : CURB
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Ancient town near Salerno : ELEA
13
Kind of case or tube : TEST
21
Disease of plants : YELLOWS
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Cochise was one : APACHE
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Hairy; downy : PILED
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Do editorial work : EMEND
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Rapidly : APACE
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Jason's ship : THEARGO
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Opposite of forte : PIANO
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Estuary : INLET
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Roundhouses, in pinochle : MELDS
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Emulate Billy Mitchell : AVIATE
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Annoy : IRK
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Charm : ENTRANCE
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Mosquito's larva or pupa : WRIGGLER
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Mariner's direction : APORT
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Ragged-edged : EROSE
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Side of a ship : BEAM
51
Mandrel : AXLE
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Please : SUIT
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Lease leader : LEND
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Piece of scenery : FLAT
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Hardy marsh shrub : GALE
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Novelist Hunter : EVAN
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Bucky of diamond fame : DENT
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Mark of sorrow : DEE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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