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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Thursday, February 7, 1980

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { B F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 3, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 18.9
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,048
Across
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With 5 and 38 Across, pious N.Y.C. tot's plea : LEAD
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See 1 Across : USNOT
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Mail : POST
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Water plant : ALGA
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Lover: Comb. form : PHILE
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Thrill for the Met set : ARIA
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Use a primer : READ
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Site of "The Scarlet Letter" : SALEM
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Pack down lightly : TAMP
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Fuel, solvent or illuminant : KEROSENE
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William Lyon ___: 1865–1943 : PHELPS
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Noshed : ATE
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Have on : WEAR
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Toffler's "Future ___" : SHOCK
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What "the walls have" : EARS
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Ewe said it : MAA
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Game in a Reno casino : KENO
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Electromagnetic waves, e.g. : RADIATIONS
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See 1 Across : INTOPENNSTATION
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Appease : PROPITIATE
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Drink cautiously : SIP
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___ in the corner : PUSS
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Actress Garson : GREER
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Pure and simple : MERE
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O'Hare loc. : CHI
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Planet second to Jupiter in size : SATURN
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"___ Prayer" : THELORDS
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A son of Hera : ARES
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"The readiness ___": Hamlet : ISALL
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Dissipated man : ROUE
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It follows Shrove Tuesday : LENT
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Alcohol used in perfumes : NEROL
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Fit to ___ : ATEE
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Girl in a stuttering song : KATY
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Winner at Saratoga : GATES
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Loch ___ : NESS
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Merry adventure : LARK
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Robert ___ : ELEE
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Seaweed substance : AGAR
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Woodworker's plane : DADO
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Underdog's coup : UPSET
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Alan Ladd film classic : SHANE
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Egypt's lifeline : NILE
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Frontón cheer : OLE
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Abstemious : TEMPERATE
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"___ Noster" : PATER
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Aloud : ORAL
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Birdbrain : SIMP
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Camper's curfew : TAPS
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Cotton from Cairo : SAK
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"___ luego!" (Mexican's goodbye) : HASTA
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Oft-watched line : WAIST
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Goes from the first to the third grade : SKIPS
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Matisse or Pétain : HENRI
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Successful : ONTOP
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Joint venture, for short : COOP
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Best and Ferber : EDNAS
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Wavy pattern in fur : MOIRE
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Have ___ for news : ANOSE
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Actor Ed from Kansas City : ASNER
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On the way back : RETURNING
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Cordial flavoring : ANISE
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Highway for Hadrian : ITER
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Hamelin's hero : PIPER
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Hodges or McDougald : GIL
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Stale or trite : MUSTY
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Uncle Tom's wife : CHLOE
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Word with bells or Kitchen : HELLS
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Polio conqueror : SALK
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Sector : AREA
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Carnival structure : TENT
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Bakery purchase : TART
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Algerian port : ORAN
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Mechanical learning : ROTE
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Club receipts : DUES
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Homophone for seize : SEES
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Rachel Carson subject : SEA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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