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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Saturday, June 23, 1979

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 66.8
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,819
Across
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Economize : SCRIMP
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Refrain syllables : TRALAS
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Glass tanks : AQUARIA
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Emulate Cassandra : PREDICT
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Word with alcohol or varnish : RUBBING
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Wapiti's relative : REDDEER
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Springtime on the Seine : MAI
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Lovely spring blossom : ANEMONE
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___ Lanka : SRI
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Highway to Fairbanks : ALCAN
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Fleming's 007 : BOND
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Turkey devoured by critics : FLOP
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"The Captain's ___," D. H. Lawrence story : DOLL
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Nonstop talker : BORE
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"___, but no cigar!" : CLOSE
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Views from basement windows : AREAWAYS
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Pistil-packing part of a plant : FLOWER
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Fails to seize the day : MISSESOUT
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Place in proximity : APPOSE
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Touched with tenderness : CARESSED
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First of a no-no septet : PRIDE
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Librarian's backbreaker : TOME
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Conductor Ceccato : ALDO
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Coty or Pleven : RENE
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Ribbed : RODE
45
With full force : AMAIN
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"___ got a little list ... ": Gilbert : IVE
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Playwright Rattigan : TERENCE
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R–V connection : STU
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"___ eat cake" : LETTHEM
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Range needed by an eavesdropper : EARSHOT
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Poem by Frost : INAVALE
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Sneaky shooters : SNIPERS
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Snack-bar give-aways : STRAWS
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Places : STEADS
Down
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Condition on Tobacco Road : SQUALOR
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Carrel : CUBICLE
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Beater for mixing mortar : RAB
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Of a part of the eye : IRIAN
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Where H.H.H. lived : MINN
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Hair styles : PAGEBOYS
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Pollster's study : TREND
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"And may ye better reck the ___": Burns : REDE
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Put two and two together : ADD
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Bides time while the heat is on : LIESLOW
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Chaffy : ACEROSE
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White bass : STRIPER
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Drake's conquest in 1588 : ARMADA
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Disposed : PRONE
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Dit-dah system : MORSECODE
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Thin, glossy silk for hoods : ALAMODE
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Beachcomber's bonanza : FLOTSAM
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The "hot corner" is one : BASE
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Tip for a tec : CLUE
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Kind of acre or crack : WISE
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Driver's warning : FORE
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One cause of ennui : SAMENESS
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"___ the cruelest month": Eliot : APRILIS
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Obviate : PREVENT
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Batting-grip aid : PINETAR
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Commited a foul on the rink : SLASHED
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MSS. inspectors : EDITORS
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Eatery offering : DONUTS
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"The Velvet Fog" : TORME
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Staggers : REELS
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Height for a kite : AERIE
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Spring in Alaska : THAW
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Defeatist's word : CANT
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Norris Dam agcy. : TVA
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Bex or Dax : SPA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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