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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Saturday, April 12, 1980

13-Across : Certain squabs

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,113
Across
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Bivouac : CAMP
5
Hackney : NAG
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Pony : TROT
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Medicinal lily : ALOE
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Certain squabs : SOFAS
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Hick : RUBE
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La. Purchase acres : TERR
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" ... man is a mere insect, ___": F. P. Church : ANANT
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Presently : ANON
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Assumes : TAKESFORGRANTED
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Transients from Canada : GEESE
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Hinny's relative : ASS
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J. F. Cooper heroine : CORA
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"Fragile: Handle ___" : WITHCARE
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Duchesse, e.g. : SATIN
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Lima is its capital : PERU
33
Macedonian and Mohammedan : ERAS
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Cause light to pass through : TRANSILLUMINATE
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Chief resource in scholardom : LORE
38
Palm fibers : TALS
39
More fantastic : ODDER
40
Suburb of Scranton : OLYPHANT
42
Kind of beer or miss : NEAR
43
Legal principle : IUS
44
"___ the stilly night ... ": T. Moore : OFTIN
47
Harlequin, Pantaloon et al. : STOCKCHARACTERS
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Pay close attention : HARK
55
Enveloping glows : AURAS
56
"Un bel di" is one : ARIA
57
Cacholong : OPAL
58
Writer William Gilmore ___: 1806-70 : SIMMS
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Actress Virna : LISI
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Strike out : DELE
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Suffix with Bengal or Tyrol : ESE
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Kind of oyster or pearl : SEED
Down
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Famed suffragette : CATT
2
Temple of Athena ___, at Tegea : ALEA
3
Mindy's TV friend : MORK
4
Smollett hero : PEREGRINEPICKLE
5
Words bleeped by TV censors : NONOS
6
Vehicle for Gary Cooper: 1932 : AFAREWELLTOARMS
7
Toughs having a turf : GANG
8
Abstract doctrines : TRANSCENDENTALS
9
Peewee : RUNT
10
___ d'amore : OBOE
11
Conduce : TEND
13
Diamond decision : SAFE
14
Layer : STRATUM
20
Johns, in Ireland : SEANS
21
Volcanic debris : ASH
24
Burnett or Channing : CAROL
25
Eared seal : OTARY
27
Beggar in the "Odyssey" : IRUS
28
Plowed land : ARADA
29
Assessor : RATER
30
Danish weights : ESER
31
Battle site: 1944 : STLO
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Marshall ___ : PLAN
35
Lake, county and state park in Minn. : ITASCAS
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Column style : IONIC
41
Philippine guerrilla in W.W. II : HUK
45
Kegler's "inning" : FRAME
46
U.S.S.R. press agency : TASS
47
Booted : SHOD
48
Cassette : TAPE
49
Opposite of written : ORAL
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Creator of Mamie Stover : HUIE
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Part of HOMES : ERIE
52
Piece of high ground : RISE
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Reputed to be : SAID

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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