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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Friday, January 11, 1980

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 33.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,021
Across
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Concorde or Tupolev : SST
4
Belle's boy : SWAIN
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Fountain or Rose : PETE
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Juration : OATH
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Alex Haley's ancestor : KINTE
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Jejune : ARID
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Chills and fever : AGUE
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Adman's adjective : ASTOUNDING
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Wit's conversational skill : REPARTEE
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Declaration signer from Del. : RODNEY
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The wild blue yonder : ETHER
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Suburban status symbol : POOL
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Antique owner's concern : VENEER
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No-no items for some dieters : DESSERTS
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Kostelanetz or Previn : ANDRE
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Cole Porter song: 1929 : PAREE
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Storied age : ERA
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Neighbor of Burma and Thailand : LAOS
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Jefferson or Miles : DAVIS
35
Plant disease : SMUT
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Printers' org. : ITU
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"Father of Lies" : DEVIL
38
Rubberneck : STARE
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Looked down on : DESPISED
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Mild cigars : CLAROS
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F.B.I. action : RAID
43
Herbert ___ Hoover : CLARK
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Sequence : STRING
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No game for the tame : FOOTBALL
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Adman's adjective : TREMENDOUS
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"Deutschland ___ Alles" : UBER
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Ike, to Mac, in the 30's : AIDE
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Take effect : ENURE
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Gum up : CLOG
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Lapel grabber : BOOR
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Pub game : DARTS
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Author Kesey : KEN
Down
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Socrates or Solomon : SAGE
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Adman's adjective : STUPENDOUS
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Helen Hayes and Martin Beck : THEATERS
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Fleming or Hamill : SKATER
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Older and ___ : WISER
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Prefix with bellum : ANTE
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Statesman who westernized Japan : ITO
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Analysts' concerns : NEUROSES
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Up-the-creek need : PADDLE
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Where banshees wail : ERIN
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Part of a runcible spoon : TINE
12
Tense : EDGY
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Item for a skiff : OAR
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"No ___ is good news" (desperado's slogan) : NOOSE
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Syngman of Korea : RHEE
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Daredevil's delight : PERIL
24
Sound : VALID
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One of Dad's in-laws : ENATE
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Camp name : DAVID
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Adman's adjective : REMARKABLE
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Nova Scotian seaport : TRURO
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Appeases fully : SATES
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Like "66," etc. : PAVED
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Emulated a couturier : DESIGNED
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Ahab's chief mate : STARBUCK
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Keaton, Varsi or Cliento : DIANE
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Blind part : SLAT
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Hornbook : PRIMER
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Seals off : CLOSES
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Borg's milieu : COURT
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Pink : STAB
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Red, white and blue : TRIO
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Perform a decorator's job : REDO
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Eliot's "___ Quartets" : FOUR
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Jaworski or Trotsky : LEON
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Sweater size: Abbr. : LRG
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Dr. Crick's interest : DNA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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