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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Friday, January 4, 1980

10-Down : Case for trivia

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 31.8
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,014
Across
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Shopper's consideration : COST
5
T. B. Aldrich's "The Story of ___ Boy" : ABAD
9
Whale : CETE
13
Nanking nana : AMAH
14
"The Man ___," 1924 song : ILOVE
15
A.F.B. on Cape Cod : OTIS
16
Make allowance for : TAKEINTOACCOUNT
19
France's flag : TRICOLOR
20
Bon ton : ELITE
21
Actress Merkel et al. : UNAS
22
Make an incised mark : RASE
24
Large, fish-eating bird : OSPREY
27
Arrant coward : POLTROON
31
He wrote "One Fat Englishman" : AMIS
32
Cloys : SATES
33
Omaha Beach boat : LCI
34
Classic of 1859, with "A" : TALEOFTWOCITIES
38
Pitching stat : ERA
39
Less plentiful : RARER
40
Le Gallienne and Tanguay : EVAS
41
More vigorous : STURDIER
43
Bon ___ (tea rose) : SILENE
45
"10-33!" in CB lingo : HELP
46
Corolla petals, to a botanist : ALAE
47
Where R.L.S. is buried : SAMOA
50
Arranges alternately : STAGGERS
54
Jeremiads : HARDLUCKSTORIES
57
Old language : ERSE
58
Emulates Nosey Parker : PRIES
59
"Like ___ without a tail": "Macbeth" : ARAT
60
Play-gun ammo : PEAS
61
Mixer : SODA
62
Tillis and Torme : MELS
Down
1
Famed suffragette : CATT
2
Poet translated by FitzGerald : OMAR
3
H. H. Munro : SAKI
4
Southey's "___ of Kehama" : THECURSE
5
Choir section : ALTOS
6
Party spoiler : BOOR
7
Hawaiian beverage : AVA
8
Nov. follower : DEC
9
Calaboose : COOLER
10
Case for trivia : ETUI
11
Add color : TINT
12
Borgia in-law : ESTE
14
Mosaic, e.g. : INLAY
17
Bulwer-Lytton heroine : IONE
18
"___ Bon," Eartha Kitt hit : CESTSI
22
Part of a dynamo : ROTOR
23
Pianist Templeton : ALEC
24
Actor Warren : OATES
25
Chichi : SMART
26
Rice dish : PILAU
27
His caress causes distress : PAWER
28
Smorgasbord tidbit : OLIVE
29
" ... the gem of the ___" : OCEAN
30
Stockholm gnome : NISSE
32
___ throat : STREP
35
The worst kind of test : ORDEAL
36
Get an F on an exam : FAIL
37
"No mon, no fun, your son" could be one : TELEGRAM
42
Kind of scholar : RHODES
43
Abbie's partner in comics : SLATS
44
He made the poor Moor sure his wife wasn't pure : IAGO
46
Flummoxed : ATSEA
47
Fields of "Rippling Rhythm" fame : SHEP
48
Bern's river : AARE
49
R. Aldrich's "Gertrude Lawrence as ___" : MRSA
50
Airplane runner : SKID
51
Ireland's erstwhile name : EIRE
52
Williams's "Camino ___" : REAL
53
Tupolev-144, etc. : SSTS
55
Bullish periods : UPS
56
___-Magnon man : CRO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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