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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Saturday, November 10, 1979

17-Across : Mogul capital until 1658

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,959
Across
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Biographer Arthur or Barbara : GELB
5
Essex, Oakland, etc. : CARS
9
O'Neill's "___ Millions" : MARCO
14
Frangipani, e.g. : ODOR
15
Recipe verb : HEAT
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Cyrano's feeling for Roxane : AMOUR
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Mogul capital until 1658 : AGRA
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Impervious to attack : INVINCIBLE
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What satiety sans variety breeds : TEDIUM
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Operatic prince : IGOR
23
Plumber's installation : ELL
24
"Golden Treasury" item : SONNET
26
"Queen of tides" : MOON
28
Heroine of "The Rivals" : LYDIALANGUISH
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"Bel ___," Burnford novel: 1978 : RIA
35
Danish composer : ENNA
36
One of Ozzie and Harriet's boys : RICKY
37
Young or Mature : ACTOR
39
Monogram of the "Over There" man : GMC
41
Devoured voraciously : ATEUP
42
Peter and a Wolfe : NEROS
43
Asymmetrical : ALOP
45
___ Dai, former Vietnamese emperor : BAO
46
Specialist in gem engraving : GLYPTOGRAPHER
50
Slangy assent : SURE
51
Mewls or pules : WHINES
53
St.-Tropez is one : SPA
56
Bill ___ (Jose Jimenez) : DANA
58
Pastry that means "flash of lightning" in French : ECLAIR
60
Pertaining to pleading of law suits : CAUSIDICAL
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Philippine betel : IKMO
64
Jibe : AGREE
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Town near Teramo : ATRI
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Tallow; fat: Sp. : SEBO
67
Bests or worsts : BEATS
68
Site of U. of San Marcos : LIMA
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Wagon on tracks : TRAM
Down
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Blame-bearer : GOAT
2
Rims : EDGES
3
Worship of nobelmen : LORDOLATRY
4
Intelligent : BRAINY
5
Abruptly join a confab : CHIMEIN
6
Virgil classic: Abbr. : AEN
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Musician Shankar : RAVI
8
Hester Prynne's "A" : STIGMA
9
Very large, as handwriting : MACROGRAPHIC
10
"___ my brother's keeper?" : AMI
11
Post-shower garb : ROBE
12
Choose what is choice : CULL
13
City on the Oka : OREL
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Koestler's "Darkness at ___" : NOON
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Waiters in the wings : UNDERSTUDIES
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Pungent taste : TANG
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Nice night : NUIT
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Truman's birthplace : LAMAR
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This gets the party going : ICEBREAKER
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Predatory bird : SKUA
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Photog's solution : HYPO
33
Clanged : RANG
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Isl. country : ICEL
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Apologetic word : OOPS
40
Unguis : CLAW
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Tragic heroine : OPHELIA
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Mouthward : ORAD
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Kindly or friendly : GENIAL
49
Army poster verb : ENLIST
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Name for a lion : SIMBA
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Strikebreaker : SCAB
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Trainbearer : PAGE
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Breeze, to Brutus : AURA
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Starter on B'way : ACTI
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Cat-swinger's need : ROOM
61
Word with smart or jet : SET
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Fortify : ARM

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

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