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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Thursday, November 27, 1980

22-Across : Bored by it all

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,342
Across
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Cab : HACK
5
Köln's river : RHEIN
10
The Censor of Rome : CATO
14
Part of an estate : ACRE
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Ahead of time : EARLY
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State in no uncertain terms : AVER
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Comedienne's comment re her husband : HEEATSLIKEABIRD
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Sly ___ fox : ASA
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Mansard features : EAVES
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Bored by it all : BLASE
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Actress Oberon : MERLE
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Adolescent : TEENER
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Fiat : DECREE
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"Miniver Cheevy, ___ of scorn ... " : CHILD
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"What ___ am I!": Hamlet : ANASS
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Cordwainer's creation : SHOE
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Evian is one : SPA
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Stooge's question to comedienne : LIKEASPARROWYES
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Fish or suffix : IDE
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Make one's salt : EARN
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Lunar valley : RILLE
42
Dog on Broadway : SANDY
44
Resides : DWELLS
45
"Go to ___, thou sluggard" : THEANT
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Banking center in Italy : SIENA
49
Pardon : REMIT
50
"Pride will have ___" : AFALL
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What mendicants do : BEG
55
Comedienne's reply to stooge : ONOLIKEAVULTURE
58
Eight: Prefix : OCTO
59
In a turmoil : ARIOT
60
Off-Broadway award : OBIE
61
Nobleman : PEER
62
Mets' manager : TORRE
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Does some interviewing : ASKS
Down
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Big laugh : HAHA
2
Big pair : ACES
3
Rich pastry : CREAMCAKE
4
Large parrot : KEA
5
Used-car transaction : RESALE
6
Bisect : HALVE
7
Border lake : ERIE
8
Kinds : ILKS
9
Comic Louis ___ : NYE
10
Wired : CABLED
11
Of the birds : AVIAN
12
Wasting no words : TERSE
13
Part of B.P.O.E. : ORDER
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Mother ___, Nobelist for Peace: 1979 : TERESA
19
Early shepherd : ABEL
24
Gaelic : ERSE
25
Style of pinafore : TIER
26
Painter of limp watches : DALI
27
She came a lot to Camelot : ENID
28
Cautious : CHARY
29
Kind of book or pipe : HORN
31
Marker used in mine surveying : SPAD
32
Frothy desserts : SYLLABUBS
33
Senator from Rhode Island : PELL
34
"___ Tod," in a Grieg opus : ASES
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Mailed : SENT
37
Author of "1984" : ORWELL
38
Vienna, to a Berliner : WIEN
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Popeye or Sinbad : SAILOR
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Naysayer : ANTI
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Water down : DILUTE
45
Group of Boy Scouts : TROOP
46
Therefore : HENCE
47
Chew the scenery : EMOTE
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Relish : SAVOR
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Prefix with plane : AERO
51
What the brave deserve : FAIR
53
Actor Estrada : ERIK
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The Bee ___, popular trio : GEES
56
Krazy one of comics : KAT
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Shelley's "Ode ___ Skylark" : TOA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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