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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Friday, December 12, 1980

52-Down : Horne or Nyman

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 58.7
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,357
Across
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Spongy cake : BABA
5
Beast under T. E. Lawrence : CAMEL
10
Garnish, in a way : LARD
14
Item for G. Apley : OBIT
15
___ Stage, in D.C. : ARENA
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Role in a Mel Brooks film : IGOR
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Spline : SLAT
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Idlers; rascals : LOONS
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Author of "Betty Zane": 1904 : GREY
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Jeweler : HESELLSWATCHES
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Alaskan cape : NOME
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Jerry of the P.G.A. : PATE
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Liza's friend : GOLDIE
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Picaroon's prize : LOOT
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An apple, for short : MAC
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Suffix with sect or tract : ARIAN
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Knight's backup : PIPS
35
"Let ___ Lover!" (1954 song) : MEGO
36
Relating to rearrangements : TRANSPOSITIONAL
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He has trumpet, will pump it : HIRT
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Wreath on Galahad's headgear : ORLE
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___ voce : SOTTO
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Cod's kin in Mass. : ANN
43
High as a ___ : KITE
44
Noted Danish astronomer: 1795–1874 : HANSEN
45
Homophone for a sea eagle : EARN
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Ruth's homeland : MOAB
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Heroine of Zona Gale's "Faint Perfume" : LEDA
55
Rock that splits into bits : SHALE
56
Babilonia feat : AXEL
57
U.S.S.R. mining center : ORSK
58
European blackbird : OUZEL
59
Kind of skirt or bus : MINI
60
Bonnie spot beside the Afton : BRAE
61
Manumits : FREES
62
Where Dunne became Leonowens : SIAM
Down
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Empty talk : BOSH
2
Senator's adjective for a colleague : ABLE
3
Diagonal of a fabric : BIAS
4
Iras or Charmian, to Cleopatra : ATTENDANT
5
Words followed by "Al" or "Madam" : CALLME
6
What the minutemen did : AROSE
7
Tabby's plaint : MEOW
8
Province in Sicily : ENNA
9
Taps, to a Tommy : LASTPOST
10
What prisms refract : LIGHT
11
Covenants : AGREEMENTS
12
Anonymous Richards : ROES
13
Jejune : DRY
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Cuts of meat : LOINS
22
Member of a clowder : CAT
25
Sanskrit hymn : GATHA
26
Sen. Hatch from Utah : ORRIN
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"A ___ good memory": Quintilian : LIARNEEDSA
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Certain knit goods : LISLE
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Artist known as the "Cornish Wonder" : OPIE
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Type of type : AGATE
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Frequent follower of Sirs : COLON
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Postprandial treat : PORT
35
Song in Herbert's "The Red Mill" : MOONBEAMS
37
___ order (Sen. McCarthy's questions) : POINTSOF
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Early father of twins : ISAAC
43
Croo monkey : KRA
44
Sockets in heads of golf clubs : HOSELS
46
Leave the Land of Nod : AWAKE
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Rowdydow : MELEE
48
Mr. in Munich : HERR
49
Swiss tourist resort : CHUR
50
Vapor of fog, smoke, etc. : HAZE
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Twice XXXI : LXII
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Horne or Nyman : LENA
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Slender : SLIM
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Tennis storke : LOB

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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