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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Wednesday, December 13, 1978

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 38.4
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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H
2
E
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L
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P
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C
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A
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L
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E
9
B
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C
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O
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L
13
A
14
O
L
E
O
15
O
X
I
D
E
16
O
V
E
N
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S
K
A
T
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S
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P
I
C
19
N
E
V
A
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T
E
N
A
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N
T
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S
T
A
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R
T
R
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K
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S
O
U
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R
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E
L
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E
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I
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O
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T
H
A
M
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N
D
M
E
N
T
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B
R
R
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M
E
M
O
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S
U
R
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A
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T
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A
L
A
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N
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D
I
V
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A
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S
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E
A
C
H
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R
O
M
A
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N
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U
N
I
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T
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I
T
E
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P
R
O
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P
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O
S
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I
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O
N
1
3
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F
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G
E
D
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L
U
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U
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M
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L
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S
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A
T
T
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E
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S
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T
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L
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K
A
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S
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N
O
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E
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E
V
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H
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R
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T
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,627
Across
1
Give a leg up : HELP
5
He spied with Joshua : CALEB
10
Fountain quaff : COLA
14
Golden spread : OLEO
15
Zinc ___ : OXIDE
16
Where to cook a pizza : OVEN
17
Three-handed card game : SKAT
18
Done in rich brown : SEPIC
19
Leningrad's river : NEVA
20
Lessee : TENANT
22
TV space program : STARTREK
24
Acerbic : SOUR
26
Kay Thompson's heroine : ELOISE
27
Last of the Bill of Rights : IOTHAMENDMENT
31
Chilled cartoon character's comment : BRR
32
Exec's note : MEMO
33
First British settlement in India : SURAT
36
Chester ___ Arthur : ALAN
38
Scotto and Sutherland : DIVAS
41
Apiece : EACH
42
Type of type : ROMAN
44
Dram or gram : UNIT
46
Suffix with Jersey : ITE
47
Symbol of taxpayers' revolt : PROPOSITION13
51
Emulated a smith : FORGED
52
Persona non grata in a 1925 song : LULU
53
Blackstrap or treacle : MOLASSES
55
State on the stand : ATTEST
59
Got off a horse : ALIT
60
Galsworthy novel : TOLET
62
"Mighty ___ Rose" : LAKA
63
Chinese: Comb. form : SINO
64
Related on Mom's side : ENATE
65
Malefic : EVIL
66
Markham hero : HOER
67
Talked gibberish : RAVED
68
Place for a chapeau : TETE
Down
1
Boniface : HOST
2
Sommer from Berlin : ELKE
3
Built like Cassius : LEAN
4
Dead Sea product : POTASH
5
Garbed for a bal masqué : COSTUMED
6
Tool for a lumberjack : AXE
7
"The Touch of Your ___," 1936 song : LIPS
8
Made redactions : EDITED
9
Tranquilize : BECALM
10
Persist : CONTINUE
11
One result of all work and no play : OVERSTRAIN
12
Sight on the Mississippi : LEVEE
13
Biblical giant : ANAK
21
___ Chomsky, linguistics expert : NOAM
23
Homophone for rose : ROES
25
"Apostle of the Franks" : REMI
27
Letter-shaped girder : IBAR
28
Base of a column : ORLO
29
Tumbler's springboard : TRAMPOLINE
30
Word on the back of a dollar : NOVUS
34
Playbill heading : ACT1
35
___ Bears : THE3
37
Important role in "Our Town" : NARRATOR
39
West Indian shrub : ANIL
40
Placed : SITUATED
43
Jan. 1 drinks : NOGS
45
Knight vs. knight : TILT
48
Annoy : PESTER
49
"___ Grecian Urn": Keats : ODEONA
50
Market for a commodity : OUTLET
51
King-size book : FOLIO
53
Make flirtatious advances : MASH
54
Eastern European : SLAV
56
Roof edge : EAVE
57
Blackout, e.g. : SKIT
58
Raconteur's specialty : TALE
61
Midi season : ETE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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