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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Saturday, December 24, 1977

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 34.7
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,360
Across
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Homophone for seize : SEAS
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Annapurna, e.g. : PEAK
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What bugbears do : SCARE
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Curtain color : ECRU
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Spike the punch : LACE
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" ... sugarplums danced in ___ heads" : THEIR
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" ... no ___ for them in the inn": Luke 2:7 : ROOM
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Like the muscles of new skiers : ACHY
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Neighbor of Bangor : ORONO
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Blarney : FLAM
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They followed that star : THREEKINGS
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Calm : SERENE
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Enjoys the holiday : IDLES
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Peace offering : ROSES
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Necks of land : ISTHMI
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"On the ___ day of Christmas ... " : FIRST
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"___ Troll," Heine poem : ATTA
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Glacier in Alaska : MUIR
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Minneapolis suburb : EDINA
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Rival of T.C.U. : SMU
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Kind of ray : GAMMA
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Off one's rocker : LOCO
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Blanquette ingredient : VEAL
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Quaker in a grove : ASPEN
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"He that is ___ anger ... ": Proverbs 16:32 : SLOWTO
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Famed restaurateur : SARDI
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___ acid (yellow vitamin) : FOLIC
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What the elves do for Santa : ASSIST
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Stem of a Christmas plant : HOLLYSTALK
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"Damn Yankees" temptress : LOLA
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"___ of snow-white horses" : ATEAM
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Author Eliav : ARIE
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Indigo : ANIL
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Get the dice ready : SHAKE
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Pen name of novelist Viaud : LOTI
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His presents come on Jan. 6 : NINO
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Polish city, to a German : POSEN
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Wang Lung's wife : OLAN
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Travelers' rest houses, Indian style : DAKS
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Slavish sons of the soil : SERFS
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Place closed at Noël : ECOLE
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Bellowing : AROAR
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Plant also called star-of-Bethlehem : SUMMERSNOWFLAKE
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Earthenware : PLATES
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Every's partner : EACH
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It begins: "Marley was dead ... " : ACHRISTMASCAROL
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Attuned : KEYED
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Feeds the furnace : STOKES
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Largest atoll in the Pacific : CHRISTMASISLAND
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Period like a millennium : AEON
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"___ out the old" : RING
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Desire : EROS
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Man of tales : ELIA
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"___ creature was stirring" : NOTA
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Make comfortable : EASE
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Knoll : HUMP
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Jester : MIME
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Where Kerman is : IRAN
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Planetarium in Philadelphia : FELS
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Santa, to tots : IDOL
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Puerto ___ : RICO
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___ Finklea (Cyd Charisse) : TULA
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Rambles restlessly : GADS
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Tennesseans, for short : VOLS
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Busy people in December : TOYMEN
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Strike it rich : RAKEIN
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Met basso Tajo : ITALO
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Chios, Samos, etc. : IONIA
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Move furtively : SLINK
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Mythical man of brass : TALOS
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Place for a padlock : HASP
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Galba's successor : OTHO
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Pastoral sights : LEAS
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Second Mrs. Chaplin : LITA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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