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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Tuesday, December 25, 1979

20-Across : Exercised a franchise

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Grid flow: 24.0
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 11,004
Across
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Benedictine's garb : COWL
5
Squawfish : CHUB
9
Courteous interruption : AHEM
13
Drug-yielding plant : ALOE
14
Buffalo's ___ Theater : ARENA
15
Cathedral area : NAVE
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She asked The (N.Y.) Sun: "Is there a Santa Claus?" : VIRGINIAOHANLON
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Imperil : ENDANGER
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Exercised a franchise : VOTED
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Very, in Versailles : TRES
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Salver : TRAY
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More ostentatious : ARTIER
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Turkey ___ : TROT
28
Jiffy : SEC
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Ancient tyrant : NERO
32
Letter before iota : THETA
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Actor Holbrook : HAL
34
Character changed by spirits at Yuletide : EBENEZERSCROOGE
38
Old Sol : SUN
39
City where sherry was originated : XERES
40
Vincent Lopez's theme song : NOLA
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Hissed reproof : TST
42
Whittle : PARE
43
Restraint : FETTER
45
Depend : RELY
46
Sound of discouragement : SIGH
47
Everyday : USUAL
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Gift for a bride : LINGERIE
54
Largest Pacific atoll : CHRISTMASISLAND
57
Actress Nettleton : LOIS
58
Coolidge and Moreno : RITAS
59
"___/To check the erring": Wordsworth : AROD
60
Semicircular recess : APSE
61
Skater's spinning leap : AXEL
62
Far from few : MANY
Down
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Primeval abode : CAVE
2
Musicologist Downes : OLIN
3
Tidings : WORD
4
It ranks below an embassy : LEGATION
5
Bergman's "___ and Whispers" : CRIES
6
Attend : HEAR
7
Número ___ : UNO
8
Exclamation from 34 Across : BAH
9
Vex : ANNOY
10
Sentry's command : HALT
11
"Whoopee!" in ancient Greece : EVOE
12
Do some darning : MEND
14
Cause of cross words : ANGER
17
Anent : INRE
18
Incarnation : AVATAR
22
Part of a switch : TRESS
23
Corps created in 1916 : ROTC
24
"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
25
O.G.U.R.Y.Y. is one : REBUS
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E. C. Bentley's sleuth : TRENT
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Magi number : THREE
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New growth : SHOOT
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Figure on a quarter : EAGLE
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Weather forecast : CLEAR
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Bill ___ of baseball's Hall of Fame : TERRY
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Exercises a principal's prerogative : EXPELS
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Fervor : ZEAL
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Fleeing from the Feds : ONTHELAM
43
Relative of omega : FINIS
44
Roe : EGGS
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Hike, as taxes : RAISE
46
Material for rope : SISAL
47
Rival of U.S.C. : UCLA
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Busy place at Yuletide : SHOP
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Author of "QB VII" : URIS
50
Like some editions : LATE
51
___ avis : RARA
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Get ___ the ground floor : INON
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Jeanette's Nelson : EDDY
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Refrain syllable : TRA
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Jumble : MIX

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