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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Monday, February 2, 1981

44-Down : Word after pig

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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P
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P
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,409
Across
1
These are attached to femurs : HIPS
5
"___ of snow-white horses" : ATEAM
10
Chooses : OPTS
14
Draft status : ONEA
15
Irish port, for short : DERRY
16
British antitank gun : PIAT
17
Predictors on Feb. 2 : GROUNDHOGS
19
Make goo-goo eyes : OGLE
20
Non-Mormons, to Mormons : GENTILES
21
Butt : TARGET
23
Robert ___ of the C.S.A. : ELEE
24
Cheerful little earful : DITTY
25
"___ nous le déluge" : APRES
27
Weatherman's unit of pressure : MICROBAR
30
Pleased expressions : GRINS
31
___ Peninsula : SINAI
32
Long's longtime follower : AGO
33
Balcony section : LOGE
34
Kind of colony : PENAL
35
Parts of TV sets : SCRS
36
"Unaccustomed ___ am ... " : ASI
37
Aussie tennis star : LAVER
38
___ Peak : PIKES
39
False teeth : DENTURES
41
Billiard stroke : MASSE
42
Actor Alan from N.Y.C. : ARKIN
43
Flue coating : SOOT
44
Homes of some braves : TEPEES
46
"Man ___ fruit, but I must climb the tree": G. Herbert : STOLETHE
50
Bitter herb : ALOE
51
One ill at ease in fine clothes : HOGINARMOR
53
A Chase : ILKA
54
A Lauder : ESTEE
55
A Turner : LANA
56
Kentish freedman : LAET
57
Impertinent : SASSY
58
Chemical suffixes : YNES
Down
1
Scottish poet: 1770-1835 : HOGG
2
Dictator's phrase : INRE
3
Hacienda hand : PEON
4
Table wine : SAUTERNE
5
Confounds or confuses : ADDLES
6
Giggle : TEHEE
7
God of love : EROS
8
S.A. country : ARG
9
Like William Blake's style : MYSTICAL
10
Portuguese seaport : OPORTO
11
Hauls truck trailers on freight cars : PIGGYBACKS
12
Hawthorne creation : TALE
13
Galley word : STET
18
McKinley's birthplace in Ohio : NILES
22
Longfellow's "The Bell of ___" : ATRI
24
Money in Baghdad : DINAR
25
End of a Stein line : AROSE
26
Item for a reckless buyer : PIGINAPOKE
27
Colorado School of ___ : MINES
28
Jibe : AGREE
29
First female director of U.S. Mint : ROSS
30
Antithesis of sad : GLAD
31
Dicer's natural : SEVEN
34
Counties in La. : PARISHES
35
Affectionate : SISTERLY
37
Paul's friend : LUKE
38
City SSW of Kansas City : PAOLA
40
Frost's "___ My Window" : TREEAT
41
Cardinal of Detroit fame : MOONEY
43
Swine's confines : STIES
44
Word after pig : TAIL
45
Poet ___ Wheeler Wilcox : ELLA
46
Cpls. bosses : SGTS
47
Counterfeiter catcher : TMAN
48
Use a whetstone : HONE
49
Christian and Caesarean : ERAS
52
Explorer Johnson : OSA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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