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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Thursday, April 30, 1981

66-Across : Brooklyn-born Horne

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { B J Q X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 21.6
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,496
Across
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Two-word anagram for tale : ETAL
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Rollick : CAPER
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Cribbage item : CARD
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Light or lighthearted : AIRY
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Shade of green : OLIVE
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Island in Taiwan Strait : AMOY
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Anna of "Nana" : STEN
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Morning, in Metz : MATIN
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Degree of progress : RATE
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Cooper novel about Santa? : THEDEARSLEIGHER
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Pick from the pack : SELECT
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Press one's suit : WOO
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At the summit : TOPMOST
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Conditions : IFS
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Jumbo is one : SIZE
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Spill over : SLOP
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Complement of video : AUDIO
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Connelly play about new clergymen? : THEGREENPASTORS
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Composition by Handel : LARGO
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" ... of thieves": Matt. 21:13 : ADEN
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"The Son ___ Rises," novel re a family awakening? : ALSO
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French king: 888–98 : ODO
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States : ASSERTS
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Do something : ACT
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Shake a leg : HUSTLE
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Chekhov drama about a gay blossom? : THECHEERYORCHID
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Salmagundi : HASH
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Mork from Ork : ALIEN
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Berlin's "He's ___ Picker" : ARAG
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Besides : ELSE
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Skier or fish : KILLY
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Brooklyn-born Horne : LENA
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Inscription on a class ring : YEAR
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Small springs : SEEPS
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"The ___ Tree," Millay poem : PEAR
Down
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Bridge players' positions : EASTS
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Tax of a sort : TITHE
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Staggering : AREEL
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Comedian Paul : LYNDE
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Lethargic; torpid : COMATOSE
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Pteroid : ALAR
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Freestone stones : PITS
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Kind of spirit : EVIL
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Extends a subscription : RENEWS
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Hold contents : CARGO
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Oriental baby sitter : AMAH
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Kyle or Tobin of football fame : ROTE
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Coloring vat : DYER
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Outside: Comb. form : ECT
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Tittles : IOTAS
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Appeals : PLEAS
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Haut ___ (high society) : MONDE
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Happy Hooligan's creator : OPPER
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One on a pedestal : IDOL
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Spruces' kin : FIRS
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Like a C average : SOSO
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Historic town in Normandy : STLO
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"If ___ My Way," 1913 song : IHAD
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___ Mostel, memorable actor : ZERO
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Saki's "The Square ___" : EGG
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Hagen from Gottingen : UTA
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Kitchen intruder : ROACH
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Wayne and Newley : ANTHONYS
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Cuts of halibut : STEAKS
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Big ___, Calif. : SUR
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"God's Little ___," story re an infant with colic? : ACHER
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Tonsure area : SCALP
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Square root of nine : THREE
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Tropical climber : LIANA
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Whodunit writer's award : EDGAR
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Others : THEY
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America's "Martyr Spy" : HALE
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Artificial satellite : ESSA
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Newscaster Abel : ELIE
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Get one's goat : RILE
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Kennel sound : YELP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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