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C. J. Angio
C. J. Angio

New York Times, Thursday, July 10, 1980

5-Across : Like a bump on ___

Author:
C. J. Angio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 12, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 27.8
C. J. Angio has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,202
Across
1
Equine's ankle : HOCK
5
Like a bump on ___ : ALOG
9
Occident : WEST
13
Will-___-wisp : OTHE
14
Macadamize : PAVE
15
Highest voice part, in music : CANTO
16
Protestant group in Northern Ireland : ORANGEMEN
18
Self-evident truth : AXIOM
19
They were seldom left at post : PONYEXPRESS
21
Flounder's relative : DAB
22
Whalers' social visit : GAM
23
Give ___ whirl : ITA
25
"Queen of the Adriatic": Abbr. : VEN
26
Native of city in which Aristotle died : CHALCIDIAN
33
Have aches and pains : AIL
34
Brazilian parrot : ARARA
35
Lunar valley : RILLE
36
Dry cleaner's concern : PRESSINGPROBLEM
39
Not mounted, as a diamond : UNSET
40
"___ is an island" : NOMAN
41
Número ___ : UNO
42
Compositions with rural themes : PASTORALES
44
Suffix with malt : OSE
45
Library treasures : ANA
46
"Exodus" hero : ARI
47
N.R.A. proponent : FDR
50
The first ones last : IMPRESSIONS
57
Great northern divers : LOONS
59
Like a prefabricated house : SECTIONAL
60
Garden of ___ : ALLAH
61
Fodder plant : TARE
62
One of Clark's co-stars : LANA
63
Donjon : KEEP
64
Place needing urban renewal : SLUM
65
Jack ___, film heavy : ELAM
Down
1
Larry Bird's target : HOOP
2
Other, in Toledo : OTRO
3
Constant : CHANGELESS
4
Native of Nairobi : KENYAN
5
Top : APEX
6
Word with bridge or street : LAMP
7
Finished : OVER
8
Wilder : GENE
9
Polish : WAX
10
Author Bagnold : ENID
11
It has pillars and a wall : STOA
12
Sepulcher : TOMB
15
Rigid; strong : CASTIRON
17
Columbia, in a song : GEM
20
Start of Virginia's motto : SIC
24
Star in Draco : ADIB
25
Lisi : VIRNA
26
Dernier ___ (latest fashion) : CRI
27
McKinley adviser : HANNA
28
Crude tartar : ARGOL
29
"___ in soft Lydian airs" : LAPME
30
Deceptive; misleading : ILLUSIONAL
31
Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
32
Nobody, to Nero : NEMO
33
"Since Hector was ___" : APUP
34
Fill with sudden wonder : ASTONISH
37
Bristle : SETA
38
Headland : RAS
43
Butter at Fordham : RAM
44
Batter at Baltimore : ORIOLE
46
Faulkner's "___ Lay Dying" : ASI
47
Bane of bombers : FLAK
48
Also-ran in 1976 and early in 1980 : DOLE
49
Histrion's quest : ROLE
51
Sounds seeking silence : PSTS
52
Opposite of 30 Down : REAL
53
Light tan : ECRU
54
Make headway against : STEM
55
Dog in "Peter Pan" : NANA
56
Review given to a turkey : SLAM
58
Downy surface : NAP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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