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Chet Currier
Chet Currier

New York Times, Monday, October 4, 1976

52-Across : ___ up (clinch)

Author:
Chet Currier
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.59, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Chet Currier has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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G
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A
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M
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F
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E
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W
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Y
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A
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P
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A
G
A
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S
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S
I
T
U
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P
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S
U
R
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R
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G
E
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I
N
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R
O
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A
M
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D
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B
R
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G
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H
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S
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R
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Z
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O
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T
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T
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S
T
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L
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A
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P
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L
I
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N
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A
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S
L
O
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W
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E
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R
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A
V
A
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S
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N
A
S
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T
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A
R
I
D
E
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D
A
Y
L
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I
G
H
T
S
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A
V
I
N
G
S
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L
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P
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A
R
A
B
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S
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E
L
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S
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E
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O
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A
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L
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S
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C
E
N
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T
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S
E
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W
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T
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A
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X
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D
A
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R
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K
H
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R
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S
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E
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S
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E
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R
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E
C
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L
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I
N
T
O
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C
R
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G
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D
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M
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D
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T
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C
T
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H
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Y
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S
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M
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P
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,914
Across
1
Actress Rita : GAM
4
Partner of far between : FEW
7
Bark : YAP
10
Turkish titles : AGAS
12
Certain exercise : SITUP
14
Word with fire or thing : SURE
15
State of ire : RAGE
16
Beginning, for short : INTRO
17
During : AMID
18
Noon at the Loch : BRIGHTNESS
20
Demolish : RAZE
21
Cereal grain : OAT
22
Kind of tube : TEST
24
Sometime body part : LAP
27
Director Wertmuller : LINA
30
More deliberate : SLOWER
34
Gardner et al. : AVAS
36
U.S. cartoonist : NAST
38
Take for ___ : ARIDE
39
Noon at the bank : DAYLIGHTSAVINGS
42
Illuminated : LITUP
43
Dhow occupant : ARAB
44
Hot or county : SEAT
45
Kay Thompson's girl : ELOISE
47
Kind of exam : ORAL
49
Certain prom-goers: Abbr. : SRS
50
Change unit : CENT
52
___ up (clinch) : SEW
54
After-theater cry : TAXI
57
Midnight in the stable : DARKHORSES
63
Qualify for a W2 : EARN
64
Pierre's school : ECOLE
65
"___ the jaws of death ... " : INTO
66
Rugged rock : CRAG
67
Like St. Paul's : DOMED
68
Social art : TACT
69
Shouting word : HEY
70
Ervin : SAM
71
Light units: Abbr. : PHS
Down
1
Raiment : GARB
2
Gelling agent : AGAR
3
Crèche figures : MAGI
4
One from Helsinki : FINN
5
Diminutive suffix : ETTE
6
Knack or wiener : WURST
7
Indian of West : YUMA
8
Neighbor of Nev. : ARIZ
9
Suffix for centi : PEDE
11
Western lily : SEGO
12
Kind of duck : SITTING
13
Affectations : POSES
14
Early Faulkner novel : SARTORIS
19
Prince ___ : HAL
23
Bulgar, for one : SLAV
24
Dipper : LADLE
25
Effective use : AVAIL
26
"___ the order of ... " : PAYTO
28
Okinawa city : NAHA
29
Word with naut or physics : ASTRO
31
Hock and port : WINES
32
Verse-writer Guest : EDGAR
33
Takes a break : RESTS
35
Flowing through a floodgate : SLUICING
37
Nicholas, e.g. : TSAR
40
___ dixit : IPSE
41
Embarrassed : ABASHED
46
Closed : ENDED
48
Zodiac sign : LEO
51
Fast-food items : TACOS
53
Court order : WRIT
54
Georgia ___ : TECH
55
Swiss river : AARE
56
Physician's aid : XRAY
58
Caesar's city : ROMA
59
Baseball umpire Bill : KLEM
60
Quick noise : SNAP
61
Do art work : ETCH
62
Heavy imbibers : SOTS

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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