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New York Times, Monday, December 17, 1973

50-Down : Chest X-ray instruction

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,892
Across
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Light source : LAMP
5
Fence supports : POSTS
10
Summit : ACME
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Copper center of Venezuela : AROA
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Ward off : AVERT
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Semitic deity : BAAL
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Type of bridge : CANTILEVER
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River of Spain : EBRO
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Stigma : STAIN
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Make merry : REVEL
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Venice canals : RII
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Educational group: Abbr. : NEA
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Situated on a river bank : RIPARIAN
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Phoenician goddess : ASTARTE
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Peking name : MAO
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American poet : POE
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Rod Laver servings : TENNISBALLS
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German river : OHRE
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Lurk : SKULK
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Expensive : DEAR
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Articles of food : COMESTIBLES
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Aunt, in Aragon : TIA
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Gershwin : IRA
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Signs up : ENLISTS
51
Famous : RENOWNED
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Bring forth young : EAN
57
High note : ELA
58
East Indian palms : NIPAS
60
"___ were the days" : THOSE
64
Billings or Golden : GATE
66
Certain banquets : LOVEFEASTS
68
Sweetsop : ATES
69
Edinburgh, poetically : EDINA
70
Meadows : LEAS
71
W. W. II road : LEDO
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Hurry!, in olden days : SESSA
73
Italian family : ESTE
Down
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Varnish ingredients : LACS
2
Smell ___ : ARAT
3
Passage off Puerto Rico : MONA
4
Aura : PATINA
5
Buddy : PAL
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Ended : OVER
7
Divide : SEVER
8
Famous fountain : TREVI
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Kind of sore throat : STREP
10
Lincoln : ABE
11
Carriages : CABRIOLETS
12
Black ___ : MARIA
13
Conceal goods: Var. : ELOIN
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Sluggish : INERT
22
Elia : LAMB
25
Nuclear experiment : ATEST
27
Electric catfish : RAAD
28
Four Horsemen's milieu: Abbr. : APOC
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London district : SOHO
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Closed : TERMINATED
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Sumerian god : ENKI
35
Gist : NUB
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That: Lat. : ILLE
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Greek theater area : SKENE
38
Milk: Fr. : LAIT
39
Spanish titles : SRAS
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Saarinen : EERO
45
Cut : SAWN
46
Roofing material : SLATE
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Chest X-ray instruction : INHALE
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Stately : REGAL
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Exhilarate : ELATE
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Ohio city : NILES
54
Form of lyric poem : EPODE
55
Confederate President : DAVIS
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Javits and Bayh: Abbr. : SENS
61
Chemical sugars : OSES
62
Office copy, for short : STAT
63
Common Latin word : ESSE
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Inner: Prefix : ESO
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U. S. air agency : FAA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 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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