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Warren W. Reich
Warren W. Reich

PHYSICIANS' FINDINGS

New York Times, Sunday, February 26, 1989

79-Down : How the Niagara flows

Author:
Warren W. Reich
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 540 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 119, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Warren W. Reich has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,355
Across
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Part of the pinna : LOBE
5
A savory jelly : ASPIC
10
Soviet range : URALS
15
Reveal secrets : BLAB
19
Mangle : IRON
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Greek letter : THETA
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Generally valid : NOMIC
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Mezzanine section : LOGE
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Unprepared : FLATFOOTED
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Sedate : COOLHEADED
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Spates : TORRENTS
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Like lager : MALTY
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"Golden" songs : OLDIES
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Film comic Roscoe : ATES
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Aegean island : TENOS
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Sotto ___ : VOCE
34
Wielded : PLIED
36
Indian police station : THANA
37
Left : SINISTER
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Comminute : GRIND
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Susceptible : THINSKINNED
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Dockers' org. : ILA
45
Troubles : AILS
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Psychic : SEER
47
New Look man : DIOR
48
Old Irish alphabet : OGAM
49
Gelid : ICY
50
Obdurate : HARDNOSED
54
Thai coins : BAHTS
55
Send transient images : TELEVISE
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Billingsgate : ABUSE
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Stitch : BASTE
60
Pax, to Praxiteles : IRENE
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Catkin : AMENT
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Line on a letter : SERIF
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"Ay, ___ inch a king": Shak. : EVERY
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The Indian, for one : OCEAN
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Idleness : OTIOSITY
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Malayan palm : ARECA
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In flagrante delicto : REDHANDED
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Poseidon's realm : SEA
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Cause for a lawsuit : TORT
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Cannes evening : SOIR
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___ fixe : IDEE
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Puchero, e.g. : STEW
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Pindar product : ODE
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Fatuitous : HAREBRAINED
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Parts of some hammers : PEENS
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Extremely old-fashioned : MEDIEVAL
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Rags-to-riches author : ALGER
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Electric catfish : RAADS
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Balanchine ballet : AGON
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Hand measures : SPANS
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Monsieur's egg : OEUF
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Book for a first grader : PRIMER
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Kind of acid : AMINO
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Applauds : ACCLAIMS
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Excitable : HOTBLOODED
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Munificent : BIGHEARTED
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One of the Near Islands : ATTU
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Ariz.'s Mo or Stu : UDALL
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Earl Anthony's milieu : LANES
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Spanish demonstrative : ESTA
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Brit. decorations : DSOS
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Ill-natured : SURLY
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Arabian princes : EMIRS
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Castle : ROOK
Down
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Swipe : LIFT
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Flat plinth : ORLO
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Adonis's killer : BOAR
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Boards a Pullman : ENTRAINS
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Made amends : ATONED
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Injections : SHOTS
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Darlings : PETS
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Canaan follower : ITE
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Of the founder of Thebes : CADMEAN
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Reveal : UNCLOAK
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Haley book : ROOTS
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Xiamen, formerly : AMOY
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Mae West role : LIL
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Tall glass for beer : SCHOONER
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Cutlers' products : BLADES
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N.J. city : LODI
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"A Death in the Family" author : AGEE
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Spots for bulbs : BEDS
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Gave a party for : FETED
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Spanish epic hero : ELCID
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Jillian and Rutherford : ANNS
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Unkind kind of degree : THIRD
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"In ___ veritas" : VINO
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Word with tag or war : PRICE
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Pusillanimous : LILYLIVERED
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Yonder : THERE
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Insinuating : SNIDE
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Parsimonious : TIGHTFISTED
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Buck up : ELATE
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Super Bowl team: 1980 : RAMS
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Trot or lope : GAIT
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Josh : TEASE
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What i.e. stands for : IDEST
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Like Rudolph's nose : SHINY
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Parched one's paradise : OASIS
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Dubbed : NAMED
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Voodoo fetish : OBEAH
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Moslem law : SUNNA
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Pressure: Comb. form : BARO
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Upright : ERECT
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Actress Ralston : VERA
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Both, in Bonn : BEIDE
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Caustic : ACERB
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Bucephalus was one : STEED
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Molder : ERODE
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Mirador : ORIEL
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More bizarre : ODDER
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Adolescents : TEENS
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Veers away : YAWS
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First half of the alphabet : ATOM
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Low cards in pinochle : NINES
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Flavorful : SAVOROUS
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Algerian port : ORAN
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Mariner : SEAFARER
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German philosopher: 1770-1831 : HEGEL
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How the Niagara flows : RAPIDLY
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Actor Rachins : ALAN
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Despicable : IGNOBLE
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The second Mrs. Tanqueray : PAULA
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Metrical foot : IAMBUS
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Pupils' delight : RECESS
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Whiff : SMELL
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Relative of sienna : OCHER
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Star in Ursa Major : PHAD
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Deteriorates : ROTS
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"Tell ___ the Marines!" : ITTO
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Jewish month : ADAR
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Hindu fire god : AGNI
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"Wishing will make ___" : ITSO
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"Take ___ your leader" : METO
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Neighbor of Wyo. : SDAK
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"___ mein holder Abendstern," Wagner aria : ODU
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"___ no orator ... ": Shak. : IAM

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2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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