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Chet Currier
Chet Currier

New York Times, Monday, June 23, 1975

5-Down : Sickly-looking

Author:
Chet Currier
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Chet Currier has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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L
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B
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P
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C
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T
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D
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L
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H
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R
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K
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A
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D
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R
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I
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Y
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W
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X
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D
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A
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G
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N
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T
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P
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R
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S
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R
V
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E
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S
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R
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A
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D
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G
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D
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C
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M
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B
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O
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T
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I
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S
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M
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H
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N
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K
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S
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O
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F
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F
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O
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G
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A
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S
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P
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T
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U
R
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S
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Y
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R
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P
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,445
Across
1
Stone units : SLABS
6
"Pease porridge in ___ ... " : APOT
10
Kind of pick or skate : ICE
13
Royal headwear : TIARA
14
Glacial trough : DORR
15
Kind of road or call : TOLL
16
Mass. town : ATHOL
17
Church part : APSE
18
Peregrinate : ROAM
19
Did a dealer's job : RESOLD
21
Parts of seaplanes : PONTOONS
23
Hebrew measure : KOR
24
Town of Austria : ANDAU
25
Carrier : RAILWAY
29
Certain Slavs : SERBS
31
Paris suburb : ISSY
32
Floor covering : WAX
34
Mekong or Mississippi : DELTA
36
Jack's victim : GIANT
38
___ diem : PER
40
Be of use : SERVE
42
Indonesian cape : SABRA
44
Sarcastic remark : DIG
46
Recurring bestseller subject : DIET
47
Fragment : CRUMB
49
External : OUTWARD
51
Bakery workers : ICERS
53
Farrow : MIA
54
Word for a custom-made sweater : HANDKNIT
57
Begin a trip : SETOFF
61
Cassini : OLEG
62
Notion : IDEA
64
Junipero ___ : SERRA
65
Hors d'oeuvre spread : PATE
66
Tissue layer : TELA
67
Kind of area or renewal : URBAN
68
Draft org. : SSS
69
French river : YSER
70
Attention-getting sounds : PSSTS
Down
1
Sapphire feature : STAR
2
Mineral suffix : LITE
3
Relatives of oohs : AAHS
4
Roebling masterpiece : BROOKLYNBRIDGE
5
Sickly-looking : SALLOW
6
Nabokov work : ADA
7
Family member, informally : POPPA
8
Bean and Welles : ORSONS
9
Followed a general course : TRENDED
10
Decimal number : IOOO
11
Family : CLAN
12
"Desire under the ___" : ELMS
15
What 4 Down crosses, perhaps : TROUBLEDWATERS
20
Kind of poker : DRAW
22
Noxious weeds : TARES
25
Outfit : RIG
26
Fire-sale tag phrase : ASIS
27
Newton or Stern : ISAAC
28
Dog sound : YAP
30
Narrow groove : STRIA
33
Crossed out : XED
35
Assert : AVER
37
Pickup : TRUCK
39
Brazilian port : RIO
41
Airport board abbr. : ETD
43
Agreeable quality : AMENITY
45
___ up (botches) : GUMS
48
Wedding members : BRIDES
50
Monopolizes : TIESUP
52
Stone pillar : STELE
54
Short trips : HOPS
55
Word of rue : ALAS
56
Goalies' domains : NETS
58
Eyes : ORBS
59
Greek-letter org. : FRAT
60
Bleacherites : FANS
63
Swiss river : AAR

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