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Chet Currier
Chet Currier

New York Times, Friday, August 20, 1976

54-Down : Electrical unit

Author:
Chet Currier
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Chet Currier has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 6 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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C
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C
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S
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S
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A
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R
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G
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M
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A
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M
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I
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E
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O
R
A
14
P
O
T
O
O
15
O
L
A
N
D
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M
E
N
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I
N
T
O
W
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N
O
I
R
E
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B
E
D
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B
U
G
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K
I
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N
G
S
M
E
N
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O
P
C
I
T
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O
I
L
E
R
S
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A
S
E
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L
E
D
G
E
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P
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A
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D
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P
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O
S
H
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A
D
O
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A
L
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S
A
C
E
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I
N
T
O
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R
E
F
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I
T
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T
W
I
N
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P
U
L
P
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I
T
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T
R
E
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A
N
D
Y
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E
S
E
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N
I
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C
H
E
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O
R
B
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I
S
S
U
E
S
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P
E
R
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I
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L
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K
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N
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I
G
H
T
L
Y
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V
E
R
O
N
A
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H
A
D
N
O
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L
E
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T
O
N
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K
E
N
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A
M
E
E
R
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E
A
R
L
S
61
E
R
G
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F
E
A
S
T
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D
R
A
T
64
R
T
E
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,869
Across
1
Volume measures: Abbr. : CCS
4
Puppeteer : SARG
8
White House name : MAMIE
13
Anglo-Saxon money : ORA
14
Bird of S.A. : POTOO
15
Island of Sweden : OLAND
16
Ship's crew : MEN
17
Being led along : INTOW
18
Bête-___ : NOIRE
19
Domestic pest : BEDBUG
21
Humpty Dumpty's supporting cast : KINGSMEN
23
Certain footnote : OPCIT
24
N.F.L. team : OILERS
25
Enzyme suffix : ASE
26
Narrow perch : LEDGE
27
Football player's wear : PAD
30
Sumptuous : POSH
32
Fuss : ADO
33
___-Lorraine : ALSACE
35
Preposition : INTO
36
Fix up : REFIT
38
Duplicate : TWIN
39
Jack's place : PULPIT
41
Italian three : TRE
42
Jackson, for short : ANDY
43
Suffix for Peking : ESE
44
Suitable spot : NICHE
46
Eye : ORB
47
Op-ed page concerns : ISSUES
48
Situation for Pauline : PERIL
51
Up to Camelot standards : KNIGHTLY
54
Shakespeare setting : VERONA
55
"I ___ idea" : HADNO
56
Acknowledge : LETON
58
Understanding : KEN
59
Turkish title : AMEER
60
British titles : EARLS
61
Work unit : ERG
62
Celebration : FEAST
63
Restrained expletive : DRAT
64
Map abbr. : RTE
Down
1
Jazz group : COMBO
2
Emulate ivy : CREEP
3
Ephemeral edifice : SANDCASTLE
4
Solomon's output : SONG
5
Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
6
Sports award : ROOKIEOFTHEYEAR
7
Get out of hand : GOWILD
8
Uncertain blend : MONGREL
9
At ___ for words : ALOSS
10
Disfigure : MAIM
11
Business-letter notation : INRE
12
Place of innocence : EDEN
14
Western Indian : PIUTE
20
Church official : BISHOP
22
Cancel out : NEGATE
24
Shoppe word : OLDE
27
Trader of a sort : PAWNBROKER
28
It turns litmus paper red : ACID
29
Turn down : DENY
30
___ dream : PIPE
31
Burden : ONUS
32
Renoir, e.g. : ARTIST
34
Conspicuous onlooker : STARER
37
Stirs up : IRES
40
Summing-up words : INSHORT
45
Selected : CULLED
46
Makes the first bid : OPENS
47
Fires, to Livy : IGNES
49
Kind of gas : INERT
50
Actress Hope : LANGE
51
Town of Iran : KHAF
52
Identify : NAME
53
Mental image : IDEA
54
Electrical unit : VOLT
57
Musical syllable : TRA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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