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New York Times, Wednesday, May 3, 1972

51-Across : Copy, for short

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 31.6
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© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,299
Across
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Colombian peak : HUILA
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He, in Italy : ESSO
10
Inquiry: Abbr. : QUES
14
Modern ailment : ULCER
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Roman 1054 : MLIV
16
Single : UNAL
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Modern fad : SNOWMOBILE
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Belgian river : OISE
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State: Abbr. : KANS
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Unit of work : ERG
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Carried on : RANTED
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Time periods: Abbr. : YRS
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Egyptian deity : PTAH
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Company officers: Abbr. : TRS
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Event for Belshazzar : FEAST
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Handy : USEFUL
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City in Iraq : BASRA
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U.N. initials : USSR
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Matador's meat : TORO
38
Language pupil, at times : RECITER
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Active : ONTHEGO
42
Start of a Kipling trio : ARAG
43
Blind, in falconry : SEEL
45
Tricks : RUSES
46
Flat-bottomed boats : DORIES
48
British track : ASCOT
50
British award : DSO
51
Copy, for short : STAT
52
Kind of TV squad : MOD
55
Like TV dinners : FROZEN
58
Kind of god or horn : TIN
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Dry bed in Africa : WADI
60
French composer : LALO
61
Slippery : ICECOVERED
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Arabian area : OMAN
65
Spare : TIRE
66
Eskimo's castle : IGLOO
67
Anglo-Saxon menial : ESNE
68
Long periods : EONS
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Gazes dreamily : MOONS
Down
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Motive power in Alaska : HUSKY
2
Of a bone : ULNAR
3
Religious images : ICONS
4
Namesakes of writer Wallace : LEWS
5
Limb : ARM
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Parapet gunport : EMBRASURE
7
Snubs : SLIGHTS
8
Yellow ocher : SIL
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Upset : OVERTURN
10
Thule dwelling : QUONSETHUT
11
Segment : UNIT
12
Facility : EASE
13
Alaskan transit medium : SLED
18
Greek mountain : OETA
23
"___ longa ... " : ARS
25
Fuel : PEAT
27
Arctic area, for one : FRIGIDZONE
29
Opponents : FOES
30
Prod : URGE
31
Playwright Anita : LOOS
32
Nail : BRAD
33
Aviation prefix : AERO
34
Cliff : SCAR
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Celestial positions : SOLSTICES
39
Variety of garnet : ESSONITE
41
Pony : TROT
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Part of E.S.T. : EASTERN
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Pilot's course : ESE
49
I sing: Lat. : CANO
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Miss Thomas : MARLO
53
Greek theater : ODEON
54
Antics : DIDOS
55
Arctic sight : FLOE
56
Battering devices : RAMS
57
Pearl Buck heroine : OLAN
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"And away ___" : WEGO
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Half a union : CIO
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One of a threesome : VIM

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3 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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