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Jordan S. Lasher
New York Times, Saturday, November 23, 1974
23-Across : Boring tool
Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 48, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 22, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Jordan S. Lasher has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 B | 3 R | 4 A | 5 C | 6 A | 7 D | 8 A | 9 B | 10 R | 11 A |
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12 A | C | C | U | M | U | L | A | T | I | O | N |
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13 G | A | T | H | E | R | I | N | G | M | O | S | S |
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14 B | A | C | H | 15 A | R | U | G | 16 L | A | W |
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17 S | E | T | H | 18 F | 19 A | M | E | S | 20 D | O | C | E |
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21 S | T | E | E | 22 P | E | D | 23 A | U | G | E | R |
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24 S | A | D | N | O | T | E | 25 S | 26 P | R | E | Y | S | ||
27 S | E | N | A | 28 T | O | R | ||||||||
29 S | 30 P | 31 I | E | D | 32 G | E | L | A | 33 T | 34 I | 35 N | 36 S |
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37 A | O | R | T | A | 38 M | A | Y | O | R | A | L |
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39 S | L | E | Y | 40 O | 41 S | 42 C | A | R | 43 R | O | P | Y |
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44 L | A | C | 45 A | L | L | A | 46 E | T | N | A | ||||
47 I | C | E | 48 C | R | E | A | M | 49 C | 50 O | N | E | S | ||
51 M | E | D | I | C | I | N | E | B | A | G | S | |||
52 P | R | E | S | E | N | T | I | S | T | S |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,233
Across
1
Magical incantation : ABRACADABRA
12
Amassment : ACCUMULATION
13
Nonrolling stone's activity, presumably : GATHERINGMOSS
14
Famous fuguist : BACH
15
... as a bug in ___ : ARUG
16
Darrow's field : LAW
17
Son of Adam : SETH
18
Reputations : FAMES
20
Twelve, in Spain : DOCE
21
Brewed tea : STEEPED
23
Boring tool : AUGER
24
Unhappy endings : SADNOTES
26
Quarries : PREYS
27
D. C. man : SENATOR
29
Saw : SPIED
32
Low-calorie desserts : GELATINS
37
Blood vessel : AORTA
38
Kind of city election : MAYORAL
39
Weaver's reed : SLEY
40
Hollywood trophy : OSCAR
43
Viscous : ROPY
44
Fond du ___ : LAC
45
___ breve : ALLA
46
Volcano : ETNA
47
Scooped treats : ICECREAMCONES
51
First-aid kits of a sort : MEDICINEBAGS
52
Certain Apocalypse believers : PRESENTISTS
Down
1
Arthritis drug : ACTH
2
Unit of bananas: Abbr. : BCH
3
Regret : RUE
4
Father of Moses : AMRAM
5
Cook, in France : CUIRE
6
Alder genus : ALNUS
7
Pistol: Var. : DAGG
8
Air: Abbr. : ATM
9
High-school subject : BIOLOGY
10
Architectural ornaments : ROSACES
11
Part of Q. and A. : ANSWER
12
City near Cologne : AACHEN
13
Like some fences : GATED
14
Greek letter : BETA
17
Draft initials : SSS
18
Paid tribute to : FETED
19
Post of Yemen : ADEN
20
Owed : DUE
22
___ question (ask) : POSEA
23
Imposing group : ARRAY
25
Droop : SAG
26
Bear or ice cap : POLAR
28
Musical subject : TEMA
29
One who comforts : SOLACER
30
Antedate : PRECEDE
31
Noun suffix : ITY
33
Rich pastries : TORTES
34
Fetters : IRONS
35
Calif. wine valley : NAPA
36
Cunning : SLY
37
___ as a wet rag : ASLIMP
40
Liquid in fat : OLEIN
41
Opinion : SLANT
42
"I ___ saw, I conquered" : CAMEI
45
Maple tree: Sp. : ARCE
46
Wankel et al.: Abbr. : ENGS
48
On the near side: Prefix : CIS
49
TV network : CBS
50
Cereal grain : OAT
Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 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.