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Jordan S. Lasher
Jordan S. Lasher

New York Times, Wednesday, May 25, 1977

59-Across : Medium's somnolent state

Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Jordan S. Lasher has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,147
Across
1
Revile : RAILAT
7
Frenchman's wherewithal : FRANCS
13
Shine, as leather : BURNISH
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Vacation spot : RESORT
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___ cordiale : ENTENTE
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Breakfast fare : OATMEAL
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Roman 52 : LII
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Horned problem : DILEMMA
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Actress Joanne : DRU
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"Meet Me ___ Louis, Louis" : INST
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Monthly payments : RENTS
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Latvian : LETT
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Feminine endings : ETTES
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Ziegfeld : FLO
29
"Inferno" poet : DANTE
30
"Crime ___ pay" : DOESNOT
32
Magicians' words : PRESTOS
34
Josip Broz : TITO
35
Cables: Abbr. : TELS
36
Fully informed : ONTOPOF
39
"Ship ___": Porter : OFFOOLS
43
___ Caesar (Caligula) : CAIUS
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Windy City player : CUB
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Principle : TENET
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Intimation : HINT
48
Terminal : DEPOT
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Expensive : DEAR
51
Dec. 24, e.g. : EVE
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Bennett Cerf was one : PUNSTER
54
Bikini part : BRA
55
Laboratory chemical : REAGENT
57
A horse was their undoing : TROJANS
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Medium's somnolent state : TRANCE
60
Processes of diffusion : OSMOSES
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King Ahasuerus's queen : ESTHER
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Scant : MEAGER
Down
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Meet by chance : RUNINTO
2
Skillful dancer : ARTISTE
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Beethoven's "Third ___ Flat Major" : INE
4
Soprano Jenny : LIND
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Moving : ASTIR
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Place in which this entry appears : THELEFTOFCENTER
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How this entry runs : FROMTOPTOBOTTOM
8
Oodles : REAMS
9
Thin Man's dog : ASTA
10
___ de plume : NOM
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Confiding; believing : CREDENT
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From ___ finish (completely) : STARTTO
13
Misrepresented : BELIED
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Pear-shaped instruments : LUTES
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Made bigger: Abbr. : ENL
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Make a trial run : TESTOUT
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Caught a dogie : LASSOED
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Cuts the hedges : SNIPS
29
Glazed pottery : DELFT
31
Siouan : OTO
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Third man in the ring : REF
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Yellow pigment : OCHER
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Artlessness : NAIVETE
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Nonlisteners' afflictions : TINEARS
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Advance on a balk : ONEBASE
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Apprentice : LEARNER
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Jeweler's paste : STRASS
45
High times : UPS
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Corner stander : DUNCE
49
Succinct : TERSE
52
Phnom ___, Cambodian capital : PENH
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City in Italia : ROMA
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Mobster's rod : GAT
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Engage in a popular exercise : JOG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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