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Jordan S. Lasher
Jordan S. Lasher

New York Times, Friday, August 29, 1975

52-Down : Word of admonition

Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { G J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Jordan S. Lasher has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,512
Across
1
Word of disgust : UMPH
5
Summons to court : CITES
10
Shoo! : SCAT
14
Debauchee : ROUE
15
Make amends : ATONE
16
Unit of pressure : TORR
17
"___ to rise ... " : EARLYTOBEDEARLY
20
In short : BRIEFLY
21
Axis's foes : ALLIES
22
Berber chieftain : CAID
23
Minimally : ATLEAST
24
Came ___ (occurred) : TOPASS
27
Court of Common ___ : PLEAS
28
Where to get soybeans, tiger's milk, etc. : HEALTHFOODSTORE
33
Biter of Cleopatra : ASP
34
"Vive le ___" : ROI
35
Partner of sympathy : TEA
36
Subject of Adam Smith work : WEALTHOFNATIONS
43
Shem's son and namesakes : ARAMS
44
Silk and wool fabric : TINSEY
45
Duncan of dance : ISADORA
48
U. S. engineer : EADS
49
Actor's reading : SCRIPT
50
Removed by melting : ABLATED
53
Coveted virtue : WISDOMOFSOLOMON
56
Venezuelan copper town : AROA
57
After: Fr. : APRES
58
___ of the litter : RUNT
59
Longings : YENS
60
Sign gases : NEONS
61
Baltic native : ESTH
Down
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Actress Mary : URE
2
Biblical kingdom : MOAB
3
Murmuring sound : PURR
4
Coiled : HELICAL
5
Hunter of baseball : CATFISH
6
"___ you so!" : ITOLD
7
Punch-and-Judy dog : TOBY
8
Compass point : ENE
9
Tranquilized : SEDATED
10
Least fresh : STALEST
11
Skin layers : CORIA
12
City on the Rhone : ARLES
13
Rendezvous : TRYST
18
Beer ingredient : YEAST
19
Miss Fitzgerald et al. : ELLAS
23
Lily plant extract : ALOIN
24
Defrost : THAW
25
Platinum wire loop : OESE
26
Hemingway : PAPA
27
Expressions of disdain : POOFS
29
___ to Z : FROMA
30
Siouans : OTOS
31
Descartes : RENE
32
Simple : EASY
37
Pretentious ones : LADIDAS
38
Change: Prefix : TROPO
39
Actress Elizabeth : HARTMAN
40
___ for words : ATALOSS
41
Kind of wave or basin : TIDAL
42
Awaiting : INSTORE
45
___ off base (strays far) : ISWAY
46
___ facias (judicial writ) : SCIRE
47
Pyromaniac's crime : ARSON
48
Buddy of TV : EBSEN
50
Hair style : AFRO
51
Ostrich's relatives : EMUS
52
Word of admonition : DONT
54
Unclose, to poets : OPE
55
___ degree : NTH

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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