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Jordan S. Lasher
Jordan S. Lasher

New York Times, Friday, April 11, 1975

52-Down : Early rabbi

Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 40.1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jordan S. Lasher has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,372
Across
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Korean coin : CHON
5
"To fetch ___ of water" : APAIL
10
Area measure: Abbr. : SQFT
14
Debauchee : ROUE
15
Abzug : BELLA
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San ___ Obispo : LUIS
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Broken : OUTOFORDER
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Role for a diva : AIDA
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Seaver or Namath : PRO
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Broken : OUTOFKILTER
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To's partner : FRO
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Office worker : STENO
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Dried off : TOWELED
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Runyon et al. : DAMONS
34
Cheers : RAHS
35
Facial features : LIPS
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"All ___ gold that glitters" : ISNOT
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Cool ___ cucumber : ASA
40
Broken : SMASHED
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Numerical prefix : TRI
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Pronouncements : DICTA
45
Perjurer : LIAR
46
Warner Oland role : CHAN
47
Glacial ridges : ESKERS
49
Most like the old mare : GRAYEST
51
Right-hand page : RECTO
54
Tennis shot : LOB
55
Broken : INOPERATIVE
60
Roman 52 : LII
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Bistro : CAFE
64
Broken : ONTHEFRITZ
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Soon : ANON
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___ a time : ONEAT
68
Don Juan's mother : INEZ
69
Loll : LAZE
70
Colleagues, Western style : PARDS
71
All right : OKAY
Down
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Harvest yield : CROP
2
Noon or midnight : HOUR
3
Broken : OUTOFWHACK
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Recent: Prefix : NEO
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Ben Adhem : ABOU
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Impudent : PERT
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Actor Ray et al. : ALDOS
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"___ my heart in ... " : ILEFT
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Frolicked : LARKED
10
Ski events : SLALOMS
11
Leave : QUIT
12
Bona ___ : FIDE
13
Dictator : TSAR
18
Deceive : FOOL
22
Grant-___ : INAID
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In medias ___ : RES
26
Vocation : TRADE
27
Desert spot : OASIS
28
Shade tree : ELM
29
Telephone part : DIAL
31
Broken : ONTHEBLINK
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Mrs. Charles and Mrs. Helmer : NORAS
33
Work assignment : STINT
36
Greek letter : PSI
37
Carpet style : SHAG
40
Garment for a ranee : SAREE
41
Go astray : ERR
44
Chemical hydrocarbon : TERPENE
46
Young persons' assn. : CYO
48
Sound of rustling silk : SCROOP
50
Hebrew letter : ALEF
52
Early rabbi : TANNA
53
Aquatic mammal : OTTER
55
Adjective suffix : ICAL
56
Zola novel : NANA
57
"The Wizard ___" : OFOZ
58
"If ___ a million ... " : IHAD
59
Fido's doctors : VETS
61
Willow : ITEA
62
Man's nickname : IZZY
65
___ Grande : RIO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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