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Jordan S. Lasher
Jordan S. Lasher

New York Times, Tuesday, March 8, 1977

Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { P X }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 48.2
Jordan S. Lasher has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,069
Across
1
Modern era : JETAGE
7
Soul: Fr. : AME
10
Eins, zwei, ___ : DREI
14
Indians of Missouri : OSAGES
15
Aware : SENTIENT
17
Certain occupancy privileges : SQUATTERSRIGHTS
19
McGraw of baseball : TUG
20
In one way or another : SOMEHOW
21
Author Levin : IRA
22
Glassware oven : LEHR
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Rural poem : IDYL
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Uno, due, ___ : TRE
26
Of summer : ESTIVAL
29
Saline : BRINY
31
More violent : GORIER
34
Unit of prevention : OUNCE
35
King-of-the-hill philosophy : MIGHTMAKESRIGHT
39
Ten sawbucks : CNOTE
40
Naturals, in dice : SEVENS
41
Remained in force : STOOD
42
Choose a tax option : ITEMIZE
46
Temporary commanders : ODS
47
___ the bus : MISS
50
Hindu titles : SRIS
51
Wheat, in Grenoble : BLE
52
Shakespeare title, for short : MUCHADO
55
Conjunctions : ORS
56
Ball-park barrier : RIGHTFIELDFENCE
59
Absorbed : INGESTED
60
"___ My Hands" : TIMEON
61
U.S.N. fare : MESS
62
Revenue org. : IRS
63
"Tristram Shandy" author : STERNE
Down
1
Bump into : JOSTLE
2
Suffixes with Arab and Roman : ESQUES
3
Instructed : TAUGHT
4
___ Khan : AGA
5
Fetches : GETS
6
This, in Madrid : ESTO
7
___ as a beet : ASRED
8
Netlike : MESHY
9
Sign up : ENROL
10
Snide remark : DIG
11
Negating a layoff : REHIRING
12
Plant firmly : ENTRENCH
13
"___ long way to ... " : ITSA
16
Norse sky-god : TIW
18
Iago's wife et al. : EMILIAS
23
Londoners' okays : RIGHTOS
25
Obvious facts : TRUISMS
27
Went to the polls : VOTED
28
Extension : ARM
29
Carried : BORNE
30
Still : YET
32
Stretch the budget : EKE
33
Updating : REVISAL
35
Hosts : MCS
36
Bring ___ (cause to conform) : INTOLINE
37
Nice chaps : GOODEGGS
38
Collection : SET
43
Laundry employee : IRONER
44
Gem : ZIRCON
45
Early ascetic : ESSENE
47
G.I.'s civilian garb : MUFTI
48
Less friendly : ICIER
49
Hangars : SHEDS
51
Part of a cap : BRIM
52
Map abbr. : MTS
53
Outlawed pesticides : DDTS
54
"Think nothing ___" : OFIT
57
Males : HES
58
Uncle, in Edinburgh : EME

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

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