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Jordan S. Lasher
Jordan S. Lasher

New York Times, Wednesday, May 10, 1978

28-Across : Rainy-day racing surface

Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J K Q }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 3, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Jordan S. Lasher has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,497
Across
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Tire or summary : RECAP
6
Jai ___ : ALAI
10
"___ the Craziest Dream" : IHAD
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Muezzin's prayer calls : AZANS
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Bruce of films : DERN
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Ocean sunfish : MOLA
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British tea merchant, born May 10, 1850 : SIRTHOMASLIPTON
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Ornamental weapon : POLEAX
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It helps a grand to stand : PIANOLEG
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Ruth's sultanate : SWAT
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Sends Fido on the attack : SICS
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Sault ___ Marie : STE
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Rainy-day racing surface : SLOP
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Daft : DOTTY
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Snail appendage : PALP
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Rainbow : IRIS
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Part of R.F.D. : RURAL
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Contest entered five fruitless times by 17 Across : AMERICASCUPRACE
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Pay the bills : REMIT
43
Zither's relative : HARP
44
Mimic : ECHO
45
Items for a certain jockey : DISCS
47
His ___ : NIBS
49
French connections : ETS
50
Amy's brother : CHIP
52
Shooter fodder : PEAS
54
Site of fierce Civil War battle : ANTIETAM
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Nook : ALCOVE
62
Good-natured reputation won by 17 Across : WORLDSBESTLOSER
64
Elliptical : OVAL
65
Radius's neighbor : ULNA
66
Bizarre : OUTRE
67
"Lost Horizon" figure : LAMA
68
A deck : POOP
69
Songbirds : WRENS
Down
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Grate greatly : RASP
2
Pinza : EZIO
3
Reiner or Bernstein : CARL
4
Ponies up : ANTES
5
Expresses disapproval : PSHAWS
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U.S.N. top dog : ADM
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Spring : LEAP
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Accented syllable, in prosody : ARSIS
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Like some designs or tables : INLAID
10
Ploy of many a con man : IMPOSTURE
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"The ___ Baltimore" of Off Broadway fame : HOTL
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Medicinal lily : ALOE
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"Darn!" : DANG
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___ acid, bleaching agent : OXALIC
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Business abbr. : INCORP
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Five Books of Moses : TORAH
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Work out in the ring : SPAR
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No longer feral : TAMED
27
Lacquer resin : ELEMI
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Galileo was one : PISAN
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Vestige : TRACE
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Favorite vessel of 17 Across : YACHT
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Alden's love : PRISCILLA
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Interim currency : SCRIP
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Thirteen popes : LEOS
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Had a yen : ITCHED
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Rosy; cheerful : UPBEAT
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Takes notice : SITSUP
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Grayish greenish yellow : SALLOW
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Picasso or Casals : PABLO
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Look high and low : SCOUR
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M.P.'s prey : AWOL
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Bossa ___ : NOVA
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Logger's conveyance : TRAM
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"Send ___ Flowers," Doris Day film : MENO
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Bone: Comb. form : OSTE
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One of the Castles, for short : VERN
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"___ Tu," 1932 song : ERES
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Lunkhead : SAP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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