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Jordan S. Lasher
Jordan S. Lasher

New York Times, Tuesday, June 28, 1977

50-Across : Land of the wallaby

Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 39.3
Jordan S. Lasher has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,181
Across
1
"Merry Widow" composer : LEHAR
6
Largest of the Marianas : GUAM
10
Art ___ : DECO
14
Muse of poetry : ERATO
15
Odd, in Glasgow : ORRA
16
Hebrew measure : EPHA
17
Love of objets d'art : VIRTU
18
On the way : INTRANSIT
20
Stop signs : OCTAGONS
22
Big Dipper star : ALIOTH
23
Engine sound : CHUG
24
Typhoons : STORMS
25
Owl sounds : TUWHITTUWHOO
29
Plumed bird : EGRET
30
"Just ___ Those Things" : ONEOF
31
Consumer protection agcy. : BBB
34
Toboggan : SLED
35
Ski resort : ASPEN
36
Letter opener : DEAR
37
Thesaurus wd. : SYN
38
Winter fall : SLEET
39
"Boys of Summer" figure : REESE
40
Rabbit stew : HASENPFEFFER
42
Neptune or Poseidon : SEAGOD
44
Voiced : ORAL
45
Author of "The Naked and the Dead" : MAILER
46
He hides when he rides : STOWAWAY
50
Land of the wallaby : AUSTRALIA
52
Make amends : ATONE
53
To ___ (precisely) : ATEE
54
Night: Comb. form : NOCT
55
Mau Mau's home : KENYA
56
Cause to go : SEND
57
Mediocre : SOSO
58
To be: Sp. : ESTAR
Down
1
Counterclockwise : LEVO
2
Hoffer : ERIC
3
Deer : HART
4
Not single : ATTACHED
5
Go backpacking : ROUGHIT
6
Decadent : GOINGTOSEED
7
Samovars : URNS
8
Painting, e.g. : ART
9
Annual event in Boston : MARATHON
10
"Taxi Driver" star : DENIRO
11
Downs or salts : EPSOM
12
I.O.U.'s : CHITS
13
Solemn vow : OATH
19
Snobbish : ALOOF
21
Not safe : OUT
24
Thanksgiving helping : SWEETPOTATO
25
Hardy girl : TESS
26
Like Medusa : UGLY
27
Songbird : WREN
28
Free from confinement : UNPEN
31
Gripe : BEEF
32
Home plate, e.g. : BASE
33
___ Rabbit : BRER
35
Race-result list : ALSORANS
36
Dispirits : DEFLATES
38
More perspicacious : SAGER
39
Hear the snooze alarm : REAWAKE
40
Discontinued : HALTED
41
To's partner : FRO
42
Recipe direction : SAUTE
43
Iron: Ger. : EISEN
45
He wrote "Serpico" : MAAS
46
Urges Rover to attack : SICS
47
Predisposed : WONT
48
Writer Seton : ANYA
49
1984, e.g. : YEAR
51
Card game : LOO

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

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