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Jordan S. Lasher
Jordan S. Lasher

New York Times, Saturday, January 19, 1974

44-Across : Stake

Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { H J }, Scrabble score: 339 (avg 1.80)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Jordan S. Lasher has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,925
Across
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Decorative garlands : FESTOONS
9
___ complaint (protests formally) : FILESA
15
Outside : EXTERNAL
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Science-fiction writer Isaac : ASIMOV
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Fanaticism : ZEALOTRY
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Balanced : STABLE
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Pueblo Indian : ZUNI
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Entranced : RAPT
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Approach : NEAR
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Reference work: Abbr. : ENC
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Models : POSES
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Pound of poetry : EZRA
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Simmer : STEW
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Booty : SWAG
29
Sharp angle : ZIG
30
Arab cloaks : ABAS
32
Cerulean : SKYBLUE
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Ethically neutral : AMORAL
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Revokes, in law : ADEEMS
40
Tyrrhenian Sea port : PALERMO
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Lioness of literature : ELSA
43
Help : AID
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Stake : PALE
46
Society-page girls : DEBS
50
Explosives : TNTS
52
Low-lying lands : VALES
53
On the ___ vive : QUI
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Pelvic bones : ILIA
55
Biblical kingdom : ELAM
56
Peach ___ : FUZZ
57
Woodsman's cry : TIMBER
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Coat with zinc or tin : METALIZE
62
Spanish months : ENEROS
63
Henny Youngman specialty : ONELINER
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Tranquil : SERENE
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Some sea bass : STRIPERS
Down
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Hats : FEZZES
2
Stage direction : EXEUNT
3
Posture : STANCE
4
Low-caste Hindu : TELI
5
Spanish gold : ORO
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Neighbor of Que. : ONT
7
New York harbor area : NARROWS
8
___ fox : SLYASA
9
Abstains from food : FASTS
10
Doer: Suffix : IST
11
Tropical vine : LIANE
12
Defraud in a way : EMBEZZLE
13
Hospital area : SOLARIUM
14
Certain statistics : AVERAGES
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Fastens : PEGS
24
Hymn : PSALM
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Merchandise : WARE
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___ and grill : BAR
33
Vegetables : KALES
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Length measures: Abbr. : YDS
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Necklace unit : BEAD
36
Calcium minerals : APATITES
37
Posh Philadelphia suburban area : MAINLINE
38
Veteran : OLDTIMER
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October stone : OPAL
42
Iron or tin, e.g. : ELEMENT
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Los ___ : ALAMOS
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Horse : EQUINE
48
Lobby intercom button : BUZZER
49
Sorters, as of oranges : SIZERS
51
Swashbuckler's weapon : SABRE
52
Stanza : VERSE
56
Do a pancake job : FLIP
58
Long time : EON
60
Yukon or Northwest: Abbr. : TER
61
Actress MacGraw : ALI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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