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Jordan S. Lasher
Jordan S. Lasher

New York Times, Monday, October 10, 1977

26-Across : Smithies

Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.67, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 13, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Jordan S. Lasher has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,285
Across
1
Current unit, for short : AMP
4
Asian land, G.I. style : NAM
7
Jones and ten others : COLTS
12
Sal, in song : GAL
13
Strikers' nemeses : SCABS
16
"Louise" or "Norma" : OPERA
17
___ pro nobis : ORA
18
Architect Wren : CHRISTOPHER
20
Foch or Simone : NINA
22
Like some careers : CHECKERED
23
Chews the rag : YAKS
24
___ mater : PIA
25
Prefix with chance and adventure : PER
26
Smithies : SHOERS
29
Leading unit : VAN
32
Grands : PIANOS
35
Queen called "the Catholic" : ISABELLA
39
Fall time : OCTOBER
41
Shakespeare's "___ Night" : TWELFTH
42
Huxley's "Brave ___" : NEWWORLD
44
Soviet seaport : ODESSA
45
Highway warning : SLO
46
Hollow; recessed : SUNKEN
48
Demolition supply : TNT
51
Richard ___ : ROE
52
Buy ___ in a poke : APIG
56
Waxed : INCREASED
60
Flank : SIDE
61
Name for a certain second Monday in 34 states : COLUMBUSDAY
64
Writer Anais : NIN
65
Clean the board : ERASE
66
River to the Rhone : ISERE
67
Excessively : TOO
68
With 2 Down, city in Brazil : SANTA
69
Morning deposit : DEW
70
"I ___ Camera" : AMA
Down
1
Ecstasy's literary partner : AGONY
2
See 68 Across : MARIA
3
Convention adoption : PLANK
4
Defense planners in Wash. : NSC
5
German exclamation : ACH
6
"Peanuts" girl : MARCIE
7
American cardinal : COOKE
8
"Happy Hooligan" cartoonist : OPPER
9
Glassware oven : LEHR
10
"Liberty ___," ballad by Thomas Paine : TREE
11
Gemstone : SARD
14
Ganges-valley native : BIHARI
15
Compass point : SSE
19
Gasoline additive: Abbr. : TCP
21
"Its fleece was white ___" : ASSNOW
24
Knotty problem : POSER
27
King of the road : HOBO
28
Beak-nosed plane : SST
29
Certain wave bands: Abbr. : VLFS
30
Hts. : ALTS
31
Okinawa's capital : NAHA
32
Soprano born in Cannes : PONS
33
Reykjavik's land: Abbr. : ICEL
34
" ... sharp as ___-edged sword" : ATWO
36
Started the day : AWOKE
37
"The Venerable ___," early historian : BEDE
38
Singers Obraztsova and Cernei : ELENAS
40
Literary monogram : RLS
43
Coercion : DURESS
47
Gestured yes : NODDED
48
Keep the faith : TRUST
49
Greek valley : NEMEA
50
Indexing aid : TAB
53
Spot; mark: Sp. : PINTA
54
Language style : IDIOM
55
Famed birthplace, circa 1446 : GENOA
56
Assures victory : ICES
57
Charles or Helmer : NORA
58
Tribe of a sort : CLAN
59
___ generis : SUI
62
"___ You Lonesome Tonight?" : ARE
63
Evergreen : YEW

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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