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Jordan S. Lasher
Jordan S. Lasher

New York Times, Thursday, November 23, 1978

21-Across : "Merci" or "gracias"

Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 4, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jordan S. Lasher has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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N
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C
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E
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T
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G
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B
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,607
Across
1
Town near Princeton, N.J. : CRANBURY
9
Relish served at 1 Across? : SAUCE
14
Like Fogg : TRAVELLED
15
Inveigled : LURED
16
Is conspicuous or prominent : OUTSTANDS
17
Suffixes with rook and cook : ERIES
18
Shamus : TEC
19
Usti ___ Labem, Czechoslovak city : NAD
20
Good mark : BEE
21
"Merci" or "gracias" : THANKS
24
Word after 21 Across : GIVING
27
"Encore!" : BIS
28
Composer Thomas Augustine ___ : ARNE
29
Above, to Key : OER
31
Harold or Richard : ARLEN
34
Century plant : ALOE
35
___ fide : BONA
36
Ahmeds I, II and III : SULTANSOFTURKEY
39
Claire and Balin : INAS
40
Medieval laborer : ESNE
41
Somme mail : POSTE
42
Name for a certain male bird : TOM
43
Run out of steam : FLAG
44
Intimidate : COW
45
Kind of portrait : FAMILY
47
Word after 45 Across : DINNER
50
___ Khan : ALY
51
Jiffy : SEC
52
"Agnus ___" : DEI
54
Prepare the bird, in a way : BROIL
57
Puma : CATAMOUNT
60
Buddhist monk : BONZE
61
Emits a play of colors : OPALESCES
62
Nectareous : SWEET
63
Word after 62 Across : POTATOES
Down
1
Dinner-table vessel : CRUET
2
Notched bar : RATCH
3
Sts. : AVS
4
Dr. J., once : NET
5
Nonlethal ammo : BLANKS
6
Forearm bones : ULNAS
7
Demond's costar on TV : REDD
8
What O. J. gains : YDS
9
Raglan ___ : SLEEVE
10
Old gold coins : AUREI
11
Geller of psychic fame : URI
12
Fair mark : CEE
13
Ms. reviewers : EDS
14
Younker : TOT
20
I.Q.-test name : BINET
22
Is supportive : ABETS
23
Foch or Simone : NINA
24
"Grand Canyon Suite" composer : GROFE
25
Crevices : NOOKS
26
"The Balcony" playwright : GENET
28
Forward : ALONG
30
Comedienne Martha : RAYE
31
___ were (seemingly) : ASIT
32
___-the-mill : RUNOF
33
Shaggy grazer : LLAMA
34
Test for a forty-niner : ASSAY
35
Prepare the bird : BROWN
37
Bly : NELLY
38
Well-versed in : UPON
43
Prepare the bird, in a way : FILLET
44
Grasshopper : CICALA
46
Indian corn : MAIZE
47
Coup ___ : DETAT
48
Infer from data : EDUCE
49
Coty and Descartes : RENES
51
Sodium soap : SAPO
53
Possessive pronoun : ITS
54
Nonlethal ammo : BBS
55
Pother : ROW
56
Two halves : ONE
57
Kojak, e.g. : COP
58
Confronted : MET
59
Bear: Sp. : OSO

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

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