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Jordan S. Lasher
New York Times, Saturday, November 29, 1975
8-Across : Tenuous supports
Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 5.06, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Jordan S. Lasher has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 H | 3 A | 4 S | 5 S | 6 I | 7 S | 8 T | 9 H | 10 R | 11 E | 12 A | 13 D | 14 S |
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15 P | I | S | T | O | L | E | 16 H | A | I | R | C | U | T |
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17 A | S | S | A | U | L | T | 18 R | U | N | A | M | O | K |
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19 G | A | T | 20 L | I | N | G | 21 E | S | S |
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22 W | 23 E | 24 I | 25 G | H | T | L | I | F | T | E | 26 R | |||
27 O | R | N | O | T | 28 E | S | T | 29 R | O | 30 A | 31 M | 32 S |
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33 M | O | T | O | 34 S | P | Y | 35 T | R | E | E |
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36 E | T | O | 37 D | X | X |
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38 N | I | T | 39 S | 40 R | 41 E | 42 F | 43 B | E | I | T |
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44 S | C | O | O | 45 P | 46 E | V | A | 47 B | A | N | C | O |
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48 P | A | 49 U | L | A | N | 50 D | E | R | S | O | N |
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51 C | 52 I | 53 A | 54 S | T | E | N | C | I | L | |||||
55 A | L | S | 56 A | T | I | A | 57 L | A | T | 58 T | 59 I | 60 C | 61 E |
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62 L | I | O | N | E | L | S | 63 U | N | E | A | T | E | N |
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64 F | O | R | T | L | E | E | 65 B | A | R | B | E | L | L |
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,604
Across
1
Auto frame : CHASSIS
8
Tenuous supports : THREADS
15
Old Spanish coin : PISTOLE
16
Tonsorial job : HAIRCUT
17
Battery's partner : ASSAULT
18
Go out of control : RUNAMOK
19
___ gun : GATLING
21
Road curve : ESS
22
Words for 48 Across : WEIGHTLIFTER
27
Whether ___ : ORNOT
28
Part of i.e. : EST
29
Wanders : ROAMS
33
Mr. of mystery : MOTO
34
James Bond, e.g. : SPY
35
Shade provider : TREE
36
W.W. II area : ETO
37
Roman 520 : DXX
38
Insect eggs : NITS
40
Ump's relative : REF
43
"___ ever so humble ... " : BEIT
44
Reporter's quest : SCOOP
46
Braun of Hitler era : EVA
47
Move in baccarat : BANCO
48
U.S. Olympic champion, 1956 : PAULANDERSON
51
Intelligence org. : CIA
54
Lettering aid : STENCIL
55
French region, formerly : ALSATIA
57
Crisscrossed structure : LATTICE
62
Musician Hampton et al. : LIONELS
63
Left over : UNEATEN
64
N.J. community on the Hudson : FORTLEE
65
Gear for 48 Across : BARBELL
Down
1
Auditor : CPA
2
Possessive : HIS
3
Beast of burden : ASS
4
Penn or Union: Abbr. : STA
5
Quested : SOUGHT
6
___ ease (uncomfortable) : ILLAT
7
Colonizes : SETTLES
8
Frugal : THRIFTY
9
Frequented place : HAUNT
10
Goal in horseshoes : RINGER
11
Historical period : ERA
12
Peak : ACME
13
Pairs : DUOS
14
Wall St. items : STKS
20
Speech problem : LISP
22
___ Lib : WOMENS
23
Sensual : EROTIC
24
Entirely : INTOTO
25
Slime : GOO
26
"Poppycock!" : ROT
30
Eve and Enoch : ARDENS
31
Trotsky's refuge : MEXICO
32
Church official : SEXTON
39
Bribe : SOP
40
Untie : RELEASE
41
Author Hunter : EVAN
42
Following of a sort : FANCLUB
43
Forbid : BAR
45
Light shade : PASTEL
47
Aaron or Ruth, e.g. : BELTER
49
Purposeful : UTILE
50
Moon goddess : DIANA
51
Farm animal : CALF
52
Pelvic: Prefix : ILIO
53
Ancient lyre : ASOR
56
Picnic pest : ANT
58
Actor Hunter : TAB
59
Native: Suffix : ITE
60
Sheet for making film cartoons : CEL
61
Make bigger: Abbr. : ENL
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 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.