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Jordan S. Lasher
Jordan S. Lasher

New York Times, Saturday, February 25, 1978

57-Across : Ziegfeld

Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, 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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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,423
Across
1
Printing technique : OFFSET
7
Bistro : CAFE
11
Opposite of post : PRE
14
Downcast : MOROSE
15
___ Alonzo Stagg : AMOS
16
U.S. cartoonist : REA
17
Very large scales : EPICPROPORTIONS
20
Culbertson : ELY
21
Itinerary: Abbr. : RTE
22
Irish patriot: 1778-1803 : EMMET
23
Chair material : CANE
25
Smear : DAUB
26
"___ My Heart" : PEGO
27
Additionally : AND
28
Form of government: Suffix : OCRACY
31
Decimal base : TEN
32
W.W. II town : STLO
34
Diminutive ending : CLE
35
Hebrew letter : RESH
37
Convention luminaries : KEYNOTESPEAKERS
42
"Splitsville" : RENO
43
Kind of dance or hold : TOE
44
Peking coin : YUAN
45
Uris hero : ARI
47
Curved : ARCHED
49
Schuss : SKI
50
Flavor and body of a French wine : SEVE
52
Moon buggies : LEMS
53
Act the accomplice : ABET
54
S.A. armadillo : APARA
56
Sky sighting? : UFO
57
Ziegfeld : FLO
58
Ecologist's concern : BALANCEOFNATURE
63
Tune : AIR
64
Roulette bet at Monte Carlo : NOIR
65
Expiates : ATONES
66
Essay : TRY
67
Mailed : SENT
68
Word for a slot machine : BANDIT
Down
1
Lady Capulet's cry: Act IV : OME
2
Dandy : FOP
3
Compatible competition : FRIENDLYRIVALRY
4
Statue support : SOCLE
5
Glimpse : ESPY
6
Yukon or Northwest: Abbr. : TER
7
Emulates Allen at Ticonderoga: 1775 : CAPTURESTHEFORT
8
Very tiny organism : AMOEBA
9
Pro : FOR
10
Town southwest of Padua : ESTE
11
Aeschylean tragedy : PROMETHEUSBOUND
12
Break a promise : RENEGE
13
Neighbor of Bethlehem, Pa. : EASTON
18
Delphi denizen : ORACLE
19
Wee prankster : IMP
23
Amontillado container : CASK
24
Chip for the pot : ANTE
25
Internist, for one : DOCTOR
29
Nicene and Apostles' : CREEDS
30
Not nay : YEA
33
Singular : ONE
36
The limit, at times : SKY
38
"___ Clear Day" : ONA
39
"I have bathed in the ___ the sea": Rimbaud : POEMOF
40
Casanova : RAKE
41
Agitated state : SNIT
45
As blind ___ : ASABAT
46
Do a mechanic's job : REPAIR
48
Give guiding information : CLUEIN
51
Time interval : ERA
53
Illinois city : ALTON
55
Sothern and Sheridan : ANNS
57
___ morgana (mirage) : FATA
59
College in Cedar Rapids : COE
60
Collar : NAB
61
Defendants, in law : REI
62
Id ___ : EST

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 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.

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