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Jordan S. Lasher
Jordan S. Lasher

New York Times, Monday, March 1, 1976

39-Across : ___ chance (muffed)

Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.73, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 109, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Jordan S. Lasher has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,697
Across
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Court-imposed penalty : AMERCEMENT
11
Humorist Ogden : NASH
15
Orgy : SATURNALIA
16
Eight: Prefix : OCTO
17
Hepburn-O'Toole film : THELIONINWINTER
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Rabbits' relatives : HARES
20
Pods : SEEDCASES
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Sea bird : ERN
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Take away : REMOVE
23
Fallow deers : DAIMS
26
Petroleum gases : ETHYLENES
29
Down-under soldier : ANZAC
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Article : THE
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"___ Right of Way" : YIELD
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Haw's partner : HEM
33
Sew : BASTE
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Sixth sense : ESP
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___ chance (muffed) : BLEWA
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Certain typewriters and TV sets : PORTABLES
46
Flavor : SAPOR
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Melodic : ARIOSO
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Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
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Affected : UNNATURAL
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Prefix for comic or comedy : SERIO
55
Hapless victim : SACRIFICIALLAMB
57
Molecule component : ATOM
58
Is perfectly suitable : FITSTOATEE
59
Camera part : LENS
60
Excusers from court dates : ESSOIGNERS
Down
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" ... but the night is as clear ___" : ASTHEDAY
2
Hindu princess : MAHARANI
3
Perpetuate : ETERNIZE
4
Golden or slide : RULE
5
Screams: Fr. : CRIS
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Wine: Prefix : ENO
7
Furnishes a crew : MANS
8
Author Wiesel : ELIE
9
Cat-o'-___-tails : NINE
10
Gaudy : TAWDRY
11
" ... if thou hast ___ to be know by ... " : NONAME
12
Takes measures : ACTSON
13
Stow, as in a ship's hold : STEEVE
14
Trotters and pacers, e.g. : HORSES
18
Reykjavik's country: Abbr. : ICEL
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___ de mer : MAL
25
Relative of a Ph.D. : SCD
26
Miss Merman : ETHEL
27
"___ are the times ... " : THESE
28
Rope fibers : HEMPS
33
Shot pellets : BBS
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___ carte : ALA
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"___ but equal" : SEPARATE
36
Double-crosser : TWOTIMER
37
Places for piercings : EARLOBES
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Of a temporary stop : PAUSAL
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Elaborately decorated : ORNATE
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Valley, in the Southwest : RINCON
43
"A Farewell ___" : TOARMS
44
Italian wine center : ASTI
45
Comic opera : BOUFFE
50
Journalist Jacob : RIIS
51
N.T. book : ACTS
52
Threadbare, in Italy : LISO
53
Plod heavily : SLOG
54
Enthusiasm : ELAN
56
Philippine native : ATI

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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