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Jordan S. Lasher
Jordan S. Lasher

A SPELL OF LETTERS

New York Times, Sunday, April 17, 1977

1-Down : Not publicized

Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 581 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 129, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 13, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
Jordan S. Lasher has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,109
Across
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"Trinity" author : URIS
5
Peak of Thessaly : OSSA
9
Bicarb : SODA
13
Vocalize : SPEAK
18
Baby girls: Sp. : NENAS
20
Crucial elements : KEYSTONES
22
___ del Sol : COSTA
23
Humphrey : AITCHAITCHAITCH
25
Evaluation : ASSAY
26
Mythical princess : INO
27
Portly : OBESE
28
Three-wheeler : TRIKE
29
Weak: Prefix : LEPTO
30
Experiences anew : RELIVES
32
Newsy note : ITEM
33
Church recess : APSE
34
Post Cato held : EDILE
35
They get their man : ARCEEEMPEE
39
Roof covering : EPI
42
Money in Zagreb : DINAR
43
Made a refusal : NOED
44
Charged force : ELOD
45
Mongrel : CUR
46
"Wall Street Gang" author : NEY
47
Dovekies : AUKS
49
Attended a meeting : SATIN
51
F.D.R. measure: 1933 : FERA
52
OGPU successor : ENKAYVEEDEE
55
"Twenty times, thou ___": "Richard II" : LIEST
56
Madison Ave. product : ADV
59
Victory symbols : VEES
60
Oil used in perfumes : ORRIS
61
Pointer or grass : FESCUE
62
Record players : DEEJAYS
64
Assert : CLAIM
65
Young community promoters : JAYCEES
66
Fatty liquid : OLEINE
67
March man : SOUSA
68
Solecist's word : AINT
69
Time abbr. : EDT
70
Oxhide straps : RIEMS
71
2,065 : EMEMELEXVEE
73
Code word for "A" : ALFA
74
Battery terminal : ANODE
75
Former Dodger : LOES
76
___ de Triomphe : ARC
79
Moppet : TAD
80
Swindle : ROOK
81
Atop : UPON
83
Vergil hero: Var. : ENEAS
85
Cry of discovery : OHO
86
Big Apple address : ENWYEENWYE
89
Dull finish : MATTE
90
Exhort : URGE
92
Muscovites : REDS
93
Slats for fences : PICKETS
95
Ann ___ : ARBOR
97
Hollow: Prefix : COELO
99
Fierce look : GLARE
101
Cambridge tech. center : MIT
102
Sluice gate : VALVE
103
Title for 23 Across : ELBEEJAYSVEEPEE
106
Red as ___ : ABEET
107
Makers of cowboys' goods : SPURRIERS
108
Garbed, old style : DREST
109
Children's author : SEUSS
110
Hardy girl : TESS
111
Jubilation : GLEE
112
College studies : ARTS
Down
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Not publicized : UNAIRED
2
Checked one's mount : REINEDIN
3
Bring ___ (discipline) : INTOLINE
4
Pouch : SAC
5
Certain migrants : OKIES
6
Collections : SETS
7
Indian groom : SYCE
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Rowan : ASH
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Evening party : SOIREE
10
Punctual : ONTIME
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Bedizen : DECK
12
Court star : ASHE
13
Hustled tickets : SCALPED
14
Propounds : POSES
15
Humane org. for juveniles : ESSPEECEECEE
16
Rat-___ : ATAT
17
Ring victory : KAYO
19
Rude commuter : SHOVER
21
Used a shuttle : TATTED
24
Mary Todd's man : ABE
31
"Now ___ me down ... " : ILAY
32
Cocktail rocks : ICE
33
Eternity : AEON
35
Singer and family : ANKAS
36
Optimistic : ROSY
37
Doles : METES
38
Ballet bend : PLIE
40
Ran after : PURSUED
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Most provoked : IRATEST
47
Keep ___ on (watch over) : ANEYE
48
Luau instruments : UKES
49
Soap opera : SERIAL
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Take ___ view of : ADIM
51
Exchequer : FISC
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Dale or Bergen : EVANS
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Loudness : VOLUME
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Rub the board : ERASE
55
Samar's neighbor : LEYTE
56
Beloved, in Bologna : ADORATO
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Seductress : DELILAH
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Ex-soldiers' group : VEEEFDOUBLEU
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Temples : FANES
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Iwo ___ : JIMA
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A Yalie : COED
65
Hipster's jargon : JIVE
67
Fumous : SMOKY
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Nerve-cell process : AXONE
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" ... Paradise ___" : ENOW
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Town in Arizona : ELOY
74
Tops : AONE
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Biblical giant : ANAK
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Mix again, as concrete : RETEMPER
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Most spiteful : CATTIEST
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Has misgivings : REGRETS
81
Destroyer : UNDOER
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Stalag inmates: Abbr. : PWS
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Ran the show : EMCEED
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Six-line stanzas : SESTETS
87
Dark place in myths : EREBUS
88
Snigglers : EELERS
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Is nomadic : ROVES
93
Outmoded : PASSE
94
Berlin, for short : IRV
95
Gardner, et al. : AVAS
96
Playwright David : RABE
97
___ la vie : CEST
98
Wine pitcher : OLPE
99
Highlander : GAEL
100
Harp of Hellas : LYRE
104
Irish dance : JIG
105
Time span : ERA

Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 17 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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