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Jordan S. Lasher
Jordan S. Lasher

New York Times, Thursday, July 21, 1977

56-Down : Tax

Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 5 (2 double stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jordan S. Lasher has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,204
Across
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Blood fluid : PLASMA
7
Study hard, but late : CRAM
11
Fit ___ fiddle : ASA
14
Be authorized to proceed : HAVEAGREENLIGHT
17
"Proceed" : EVERYTHINGISAOK
18
"We made ___ the end": Clemenceau : WARTO
19
The Reo was named for him : OLDS
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Space : AREA
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Neil Simon's favorite letters : SRO
23
O. Henry concoction: Abbr. : STO
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Eureka! : AHA
28
"Able ___ I ... " : WAS
31
Catch, spider style : ENTRAP
36
Slanders : CALUMNIES
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Bull: Comb. form : TAURO
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"Proceed!" : ALLSYSTEMSAREGO
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More cunning : SLIER
44
Trampled : STEPPEDON
45
Achilles' ___ (hamstring) : TENDON
47
"___ the ramparts we watched ... " : OER
48
Greek vowel : ETA
49
Collar : NAB
51
Kyoodle : YAP
54
Neighbor of Algeria : MALI
58
Swing off course : VEER
61
100 kopecks : RUBLE
65
"Proceed!" : THECOASTISCLEAR
68
Signal to proceed : GIVETHEHIGHSIGN
69
Porker's place : STY
70
The sandbox set : TOTS
71
Redundant fly : TSETSE
Down
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"Is it hot!" : PHEW
2
Vesuvian outflow : LAVA
3
State peremptorily : AVER
4
José María's murals : SERTS
5
Bradley of L.A. : MAYOR
6
G-man or T-man: Abbr. : AGT
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Wainscot : CEIL
8
Tears out or away : RENDS
9
Feelings of anxiety : ANGSTE
10
Date in the 11th century : MLI
11
He wrote "A Time for Greatness" : AGAR
12
Nursery-rhyme abode : SHOE
13
Aleutian island : ATKA
15
Between pi and sigma : RHO
16
"This ___ recording" : ISA
22
Has rightful title to : OWNS
24
Ready for use : ONTAP
25
"___ of thousands" : ACAST
26
Handel's birthplace : HALLE
27
Exhausted : ALLIN
29
Islets : AITS
30
Look after : SEETO
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Darnel : TARE
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___ la Paix : RUEDE
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Vernacular : ARGOT
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City SE of Bombay : POONA
37
Secondhand : USED
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Comedian Cohen : MYRON
39
Barrie pirate : SMEE
42
Nimble : SPRY
46
Blanket or Indian : NAVAHO
50
Fall upon : BESET
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Prelates: Abbr. : ARCHS
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Throb : PULSE
54
Assemblies: Abbr. : MTGS
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"___, a very palpable ... ": "Hamlet" : AHIT
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Tax : LEVY
57
Bar need : ICE
59
Suffixes with Biblical verbs : ETHS
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Canals of Venezia : RII
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"___ ever so humble ... " : BEIT
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Dallies : LAGS
64
White-tailed bird : ERNE
66
N.Y. Giant slugger : OTT
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N.C.O. : SGT

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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