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Jordan S. Lasher
Jordan S. Lasher

TURNING PHRASES

New York Times, Sunday, August 12, 1979

8-Down : Accuse

Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 90, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 678 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 148, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
Jordan S. Lasher has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,869
Across
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Exhausted : ALLIN
6
Short golf shots : CHIPS
11
City in western India : BARODA
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"Heaven make thee free ___!": Shak. : OFIT
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River to Pamlico Sound : NEUSE
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Charged : RANAT
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Marches or storehouses : ETAPES
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State tree of Ark. : PINE
25
Cobbler's motto? : TIMEWOUNDSALLHEELS
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This, in Taxco : ESTA
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Moroccan range : RIF
30
Scatter : DISPEL
31
A.F.T. rival : NEA
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Huntley : CHET
33
Subjoin : APPEND
36
Conquers Everest : SCALESTHETIP
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Blunder : ERR
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"Yea, team!" : RAH
42
Kind of banana or dog : TOP
44
Row : TIER
45
Very unusual : RARE
46
Narrow channel : STRIA
48
News agcy. : UPI
49
Clavicor, e.g. : HORN
51
Bawl : CRY
52
Balaam's beast : ASS
53
Jinx : WHAMMY
54
Unit indicating loudness : BEL
55
Of a Great Lake : ERIAN
57
Suffix with harp or violin : IST
58
Costa ___ : BRAVA
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Tumultuous : AROAR
61
Uses pastels : SHADESTHEDRAWING
67
Small whale : SEI
68
Develops : MATURES
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Unsews : RIPS
70
___ Miss, rival of 'Bama : OLE
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Embellish : ADORN
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Baphomet, e.g. : IDOL
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Hamlet and Borge : DANES
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Tunisian seaport : SFAX
78
Mapmaking sci. : TOPOG
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Workaholic's drive : LOVEOFLABOR
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Shrewd maneuverer : CUTIE
83
Old English letters : EDHS
84
Gets one's dander up : RILES
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Antiseptic: Comb. form : IODO
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Glassware ovens : LEHRS
87
Author of "The Wall Street Gang" : NEY
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Actress Merrill : DINA
89
Cordage grass : ESPARTO
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Parabasis : ODE
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Columbia River, e.g. : COURSEFORTHEPARR
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Jai alai basket : CESTA
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Chick : FRYER
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Ezra Pound work : NOH
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U.S.S.R. moon probe : LUNIK
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Female lobster : HEN
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He has a sponsor : GODSON
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Singer Tillis : MEL
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Afternoon hrs. : PMS
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"King Lear" role : KENT
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Pilcorn : OAT
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"Half ___ is ... " : ALOAF
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Lateen or Jamie Green : SAIL
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Constance or Louise : LAKE
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"Be still!" : SSH
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Dir. to Blarney from Killarney : ESE
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Jiffy : SEC
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Go gaga over the roller coaster : FALLFORARIDE
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Past and perfect : TENSES
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Boone and Hingle : PATS
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Once named : NEE
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Walton's "The Compleat ___" : ANGLER
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Fortas : ABE
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Steel ingredient : IRON
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"Her typewriter was broken!" : DEFENSEOFSECRETARY
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Dido died on one : PYRE
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Show plainly : EVINCE
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Musical flourish : TUSCH
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Ending of a Kilmer poem : ATREE
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Existence : ESSE
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Zone : SECTOR
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Roofing tile : SLATE
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Some errata : TYPOS
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Aesop's "The ___ and the Dove" : ANT
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Ornament for Don Ho : LEI
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Abner's radio partner : LUM
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Rhone feeder : ISERE
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Like an amateur boxer : NEWINTHERING
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French vineyard : CRU
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Help : HANDS
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Accuse : INDICT
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N.J. city or river : PASSAIC
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Office gadget : STAPLER
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Tintinnabula : BELLS
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Any N.F.L. player : ATH
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Actress Charlotte : RAE
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Keys or jacks : OPENERS
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Strike out : DELETE
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Very, in music : ASSAI
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Oil cartel : OPEC
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Reputation earned by inept rodster : FISHERMANOFTHESHOES
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Meanwhile : INTERIM
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Refreshment server : TEATRAY
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Out-___ (alfresco) : OFDOOR
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Distrustful : LEERY
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Island for reclining and refining : ARUBA
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Document : PAPER
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Hippocratic oath, in a way : PHILOSOPHYOFDOCTORS
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Warhol movie : TRASH
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Rapidity : HASTE
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Words of contempt : PSHAWS
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Light refractor : PRISM
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Kipling's Rikki-tikki-___ : TAVI
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Okinawa's capital : NAHA
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Under ___ (perdu) : WRAPS
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Hardy's returner : NATIVE
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Part of T.G.I.F. : ITS
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Pipe : BRIER
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Defunct Houston hockey team : AEROS
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Dandies : DUDES
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Slangy suffix with sock : EROO
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Dissocial : SELFISH
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Fleming heavy : DRNO
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Egg white : GLAIR
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Reno leavers : EXES
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" ... ___ o'clock scholar" : ATEN
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Twelve: Prefix : DODEC
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Tree of India : DADAP
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Away from the mouth : ABORAL
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Napped leather : SUEDE
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Cosmetic : LINER
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Norway's patron saint : OLAF
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Run easily : LOPE
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Measure pulses : CLOCKTHEBEAT
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Up : RISEN
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Deprive a plant of water : DRYOFF
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Ordinal ending : ETH
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Caroline Islands group : TRUK
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Battle site northeast of Verdun: 1916 : ORNES
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Bear in the air : URSA
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"___ by land ... " : ONEIF
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Author May : ROLLO
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Hector : TEASE
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Feeds the kitty : ANTES
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Bestud : INSTAR
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Fuel line : GASPIPE
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Mrs. ___ cow : OLEARYS
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Evil : MALEFIC
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Sycamore : PLANE
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Fonteyn and Kidder : MARGOTS
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Adroit: Var. : SKILFUL
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Raglan, e.g. : SLEEVE
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Early center of Christianity : EDESSA
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Titicaca's milieu : ANDES
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Demolition man : RASER
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Vertical : ERECT
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Reticular : NETTY
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Snick and ___ : SNEE
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Suffix with differ or defer : ENT
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Sgt. or cpl. : NCO
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Guevara : CHE
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French painter-sculptor : ARP
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Antique car : REO
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Ja or da : YES

Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 11 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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