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Jordan S. Lasher
Jordan S. Lasher

New York Times, Wednesday, December 7, 1977

Author:
Jordan S. Lasher
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 101, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 34.0 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Jordan S. Lasher has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,343
Across
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Certainly didn't emote : UNDERACTED
11
Distaff links org. : LPGA
15
Wimbledon champ: 1959, 1960, 1964 : MARIABUENO
16
Cheap magazine material : PULP
17
Illusory : PHANTASMAL
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Hog feed : SLOP
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Partner of hem or hee : HAW
20
Otherwise : ELSE
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On the: It. : SUL
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Richard and Preacher : ROES
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Vandalize, in a way : DEFACE
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Unseld of the N.B.A. : WES
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Long Island or Puget: Abbr. : SND
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Takes down a peg : DEMOTES
31
Fire dept. device : EXT
32
"Star Trek" craft : ENTERPRISE
34
Sudden outburst : SPATE
37
Marine flier : ERN
38
"He arose, and ___ the Philistines" : SMOTE
39
The "vast wasteland" : TELEVISION
42
Browning's "___ Bratts" : NED
43
Menlo Park family : EDISONS
44
Former Mideast initials : UAR
46
Grads-to-be: Abbr. : SRS
47
Gets the soap out : RINSES
48
Whale : CETE
49
Underpinning : LEG
50
Deity at Thebes: Var. : AMUN
51
New Deal agcy. : WPA
54
Japanese type of purse : INRO
56
Feminists' goal : LIBERATION
59
Plant modified by environment : ECAD
60
Reparations : ATONEMENTS
61
Santa ___ (Holy See) : SEDE
62
Outboxed boxer's memento : BOTTLENOSE
Down
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Skeptic's sound : UMPH
2
Okinawa's capital : NAHA
3
Stalemate : DRAW
4
German article : EIN
5
They appraise : RATERS
6
Seafood dish : ABALONE
7
Ornery quality : CUSSEDNESS
8
Serbian river to the Danube : TEMES
9
Queen Sofia's predecessor : ENA
10
Pain-intensity unit : DOL
11
33 1/3 r.p.m. records : LPS
12
Heartbeats : PULSATIONS
13
Richard III's dukedom : GLOUCESTER
14
Pips : APPLESEEDS
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"___ Alte" (Adenauer) : DER
24
Persian and Byzantine: Abbr. : EMPS
25
Create : FORM
26
Some winds : WESTERLIES
27
Self-interest or fitness : EXPEDIENCE
28
Scene of a turning point in W.W. II : STALINGRAD
30
Dramatic outcome : DENOUEMENT
33
Numerical prefix : TRI
35
Hardy heroine : TESS
36
Bacchanalian cry : EVOE
40
Election victors : INS
41
Au ___ (unadorned) : NATUREL
45
Change a title : RENAME
48
Discoverer of North American mainland : CABOT
51
Skid-row denizen : WINO
52
Kitchenware : POTS
53
Character in "As I Lay Dying" : ANSE
55
Literary work : ODE
56
Research center : LAB
57
Modernizer of Japan : ITO
58
Decadal number : TEN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 15 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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