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Jordan S. Lasher
Jordan S. Lasher

A Spell of Letters

New York Times, Sunday, April 17, 1977

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, Grid flow: 17.4
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
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Assert : CLAIM
65
Young community promoters : JAYCEES
66
Fatty liquid : OLEINE
67
March man : SOUSA
68
Solecist's word : AINT
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Time abbr. : EDT
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Oxhide straps : RIEMS
71
2,065 : EMEMELEXVEE
73
Code word for "A" : ALFA
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Battery terminal : ANODE
75
Former Dodger : LOES
76
___ de Triomphe : ARC
79
Moppet : TAD
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Swindle : ROOK
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Atop : UPON
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Vergil hero: Var. : ENEAS
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Cry of discovery : OHO
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Big Apple address : ENWYEENWYE
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Dull finish : MATTE
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Exhort : URGE
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Muscovites : REDS
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Slats for fences : PICKETS
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Ann ___ : ARBOR
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Hollow: Prefix : COELO
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Fierce look : GLARE
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Cambridge tech. center : MIT
102
Sluice gate : VALVE
103
Title for 23 Across : ELBEEJAYSVEEPEE
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Red as ___ : ABEET
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Makers of cowboys' goods : SPURRIERS
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Garbed, old style : DREST
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Children's author : SEUSS
110
Hardy girl : TESS
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Jubilation : GLEE
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College studies : ARTS
Down
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Not publicized : UNAIRED
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Checked one's mount : REINEDIN
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Bring ___ (discipline) : INTOLINE
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Pouch : SAC
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Certain migrants : OKIES
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Collections : SETS
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Indian groom : SYCE
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Rowan : ASH
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Evening party : SOIREE
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Punctual : ONTIME
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Bedizen : DECK
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Court star : ASHE
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Hustled tickets : SCALPED
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Propounds : POSES
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Humane org. for juveniles : ESSPEECEECEE
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Rat-___ : ATAT
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Ring victory : KAYO
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Rude commuter : SHOVER
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Used a shuttle : TATTED
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Mary Todd's man : ABE
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"Now ___ me down ... " : ILAY
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Cocktail rocks : ICE
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Eternity : AEON
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Singer and family : ANKAS
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Optimistic : ROSY
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Doles : METES
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Ballet bend : PLIE
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Ran after : PURSUED
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Most provoked : IRATEST
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Keep ___ on (watch over) : ANEYE
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Luau instruments : UKES
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Soap opera : SERIAL
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Take ___ view of : ADIM
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Exchequer : FISC
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Dale or Bergen : EVANS
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Loudness : VOLUME
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Rub the board : ERASE
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Samar's neighbor : LEYTE
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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
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Hipster's jargon : JIVE
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Fumous : SMOKY
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Nerve-cell process : AXONE
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" ... Paradise ___" : ENOW
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Town in Arizona : ELOY
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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
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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
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Dark place in myths : EREBUS
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Snigglers : EELERS
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Is nomadic : ROVES
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Outmoded : PASSE
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Berlin, for short : IRV
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Gardner, et al. : AVAS
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Playwright David : RABE
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___ la vie : CEST
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Wine pitcher : OLPE
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Highlander : GAEL
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Harp of Hellas : LYRE
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Irish dance : JIG
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Time span : ERA

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

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