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William Jarvis
William Jarvis

New York Times, Wednesday, November 14, 1979

45-Across : Heredity's helix

Author:
William Jarvis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
William Jarvis has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
C
2
A
3
P
4
L
5
A
6
P
7
D
8
P
9
H
10
I
11
A
12
L
13
J
A
N
E
14
I
R
A
E
15
R
I
N
S
E
16
A
R
I
A
17
M
A
R
B
18
L
E
C
A
K
E
19
W
A
L
K
20
I
N
G
S
T
I
C
K
21
S
T
E
E
L
E
22
S
C
I
23
T
24
D
25
S
26
I
R
27
S
28
I
S
29
R
A
E
L
30
S
31
T
32
I
33
C
K
S
H
34
I
35
F
T
36
E
L
B
A
37
C
A
N
O
E
38
O
B
I
39
S
N
O
U
T
40
A
L
D
O
41
S
T
O
N
42
E
H
E
N
G
E
43
B
E
U
L
44
A
H
45
D
N
A
46
S
S
E
47
B
O
48
A
49
Z
H
50
U
51
K
52
O
53
V
54
B
L
A
R
55
N
56
E
Y
S
T
O
N
E
57
S
58
C
59
H
O
O
L
M
A
R
M
60
U
R
S
A
61
A
D
A
N
O
62
O
R
L
E
63
R
E
E
L
64
D
R
E
A
M
65
R
Y
E
S
66
N
A
T
© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,963
Across
1
Word with knee or fools : CAP
4
Sgt. Friday worked for it : LAPD
8
Kind of test tube : PHIAL
13
Tarzan's mate : JANE
14
Dies ___ : IRAE
15
Laundry cycle : RINSE
16
"Voi che sapete" is one : ARIA
17
Streaky pastry : MARBLECAKE
19
Prop for a promenade : WALKINGSTICK
21
Addison's partner : STEELE
22
School subj. : SCI
23
Football pts. : TDS
26
Fed. agency : IRS
28
The Jewish people, as descendants of Jacob : ISRAEL
30
Motorist's manual device : STICKSHIFT
36
Site of Napoleon's first exile : ELBA
37
Birchbark or dugout : CANOE
38
Kimono sash : OBI
39
Proboscis : SNOUT
40
Ray or Moro : ALDO
41
Ancient circular arrangement on Salisbury Plain : STONEHENGE
43
Molly McGee's maid : BEULAH
45
Heredity's helix : DNA
46
Compass dir. : SSE
47
Fluffy scarf : BOA
49
Russian marshal : ZHUKOV
54
Source of smooth talk : BLARNEYSTONE
57
Any prude or pedant : SCHOOLMARM
60
___ Minor : URSA
61
"A Bell for ___" : ADANO
62
Escutcheon border : ORLE
63
Virginia ___ : REEL
64
King's "I have a ___" : DREAM
65
Bread and whisky : RYES
66
Turner or Hentoff : NAT
Down
1
Weight equal to 200 mg. : CARAT
2
Doddering : ANILE
3
Arab Legion founder : PEAKE
4
Da Vinci and Hopper : LIMNERS
5
"He's ___ Picker," Berlin song : ARAG
6
Golf scores : PARS
7
Word on a dollar bill : DEBTS
8
Summary : PRECIS
9
Rube : HICK
10
Balin or Claire : INA
11
"___, and ye shall receive" : ASK
12
Grant's adversary : LEE
13
Hit film of 1975 : JAWS
18
Permissible : LICIT
20
"___ Ike" : ILIKE
23
Eagle's claw : TALON
24
Remove spying devices : DEBUG
25
Purplish gray : SLATE
27
Word with put or gun : SHOT
29
Descartes or Magritte : RENE
30
Strikebreakers : SCABS
31
Fitzgerald's "___ of the Jazz Age" : TALES
32
Transfuse or supply : INDUE
33
Imperturbable : COOL
34
Nigerian language : IBO
35
Encounter : FIND
39
Former Iranian rulers : SHAHS
41
Sand bar : SHOAL
42
Pepsin, trypsin, etc. : ENZYMES
44
In flower : ABLOOM
48
Protective plate : ARMOR
50
Motorist's about-face : UTURN
51
Where Pusan is : KOREA
52
Commencement : ONSET
53
Kind of stew : VEAL
54
___ fide : BONA
55
Not one, to 9 Down : NARY
56
Creator of Perry : ERLE
57
Chapfallen : SAD
58
Nav. rank : CDR
59
"Scots Wha ___": Burns : HAE

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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