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Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Saturday, December 15, 1979

68-Across : Pismire

Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,994
Across
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Nick Charles's dog : ASTA
5
Slightly open : AJAR
9
Wager : BET
12
Fissure : CLEFT
14
Chromosome part : GENE
15
Kid : JOSH
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More domesticated : TAMER
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One acre, e.g. : AREA
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Arm bone : ULNA
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Spoil : IMPAIR
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Describing wild horses : UNRIDDEN
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Baden-Baden, e.g. : SPA
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Carved slab : STELA
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Mail : POST
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"The Princess on the ___" : PEA
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Dreary : DISMAL
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Chorus section : ALTO
35
Unemployed : IDLE
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Z's Greek counterpart : OMEGA
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Gladly, to Shakespeare : LIEF
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Regimens : DIETS
41
Particle : ATOM
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Scourges : EVILS
44
Feds : TMEN
45
Part of T.L.C. : CARE
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Negates : DENIES
48
Half a fly : TSE
49
Garbed : CLAD
50
Jan Steen's style : GENRE
52
Stat on a sports page : ERA
54
Place for a medicine cabinet : BATHROOM
57
Mob : RABBLE
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Neglect : OMIT
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Skeptical interjection : UMPH
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One of Pauline's adventures : PERIL
65
Eye part : LENS
66
Anklebones : TALI
67
Polished : SUAVE
68
Pismire : ANT
69
Dirk of yore : SNEE
70
Flower part : STEM
Down
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Beginning of a drama : ACTI
2
This may be grand or little : SLAM
3
Weather forecast abbr. : TEMP
4
What Hanukkah is : AFEASTOFLIGHTS
5
Khan : AGA
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Its rededication is celebrated at Hanukkah : JERUSALEMTEMPLE
7
Concerning : ANENT
8
Raised : REARED
9
Brazen : BOLD
10
Feudal slave : ESNE
11
Word with other or rather : THAN
13
Wanderlust appeaser : TRIP
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Hanukkah hero : JUDASMACCABEUS
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___ transit : RAPID
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Pelvic bone: Comb. form : ILIO
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Whitened : PALED
26
Skin color : OLIVE
27
She wrote "Three Lives" : STEIN
29
Revise : EDIT
31
Brass or lead, e.g. : METAL
32
Where oboli were spent : AGORA
33
Crippled : LAMED
36
Summers, in Nice : ETES
40
Scoff : SNEER
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Prophet : SEER
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Noses : SNOUTS
51
Type of type : ROMAN
53
Conversations: Slang : RAPS
54
Gaucho's weapon : BOLA
55
Last word : AMEN
56
Slight color : TINT
58
Churlish child : BRAT
59
First word of motto of N.H. : LIVE
60
Type of sch. : ELEM
63
Shake a leg : HIE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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