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Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Tuesday, January 1, 1980

42-Across : Laughing

Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 30.7
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,011
Across
1
Pershing's men in Eur. : AEF
4
Hindu noble : RAJAH
9
"___ boy!" : ATTA
13
Coagulate : CLOT
15
"What's in ___?" : ANAME
16
Boutique : SHOP
17
Vetch : TARE
18
Clementine's dad : MINER
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Campsite need : TENT
20
Ridiculous : INANE
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Rays of light : SUNBEAMS
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Does a household chore : DUSTS
26
Slow movement in music : ADAGIO
27
Point in horseshoes : LEANER
29
Whale : LARRUP
32
Tramp along : PAD
34
Lecher : SATYR
36
Thick : DENSE
37
___ breve : ALLA
39
Nero's father : PATER
41
Angle ratio : SINE
42
Laughing : RIANT
44
Churchill's "___ Finest Hour" : THEIR
46
Aspect of velvet : NAP
47
Is unable : CANNOT
49
Trim : EDGING
51
Escaped punishment : GOTOFF
53
Kind of writ : ALIAS
55
Minor planet : ASTEROID
57
Puckish : ELFIN
59
Chekhov heroine : ANYA
60
Little Lord Fauntleroy : ERROL
62
Volcano in Sicily : ETNA
63
Common contraction : DONT
64
Remainder, in Marseille : RESTE
65
Faction : SECT
66
Koko's weapon : SNEE
67
Bone: Comb. form : OSTEO
68
Culprit, in Calabria : REO
Down
1
First of five in "Hamlet" : ACTI
2
Klipspringer's big cousin : ELAND
3
Words from a New Year's song : FORAULDLANGSYNE
4
Butter : RAM
5
Witch birds : ANIS
6
Time for resolutions : JANUARYTHEFIRST
7
Revise : AMEND
8
Book about plants : HERBAL
9
Fred and Adele : ASTAIRES
10
Celebrant's time for sorrow : THEMORNINGAFTER
11
Gobs : TONS
12
Appropriate : APT
14
Past or future : TENSE
21
Greek letters : ETAS
23
Mild oath, old style : EGAD
25
Kind of dragon : SNAP
28
French state : ETAT
30
Annapolis abbr. : USNA
31
Hen's first word : PEEP
32
Open space in Paris : PARC
33
Inter ___ : ALIA
35
Tall grass : REED
38
Add footnotes : ANNOTATE
40
Latvian city : RIGA
43
Carry a burden : TOTE
45
Get under one's skin : RILE
48
Bullfighter : TORERO
50
McKinley's Ohio birthplace : NILES
52
Golfers' warnings : FORES
54
Because : SINCE
55
Soon : ANON
56
Show senility : DOTE
58
Western alliance: Abbr. : NATO
59
Some are classified : ADS
61
Zodiac sign : LEO

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

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