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Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Wednesday, December 6, 1978

31-Across : Small bird

Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 3, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 31.8
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,620
Across
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Convert skin into white leather : TAW
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Sloven or boor : SLOB
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Money in Iran : RIAL
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Ireland, in Irish : EIRE
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Titled ones : EARLS
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Suffix for refer or despond : ENCE
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London gallery : TATE
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Lace edging : PICOT
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Arthur of tennis fame : ASHE
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Unrefined : CRUDE
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One of the Vienna boys : CHORISTER
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Seraglios : HAREMS
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Mss. handler : EDITOR
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Bay windows : ORIELS
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Extreme poverty : PENURY
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Small bird : TIT
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Canines, e.g. : TEETH
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Reminders, for short : MEMOS
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Woodwind : OBOE
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Word of mouth : PAROL
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Plexus : RETE
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Gadget : GISMO
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Unit of capacitance : FARAD
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Neither's buddy : NOR
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Gradient : ASCENT
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Bemoan : LAMENT
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Secret : ARCANE
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Polite word : PLEASE
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Kindred : CONGENIAL
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Where to locate 30 Down : ATLAS
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"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
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___ Cruz, city in Argentina : GODOY
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Pinball no-no : TILT
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Neighbor of N.J. : PENN
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Corpulent : OBESE
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Wife of Osiris : ISIS
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"Honi ___ ... " : SOIT
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Once, once : ERST
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Common abbr. : ETC
Down
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Formal headdress : TIARA
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Cellist until 1886 : ARTUROTOSCANINI
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Gardener's device : WEEDER
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Aug.'s neighbor : SEP
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Clerical's opposite : LAIC
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Main career of 2 Down : ORCHESTRALEADER
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Word with hound or bank : BLOOD
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Logical anchor man? : REASONER
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Ancillary role of 2 Down : INSTRUMENTALIST
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Word with head or ear : ACHE
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Nasty look : LEER
12
Delineate : ETCH
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Word with tease or poker : STRIP
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Give off : EMIT
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Particular : ITEM
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Ooze : SEEP
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Word with fig or fly : LEAF
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Print from a rotary press : ROTO
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River to the North Sea : YSER
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Cato's garb : TOGA
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Wading bird : IBIS
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Israeli folk dance : HORA
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Like an underdeveloped country : EMERGENT
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Nightingale's accessory : LAMP
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"Three Bears" opener : ONCE
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Walter ___ Mare : DELA
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"Last ___ in Paris" : TANGO
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Diminutive of Janet : NETTIE
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Classical weeper : NIOBE
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Relating to the Frankish people : SALIC
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Superlative suffixes : ESTS
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Crowns : CAPS
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A spread : OLEO
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Red-ink item : LOSS
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Still : YET

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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