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Jean J. Davison
New York Times, Saturday, December 15, 1979
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, Grid flow: 21.5
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 S | 3 T | 4 A | 5 A | 6 J | 7 A | 8 R | 9 B | 10 E | 11 T |
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12 C | L | E | F | 13 T | 14 G | E | N | E | 15 J | O | S | H |
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16 T | A | M | E | R | 17 A | R | E | A | 18 U | L | N | A |
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19 I | M | P | A | I | 20 R | 21 U | N | R | 22 I | D | D | E | N |
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23 S | P | A | 24 S | T | E | L | A | |||||||
25 P | 26 O | 27 S | T | 28 P | 29 E | A | 30 D | I | S | 31 M | 32 A | 33 L |
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34 A | L | T | O | 35 I | D | L | 36 E | 37 O | M | E | G | A |
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38 L | I | E | F | 39 D | I | E | T | 40 S | 41 A | T | O | M |
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42 E | V | I | L | 43 S | 44 T | M | E | N | 45 C | A | R | E |
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46 D | E | N | I | E | 47 S | 48 T | S | E | 49 C | L | A | D |
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50 G | E | N | 51 R | E | 52 E | 53 R | A | |||||||
54 B | 55 A | 56 T | H | R | O | O | M | 57 R | A | B | 58 B | 59 L | 60 E |
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61 O | M | I | T | 62 U | M | P | 63 H | 64 P | E | R | I | L |
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65 L | E | N | S | 66 T | A | L | I | 67 S | U | A | V | E |
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68 A | N | T | 69 S | N | E | E | 70 S | T | E | M |
© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,994
Across
1
Nick Charles's dog : ASTA
5
Slightly open : AJAR
9
Wager : BET
12
Fissure : CLEFT
14
Chromosome part : GENE
15
Kid : JOSH
16
More domesticated : TAMER
17
One acre, e.g. : AREA
18
Arm bone : ULNA
19
Spoil : IMPAIR
21
Describing wild horses : UNRIDDEN
23
Baden-Baden, e.g. : SPA
24
Carved slab : STELA
25
Mail : POST
28
"The Princess on the ___" : PEA
30
Dreary : DISMAL
34
Chorus section : ALTO
35
Unemployed : IDLE
37
Z's Greek counterpart : OMEGA
38
Gladly, to Shakespeare : LIEF
39
Regimens : DIETS
41
Particle : ATOM
42
Scourges : EVILS
44
Feds : TMEN
45
Part of T.L.C. : CARE
46
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
61
Neglect : OMIT
62
Skeptical interjection : UMPH
64
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
1
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
6
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
15
Hanukkah hero : JUDASMACCABEUS
20
___ transit : RAPID
22
Pelvic bone: Comb. form : ILIO
25
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
43
Prophet : SEER
47
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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