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Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Tuesday, March 13, 1979

Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { B F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 34.2
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,717
Across
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Repetition : ROTE
5
Pick up surreptitiously : PALM
9
Applaud : CLAP
13
Summit : APEX
14
Cater to : SERVE
15
Swiss river to the Rhine : AARE
16
Dwarf able to spin flax into gold : RUMPELSTILTSKIN
19
Rigor : ASPERITY
20
Bay windows : ORIELS
21
Managed : RAN
22
Pester : DUN
23
Maximum : MOST
26
Hungry, sleepy trespasser : GOLDILOCKS
33
"I've Got ___ in Kalamazoo" : AGAL
34
Fond of fox hunting : HORSY
35
The number many look out for : ONE
36
Sluggish : LOGY
37
Unexpressed : TACIT
38
Spill : SLOP
39
Marsh elder : IVA
40
Fable's ending : MORAL
41
Sulk : POUT
42
Famous stepdaughter : CINDERELLA
45
One of the White Sox : ORTA
46
Grampus or giant : ORC
47
On the ___ (punctually) : DOT
49
___ of Despond, in "Pilgrim's Progress" : SLOUGH
52
Lake dweller's aircraft : SEAPLANE
57
Gingerbread gourmands : HANSELANDGRETEL
59
Suffix for perform or conduct : ANCE
60
Idiotic : INANE
61
Red, Black and White : SEAS
62
Dandelion, e.g. : WEED
63
Roman's attire : TOGA
64
Dried out : SERE
Down
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___ avis : RARA
2
Work of art : OPUS
3
Thermometer reading: Abbr. : TEMP
4
With high skill : EXPERTLY
5
Nuisance : PEST
6
Bohemian : ARTY
7
IV times XIV : LVI
8
Singer or composer : MELODIST
9
Gambling house : CASINO
10
Baikal or Titicaca : LAKE
11
Seed cover : ARIL
12
Writes : PENS
14
First-aid contrivance : SLING
17
Proposed amendment: Abbr. : ERA
18
Business letter sign-off : TRULY
23
___ acid, found in apples : MALIC
24
U.S. satellite : OGOVI
25
Author of "The Unmade Bed" : SAGAN
27
Chicago airport : OHARE
28
Of the neighborhood : LOCAL
29
Dental tool : DRILL
30
Tint : COLOR
31
Whip : KNOUT
32
Membranes : SEPTA
37
Like some processions : TORCHLIT
38
Clean : SPOTLESS
40
Highway sign : MERGE
43
Soaked : DOUSED
44
Saw : ADAGE
48
Dial O for ___: Abbr. : OPR
49
G. B. or Irwin : SHAW
50
Highway section : LANE
51
Start of a fairy tale : ONCE
52
Impediment : SNAG
53
Millay or Ferber : EDNA
54
To ___ (precisely) : ATEE
55
Approach : NEAR
56
Threat word : ELSE
58
Year, in Spain : ANO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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