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Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Thursday, July 31, 1980

Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q W X }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 12.7 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,223
Across
1
Winkle's prey : CLAM
5
Master contrapuntist: 1685–1750 : BACH
9
Crack in glaze or enamel : CRAZE
14
Man, to Manlius : HOMO
15
____ breve : ALLA
16
Yellow-fever mosquito : AEDES
17
Greeley creation : EDITORIAL
19
Command to Kelly : SLIDE
20
Imperative alternative : FISHORCUTBAIT
22
Triple agents : SPIES
23
Worker on a hill : ANT
24
Evil : BAD
27
French possessive : SES
28
"___ sweet is she!": Jonson : OSO
29
"The law is a ___": Dickens : ASS
32
Time spans : ERAS
34
Underrate or overrate : MISVALUE
36
Imperative alternative : TAKEITORLEAVEIT
40
Forsakes : ABANDONS
41
Erskine or Essex : AUTO
42
Rep. bordering Lebanon : SYR
43
Iris's milieu : EYE
44
A kind of gen. : MAJ
47
Number of "Little Indians" : TEN
48
Up: Prefix : ANO
49
R2-D2, e.g. : ROBOT
51
Imperative alternative : PUTUPORSHUTUP
56
Welsh ___ (dachshund 's cousin) : CORGI
58
Fatuous : INSENSATE
59
Circa : ABOUT
60
Sagan's "The Dragons of ___" : EDEN
61
Historic Yugoslav plateau : KRAS
62
Base for a memoir : DIARY
63
Fool : DOLT
64
Section of New York or London : SOHO
Down
1
Brillat-Savarin, e.g. : CHEF
2
City in N.J. or Calif. : LODI
3
Kingsley ___ : AMIS
4
Racing sailboats : MOTHS
5
Peter Pan's creator : BARRIE
6
"___ Restaurant" : ALICES
7
Noted Flemish painter: 1849–1924 : CLAUS
8
Hesitate, as a speaker : HALT
9
Libertine of the 18th century : CASANOVA
10
Kindled anew : RELIT
11
Stulm : ADIT
12
Londoner's last letter : ZED
13
Suffix with journal : ESE
18
Omigosh! : OOPS
21
___-Terre, capital of Guadeloupe : BASSE
24
Gammas' predecessors : BETAS
25
What Milton called "the blest" : ARABY
26
Port of Senegal : DAKAR
28
Fuel in the news : OIL
29
Eskimo's relative : ALEUT
30
Hotel accommodation : SUITE
31
Attack : SETON
33
Small Japanese coin : SEN
34
Woolf's "___ Dalloway" : MRS
35
Bambi's cousin : AVA
37
What a dog tag reveals : IDENTITY
38
"Happy Birthday ___" : TOYOU
39
Unit : ONE
44
Tidbit : MORSEL
45
Missing : ABSENT
46
Bull or Doe : JOHN
48
Presage : AUGUR
49
A musical form : RONDO
50
Ivory source : TUSKS
51
Malay boat : PROA
52
Varicolored : PIED
53
Starchy root : TARO
54
Site of Cedar Breaks National Monument : UTAH
55
A pittance in Quezon City : PESO
56
Character like Steerforth : CAD
57
Sash worn in Sasebo : OBI

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

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