This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Tuesday, January 1, 1980

39-Across : Nero's father

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
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
A
2
E
3
F
4
R
5
A
6
J
7
A
8
H
9
A
10
T
11
T
12
A
13
C
L
O
14
T
15
A
N
A
M
E
16
S
H
O
P
17
T
A
R
E
18
M
I
N
E
R
19
T
E
N
T
20
I
N
A
N
21
E
22
S
U
N
B
23
E
A
M
S
24
D
U
S
T
25
S
26
A
D
A
G
I
O
27
L
E
A
N
28
E
R
29
L
A
R
R
30
U
31
P
32
P
33
A
D
34
S
A
T
Y
35
R
36
D
E
N
S
E
37
A
L
L
38
A
39
P
A
T
E
40
R
41
S
I
N
E
42
R
I
A
N
43
T
44
T
H
E
I
45
R
46
N
A
P
47
C
A
N
N
O
48
T
49
E
D
G
I
50
N
G
51
G
O
T
O
52
F
F
53
A
L
I
A
54
S
55
A
S
T
E
R
O
I
56
D
57
E
L
F
I
58
N
59
A
N
Y
A
60
E
R
R
O
61
L
62
E
T
N
A
63
D
O
N
T
64
R
E
S
T
E
65
S
E
C
T
66
S
N
E
E
67
O
S
T
E
O
68
R
E
O
© 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
19
Campsite need : TENT
20
Ridiculous : INANE
22
Rays of light : SUNBEAMS
24
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.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

Previous puzzle | Next puzzle
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
59 ms