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Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Friday, January 30, 1981

15-Across : First name of the author of "My Life"

Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { B Q }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,406
Across
1
Disreputable person : RAFF
5
Goose genus : ANSER
10
Purl's partner : KNIT
14
On the Ligurian : ASEA
15
First name of the author of "My Life" : GOLDA
16
Word with other : EACH
17
Bolus : PILL
18
Sovereignty : REIGN
19
Fleuret's relative : EPEE
20
Fallacies in thinking : IDOLA
22
Architect's detailed description, for short : SPEC
23
Mère's counterpart : PERE
24
Garb for work or play : DENIMS
26
First part : PRIMO
28
Dewy-eyed : NAIVE
30
Slander : DEFAME
34
Hood : GANGSTER
37
"Flow gently, sweet ___ ... ": Burns : AFTON
38
Box elder genus : ACER
39
Panache : STYLE
42
Tree with white flowers : TITI
43
Ratoon : SHOOT
45
Kind of average or value : WEIGHTED
47
Sketch : PENCIL
49
King Haakon made her a knight : HENIE
50
Jack : KNAVE
52
Hire : ENGAGE
56
Rock's predecessor : JAZZ
59
Señor's child : NINO
61
Hundred-eyed monster : ARGUS
62
___ strut (plane part) : OLEO
63
Treeless uplands : DOWNS
65
Start of a Shakespearean title : ALLS
66
Getz or Kenton : STAN
67
Chosen : ELECT
68
Gulf of Salerno feeder : SELE
69
Kind of card : HOLE
70
Old hat : DATED
71
Charon's post : STYX
Down
1
Speedy : RAPID
2
Dramatic ploy : ASIDE
3
Criminal : FELON
4
Parkway warning sign : FALLINGROCKZONE
5
D.C. Cabinet post : AGR
6
Denials : NOES
7
Parkway warning sign : SLIPPERYWHENWET
8
Lawn tool : EDGER
9
Spoiled : RANCID
10
Parkway warning sign : KEEPOFFTHEGRASS
11
Nucha or nuque : NAPE
12
Baker's aide : ICER
13
Biblical pronoun : THEE
21
You love: Lat. : AMAS
25
Holds a session : SITS
27
___ culpa : MEA
29
Fido's dr. : VET
31
Keep ___ (persevere) : ATIT
32
Particle : MOTE
33
City in Okla. : ENID
34
Pant : GASP
35
Yearn : ACHE
36
Ramsay-Travers find: 1898 : NEON
40
Shubert or De Forest : LEE
41
"___ kleine Nachtmusik": Mozart : EINE
44
Stannum : TIN
46
Lollobrigida : GINA
48
Alit : LANDED
51
Duke Orsino's bride : VIOLA
53
Ornamental stud : AGLET
54
Arroyo : GULLY
55
Reo contemporary : ESSEX
56
Tease : JOSH
57
Choir voice : ALTO
58
Enthusiasm : ZEAL
60
Former : ONCE
64
Norm: Abbr. : STD

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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