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Dorothy N. Davis
Dorothy N. Davis

New York Times, Saturday, October 29, 1977

58-Across : Clever escapee

Author:
Dorothy N. Davis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Dorothy N. Davis has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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G
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R
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T
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S
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G
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D
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G
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I
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M
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E
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P
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S
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D
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M
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,304
Across
1
One of seven : AFRICA
7
"Papa Bear" of gridiron fame : HALAS
12
Herschel's discovery : URANUS
13
The ___ Cup, in yacht racing : AMERICAS
16
Stroller : GOCART
17
I.O.U. with a deadline : TIMENOTE
18
Prefix with corn or form : UNI
19
Wife of Oberon : TITANIA
21
Wife of Amen-Ra : MUT
22
Kind of party : STAG
24
Milne boy : ROBIN
25
New Orleans jazzman : HIRT
26
Rock debris at base of cliff : TALUS
28
Visit between whalers : GAM
29
Revolutionary patriot : DEANE
30
Chilling : GLACIAL
32
Torme : MEL
33
Penthouses : EYRIES
34
Tiny chorines : PONIES
37
Rimsky-Korsakoff's "Le Coq ___" : DOR
38
Rudimentary root : RADICLE
39
Pale : ASHEN
42
"Ben-___," Wallace book : HUR
43
Cellini creation : MEDAL
45
Peruse : READ
46
Book between Daniel and Joel : HOSEA
48
Davenport : SOFA
49
Hindu sacred words : OMS
50
Least loose : TAUTEST
52
Bolger : RAY
53
One of fifty : MISSOURI
55
"And what is ___ ... ?" : SORARE
57
One of five : ATLANTIC
58
Clever escapee : ELUDER
59
Weird : EERIE
60
Small drums : TABORS
Down
1
One of twelve : AUGUST
2
Face of a building : FRONTAGE
3
Adverb often used with integrated : RACIALLY
4
___ hurry (rushing) : INA
5
Rudely concise : CURT
6
Moving about : ASTIR
7
Surround : HEMIN
8
Space : AREA
9
Author Yutang : LIN
10
Baldness : ACOMIA
11
Second-largest planet : SATURN
13
Kettledrum : ATABAL
14
Jot : MINIM
15
Due e cinque : SETTE
20
Gowns of professionals : TOGAS
23
Circumspect : GUARDED
25
Spirals : HELICES
27
Prince, e.g. : SCION
29
Coarse material : DENIM
31
Comparative suffix : IER
32
Mary Quant's style : MOD
34
Colloquial name for Lutetia : PAREE
35
Where riches abound : ELDORADO
36
Magellan was one : SEAFARER
38
Bumpkin : RUSTIC
39
Bouquet : AROMA
40
Descendant of Noah's eldest son : SEMITE
41
Relative of a rhubarb : HASSLE
42
Dark-eyed beauty : HOURI
44
Beds or bookies : LAYERS
46
___ couture (high fashion) : HAUTE
47
Black-ink item : ASSET
50
Little Antoinette : TONI
51
Indian weight : TOLA
54
Patriotic org. : SAR
56
Obstruction : RUB

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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