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Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Saturday, December 16, 1978

28-Across : Arcane

Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,630
Across
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Grades that don't make the grade : EFS
4
Confront : FACE
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___ Picchu (Incan stronghold) : MACHU
13
Women's service org. : ORT
14
Moslem title : AGHA
15
World supporter : ATLAS
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Stunt-plane maneuver : LOOP
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Iago's forte : LIES
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Thruway, e.g. : ROUTE
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Like a persona non grata : UNWELCOME
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Firmly implant : IMBED
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Sound reproduction, for short : STEREO
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Native of Teheran : IRANI
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Type of column : IONIC
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Arcane : SECRET
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Satan's cohort : DEMON
35
Chore : TASK
37
___ a happy smile (beamed) : WORE
38
Eager : AVID
39
Stakes : PALES
40
Lamb's pseudonym : ELIA
41
Prefix for meter or liter : DECI
42
Holly : ILEX
43
Member of a R.R. crew : OILER
44
Delphic priestess : ORACLE
46
___ in wait (ready to ambush) : LYING
48
Pithy : TERSE
50
Same old stuff, in new form : REHASH
54
Promenades for Pericles : STOAS
57
Dun : IMPORTUNE
59
Hair ornaments : COMBS
60
" ... a ___ and hungry look" : LEAN
61
Pack : STOW
62
Useful : UTILE
63
"The ___ and Future King": White : ONCE
64
Miner's quest : ORE
65
Inhibit : DETER
66
Suffix for prank or song : STER
67
To-be-cont. story : SER
Down
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Mt. ___, Colo. peak : EOLUS
2
Facade : FRONT
3
Little Eva's creator : STOWE
4
Peregrine : FALCON
5
Exchange discount : AGIO
6
Fe or Au, for example : CHEMICALELEMENT
7
Nurse, at times : EASER
8
Leatherneck : MARINE
9
For oxygen, 16; for carbon, 12, etc. : ATOMICWEIGHTS
10
Social group : CLUB
11
Abhor : HATE
12
Previously owned : USED
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Arrangement based on Mendeleev's law : PERIODICTABLE
21
Trotsky : LEON
25
Questions : ASKS
27
Type of type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Parker House ___ : ROLL
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"Clinton's canal" : ERIE
31
Rend : TEAR
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Groove : DADO
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At any time : EVER
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Biotite, e.g. : MICA
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Erotic : SEXY
39
Harbor structure : PIER
43
Rare individual : ONER
45
Inferior : LESSER
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He has pressing problems : IRONER
49
Midwest cylinders : SILOS
51
Durant, Erskine, etc. : AUTOS
52
Rhoncus : SNORE
53
He hacks : HEWER
54
Run before a gale : SCUD
55
Transport : TOTE
56
Neglect : OMIT
58
Gait : PACE

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

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