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Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Friday, December 5, 1980

4-Across : Mets' league: Abbr.

Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K W X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 3, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,350
Across
1
Cries of surprise : AHS
4
Mets' league: Abbr. : NATL
8
Spotlight color : AMBER
13
___ Raton, Fla. : BOCA
15
Follower of head or back : ACHE
16
Hot cloth stimulating circulation : STUPE
17
Mate of a countess : EARL
18
Article in a list : ITEM
19
Chased woman : SIREN
20
Strong in-group loyalty : TRIBALISM
22
Designer of Kennedy Library at Harvard : IMPEI
23
Mother of Dionysus : SEMELE
24
Temporary halt : PAUSE
26
Range of hills : RIDGE
28
Prospects : VISTAS
32
Hero of a famous 1897 editorial : SANTA
35
Even, in Cherbourg : MEME
37
Panacea : CURE
38
Lily plant : ALOE
39
TV and radio, e.g. : MEDIA
40
Word with father or ladder : STEP
41
He played Zola, Pasteur et al. : MUNI
42
Soon : ANON
43
Crouch : SQUAT
44
Corrects : EMENDS
46
Scarf : FICHU
48
Rope maker's material : SISAL
50
Top and bottom round : ROASTS
54
Preserves : SALTS
57
Form a scar : CICATRIZE
59
Tramontane of sorts : ALIEN
60
Like a certain duckling : UGLY
61
Zest : ELAN
62
Between Bess and Jackie : MAMIE
63
God: Prefix : THEO
64
Mild oath : DARN
65
Garden glorifier : PEONY
66
Collarless jacket : ETON
67
Dir. from Buffalo to Olean : SSE
Down
1
Aids a felon : ABETS
2
Viscount Templewood : HOARE
3
Curtain material : SCRIM
4
___ down (settled definitely) : NAILED
5
Drama opening : ACTI
6
C, in 9 Down : THESPEEDOFLIGHT
7
Proposition in proving a theorem : LEMMA
8
St. Francis' milieu : ASSISI
9
E = ___ : MTIMESCSQUARED
10
Baby-feeding finale : BURP
11
Relative of a rapier : EPEE
12
Bolognese painter : RENI
14
Author of famous equation at 9 Down : ALBERTEINSTEIN
21
Inter ___ : ALIA
25
Part of the iris : UVEA
27
Feds : GMEN
29
Ballet skirt : TUTU
30
Range : AREA
31
Clan : SEPT
32
Ditto : SAME
33
An astringent : ALUM
34
What "the poor dog" had : NONE
36
Type of bus : MINI
39
M, in 9 Down : MASS
43
Word with put or gun : SHOT
45
A land bears his name : DISNEY
47
Kindergarten need : CRAYON
49
Crucial : ACUTE
51
Marner or Lapham : SILAS
52
Ivan and Nicholas: Var. : TZARS
53
Brussels' river : SENNE
54
Coarse hominy : SAMP
55
Amor's wings : ALAE
56
Exec's car : LIMO
58
Egyptian queen, for short : CLEO

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

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