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Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Saturday, June 19, 1993

42-Across : Parnassus ennead

Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J K V X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,929
Across
1
Cartoon Viking : HAGAR
6
Influence : AFFECT
12
Very ornate : BAROQUE
14
Restraints : LEASHES
16
Bowl over : ASTOUND
17
Immediate : INSTANT
18
Hitting stat : RBI
19
Supplement : AUGMENT
21
Stasimon, e.g. : ODE
22
Supreme : BEST
24
Showy flower : PEONY
25
Brit. gun : STEN
26
Raises : REARS
28
Genetic letters : DNA
29
"Dum ___, spero" (S.C. motto) : SPIRO
30
Oakley and Laurie : ANNIES
32
Sloped letters : ITALICS
34
Lit : PLASTERED
36
"Yoicks" relative : TALLYHO
38
Tends : SEESTO
42
Parnassus ennead : MUSES
43
Planet : ORB
45
Roam furtively : PROWL
46
Tatum and Malik : ARTS
47
Tammany boss : TWEED
49
Rosebud, e.g. : SLED
50
Cash finish : IER
51
"Those were ___!" : THEDAYS
53
Agnus ___ : DEI
54
Start of a postman's motto : NEITHER
56
Musical repetition : REPRISE
58
Not frontward : ENDWISE
59
Sugar-coated candies : DRAGEES
60
Netted : SEINED
61
Headliners : STARS
Down
1
He's over the hill : HASBEEN
2
Craftsman : ARTISAN
3
Gunk : GOO
4
A drink for Cicero : AQUA
5
Increase rapidly : RUNUP
6
Estrange : ALIENATE
7
Growing in marshes : FENNY
8
Author of "The Immigrants" : FAST
9
D.C. clock setting : EST
10
Disorganized : CHAOTIC
11
Submits : TENDERS
12
Actress Streisand : BARBRA
13
Trimmed a walkway : EDGED
15
Type lead-in : STENO
20
Kept track of : MONITORED
23
Diamond feats : TRIPLES
25
Cast-iron skillets : SPIDERS
27
Merchandises : SELLS
29
REM time : SLEEP
31
Shakespearean lord : SAY
33
Horace's "___ Poetica" : ARS
35
Poured forth abundantly : SHOWERED
36
Soup servers' vessels : TUREENS
37
On : ASTRIDE
39
General Ridgway's memoirs : SOLDIER
40
Surgeons' instrument cases, once : TWEESES
41
Pop songs of yesteryear : OLDIES
42
Historic battleship : MAINE
44
Confront boldly : BEARD
47
"___ Three," Wyler film : THESE
48
Batik makers : DYERS
51
Attenuated : THIN
52
Lovers' quarrel : SPAT
55
Doubly: Prefix : TWI
57
Latvia's cap. : RGA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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

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