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Jean J. Davison
New York Times, Saturday, June 19, 1993
56-Across : Musical repetition
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.
1 H | 2 A | 3 G | 4 A | 5 R | 6 A | 7 F | 8 F | 9 E | 10 C | 11 T | ||||
12 B | A | R | O | Q | U | 13 E | 14 L | E | A | S | H | E | 15 S |
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16 A | S | T | O | U | N | D | 17 I | N | S | T | A | N | T |
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18 R | B | I | 19 A | U | G | 20 M | E | N | T | 21 O | D | E |
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22 B | E | S | 23 T | 24 P | E | O | N | Y | 25 S | T | E | N |
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26 R | E | A | R | 27 S | 28 D | N | A | 29 S | P | I | R | O |
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30 A | N | N | I | E | 31 S | 32 I | T | 33 A | L | I | C | S | ||
34 P | L | A | 35 S | T | E | R | E | D | ||||||
36 T | 37 A | L | L | Y | H | O | 38 S | E | E | 39 S | 40 T | 41 O |
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42 M | U | S | E | S | 43 O | R | 44 B | 45 P | R | O | W | L |
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46 A | R | T | S | 47 T | W | E | E | 48 D | 49 S | L | E | D |
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50 I | E | R | 51 T | H | E | D | A | Y | 52 S | 53 D | E | I |
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54 N | E | I | 55 T | H | E | R | 56 R | E | P | 57 R | I | S | E |
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58 E | N | D | W | I | S | E | 59 D | R | A | G | E | E | S |
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60 S | E | I | N | E | D | 61 S | T | A | R | S |
© 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.