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Jay Livingston
Jay Livingston

New York Times, Monday, January 15, 1979

41-Down : Work on potholes

Author:
Jay Livingston
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { X Z }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jay Livingston has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 4 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,660
Across
1
Decisions for "Big A" patrons : BETS
5
The 53d card : JOKER
10
Slightly open : AJAR
14
Pain : ACHE
15
Bring together : UNITE
16
Blanch : PALE
17
Reporter's question : WHEN
18
Hamlet's countrymen : DANES
19
Like tea in summer : ICED
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Strong aversion : LOATHING
22
Queried : ASKED
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Worry : FRET
24
Villa of Mexican fame : PANCHO
27
Loud and vulgar : GARISH
29
Leave out : OMIT
30
Musical notes : FAS
33
"___ Irish Rose" : ABIES
34
Lying face down : PRONE
35
Words with king and mode : ALA
36
British coats, for short : MACS
37
Metric measure : LITRE
38
Apartment : FLAT
39
Actress Hagen : UTA
40
River embankment : LEVEE
41
Glorious or prosperous : PALMY
42
___ of diamonds (big casino) : TEN
43
Stravinsky : IGOR
44
Component : FACTOR
45
Searches : QUESTS
47
State : AVER
48
Chowder and vichyssoise : SOUPS
50
TV program : TELECAST
54
___ bien : TRES
55
Sweet's companion : SHORT
57
In unison: Mus. : ADUE
58
U.S. author: 1909-55 : AGEE
59
Former First Lady : MAMIE
60
Radiation measures : REMS
61
"Peer ___" : GYNT
62
Outcast : LEPER
63
U.K. awards for valor : DSOS
Down
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Cry lustily : BAWL
2
Cavern sound : ECHO
3
Hepburn-Bogart vehicle : THEAFRICANQUEEN
4
Soldiers standing guard : SENTRIES
5
Actress Anderson : JUDITH
6
___ even keel : ONAN
7
Jelly Roll Morton tune: 1924 : KINGPORTERSTOMP
8
Nice summer : ETE
9
Legal matter : RES
10
Imitative : APISH
11
Handyman : JACKOFALLTRADES
12
Away from the wind : ALEE
13
Comedian Foxx : REDD
21
Dame Myra : HESS
22
Deed, in France : ACTE
25
"___, Scusa Mi," Goulet hit : AMORE
26
A spot card : NINE
27
Entire scale : GAMUT
28
Decrease : ABATE
31
Texas landmark : ALAMO
32
Nymph's pursuer : SATYR
34
Basketball player's maneuver : PIVOT
37
Parts of a journey : LEGS
38
Part of a blackjack, usually : FACECARD
40
Prevaricates : LIES
41
Work on potholes : PAVE
44
Stumble : FALTER
46
Beat the favorite : UPSET
48
Kind of party : STAG
49
Kind of party : ORGY
51
Pa. port : ERIE
52
Japanese wrestling : SUMO
53
Hardy girl : TESS
55
Shirt size: Abbr. : SML
56
Have, in the Highlands : HAE

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

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