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Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Wednesday, December 6, 1978

49-Down : Diminutive of Janet

Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 3, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,620
Across
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Convert skin into white leather : TAW
4
Sloven or boor : SLOB
8
Money in Iran : RIAL
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Ireland, in Irish : EIRE
13
Titled ones : EARLS
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Suffix for refer or despond : ENCE
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London gallery : TATE
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Lace edging : PICOT
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Arthur of tennis fame : ASHE
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Unrefined : CRUDE
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One of the Vienna boys : CHORISTER
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Seraglios : HAREMS
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Mss. handler : EDITOR
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Bay windows : ORIELS
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Extreme poverty : PENURY
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Small bird : TIT
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Canines, e.g. : TEETH
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Reminders, for short : MEMOS
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Woodwind : OBOE
38
Word of mouth : PAROL
40
Plexus : RETE
41
Gadget : GISMO
43
Unit of capacitance : FARAD
45
Neither's buddy : NOR
46
Gradient : ASCENT
48
Bemoan : LAMENT
50
Secret : ARCANE
52
Polite word : PLEASE
55
Kindred : CONGENIAL
58
Where to locate 30 Down : ATLAS
59
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
60
___ Cruz, city in Argentina : GODOY
62
Pinball no-no : TILT
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Neighbor of N.J. : PENN
64
Corpulent : OBESE
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Wife of Osiris : ISIS
66
"Honi ___ ... " : SOIT
67
Once, once : ERST
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Common abbr. : ETC
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Formal headdress : TIARA
2
Cellist until 1886 : ARTUROTOSCANINI
3
Gardener's device : WEEDER
4
Aug.'s neighbor : SEP
5
Clerical's opposite : LAIC
6
Main career of 2 Down : ORCHESTRALEADER
7
Word with hound or bank : BLOOD
8
Logical anchor man? : REASONER
9
Ancillary role of 2 Down : INSTRUMENTALIST
10
Word with head or ear : ACHE
11
Nasty look : LEER
12
Delineate : ETCH
14
Word with tease or poker : STRIP
20
Give off : EMIT
22
Particular : ITEM
24
Ooze : SEEP
27
Word with fig or fly : LEAF
29
Print from a rotary press : ROTO
30
River to the North Sea : YSER
31
Cato's garb : TOGA
32
Wading bird : IBIS
34
Israeli folk dance : HORA
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Like an underdeveloped country : EMERGENT
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Nightingale's accessory : LAMP
42
"Three Bears" opener : ONCE
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Walter ___ Mare : DELA
47
"Last ___ in Paris" : TANGO
49
Diminutive of Janet : NETTIE
51
Classical weeper : NIOBE
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Relating to the Frankish people : SALIC
54
Superlative suffixes : ESTS
55
Crowns : CAPS
56
A spread : OLEO
57
Red-ink item : LOSS
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Still : YET

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

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