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Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Wednesday, February 28, 1979

6-Down : Reheats

Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,704
Across
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Basics : ABCS
5
Whip's sound : SWISH
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Aqueduct feature : RACE
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Chicago area : LOOP
15
Primitive: Comb. form : PALEO
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Building wings : ELLS
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Asian ruler : EMIR
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Annoyed : IRKED
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Versifier : POET
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Children's game : BLINDMANSBUFF
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Negative votes : NOES
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Hts. : ALTS
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Clergyman : PASTOR
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Ecstasy : BLISS
31
Flying saucer : UFO
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Kind of pass, in football : SCREEN
34
Work units : ERGS
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Children's game : FARMERINTHEDELL
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Manumit : FREE
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Liquid used as a solvent : ACETAL
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Bee follower : CEE
44
Attires : ROBES
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Hazarded : RISKED
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Hummingbird motion : WHIR
50
Oriental nurse : AMAH
51
Children's game : HIDEANDGOSEEK
57
Rajah's wife : RANI
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Navigation system : LORAN
59
Adolescent scourge : ACNE
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Korbut : OLGA
62
Stradivari's teacher : AMATI
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"And ___ there were none" : THEN
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Homophone for bin : BEEN
65
Violin's ancestor : REBEC
66
Worked in the garden : HOED
Down
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Welsh rabbit ingredient : ALE
2
H, A or cherry : BOMB
3
Spiral : COIL
4
Dash : SPRINT
5
Long-legged crustacean : SPIDERCRAB
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Reheats : WARMS
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A memorable Chase : ILKA
8
Observed : SEEN
9
Coal scuttles : HODS
10
Fought off : REPULSED
11
In the air : ALOFT
12
C, G and F : CLEFS
13
River mouth: Abbr. : EST
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"No ___ is good news" (bandit's motto) : NOOSE
22
One kind of relief : BAS
25
Word with cream or powder : PUFF
26
Distant : AFAR
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Painful : SORE
28
Czech founder of the Little Entente : BENES
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Lithuanian's close relative : LETT
30
Discordant : INHARMONIC
33
Red Sox slugger : RICE
35
"And ye may better ___ the rede": Burns : RECK
36
Jubilation : GLEE
37
Word with dog or bob : SLED
39
Noon : MERIDIAN
40
Inventor Howe : ELIAS
45
Lode find : ORE
47
Closefitting dress : SHEATH
48
Grampus or cachalot : WHALE
49
Be contingent : HINGE
50
Shooting marble : AGATE
52
Scapular : ALAR
53
Alaskan cape : NOME
54
Dull and dingy : DRAB
55
Parrot : ECHO
56
One of the joints : KNEE
57
Burglarize : ROB
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Where this word comes : END

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