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Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Tuesday, April 15, 1980

21-Down : Night: Comb. form

Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,116
Across
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Encompassed by : AMID
5
Medicinal plant : ALOE
9
Artistic judgment : TASTE
14
Van's opposite : REAR
15
Word with folk or bird : SONG
16
Sacrificial setting : ALTAR
17
Daughter of James II : ANNE
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Litigant : SUER
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Don Shula's eleven : MIAMI
20
Annual deductible item for some : BUSINESSEXPENSE
23
Blende or sphalerite : ORE
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Family member, familiarly : GRAN
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Religious pamphlet : TRACT
28
___ Carlo Menotti : GIAN
29
Wane : EBB
32
"___ Girl" (Clara Bow) : THEIT
33
Priam's city : TROY
34
Canadian Indian : CREE
35
Filing status on an annual form : HEADOFHOUSEHOLD
38
Start of "The Aeneid" : ARMA
39
"___ that touch wine ... " : LIPS
40
Fashionable beaches : LIDOS
41
Westrum of diamond fame : WES
42
Aching : SORE
43
One of Nixon's V.P.s : AGNEW
44
Mutts : CURS
45
Clay today : ALI
46
Result of an annual guessing game : ESTIMATEDINCOME
54
Horde from the hive : SWARM
55
Steel ingredient : IRON
56
Eager : AVID
57
French chef's forte : SAUCE
58
Ireland, formerly : EIRE
59
Alight : LAND
60
Register : ENTER
61
Strip of shoe leather : RAND
62
Kind of market or circus : FLEA
Down
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Sadat or Arafat, e.g. : ARAB
2
Bill of fare : MENU
3
Smith and Fleming : IANS
4
After zwei : DREI
5
State : ASSERT
6
" ... scarce the soul of a ___": Kipling : LOUSE
7
Individuals : ONES
8
Flagrant : EGREGIOUS
9
Chicken tick or a Floridian : TAMPAN
10
Outlander : ALIEN
11
Musial or Laurel : STAN
12
Floppy caps : TAMS
13
Railroad, lake or canal : ERIE
21
Night: Comb. form : NOCTO
22
Diagnostic aids : XRAYS
25
"Over ___" (W.W. I song) : THERE
26
Scads : REAMS
27
Verdi opera : AIDA
28
Feel one's way : GROPE
29
Rot slowly : ERODE
30
Under : BELOW
31
Water or flower followers : BEDS
32
Spring in Anchorage : THAW
33
More parched : THIRSTIER
34
Chew the rag : CHIN
36
Fauna's partner : FLORA
37
___ marbles : ELGIN
42
Estivation time : SUMMER
43
Set in order : ALINED
44
"Odyssey" sorceress : CIRCE
45
Decorate : ADORN
46
Being : ESSE
47
Cygnet : SWAN
48
Showing stress : TAUT
49
Term for a worm : ERIA
50
Dogie : CALF
51
Ellipse : OVAL
52
"This Love of ___," Sinatra hit : MINE
53
Norse legends : EDDA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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