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Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Wednesday, May 28, 1980

27-Down : Let slacken

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 V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,159
Across
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Chimney coating : SOOT
5
Harry : NAG
8
Nice fathers : PERES
13
Ferber or Millay : EDNA
14
Hawaiian island : OAHU
15
Sluggish : INERT
16
Important event in the spring : COMMENCEMENTDAY
19
Nursery of sorts : TREEFARM
20
"___ Fideles" : ADESTE
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For shame! : FIE
22
Dictator : TSAR
23
Blacksmith : SHOER
26
Plaintiff : SUER
27
___ the cradle : ROB
30
Meager : SCANT
31
Diner's concern : MENU
32
Nothing more than : MERE
33
Handouts in spring : COLLEGEDIPLOMAS
36
Associate : ALLY
37
Fine poker pair : ACES
38
Ones : UNITS
39
Sts. or aves. : RDS
40
Aspersion : SLUR
41
Chatter : PRATE
42
Noah's eldest : SHEM
43
Uris hero : ARI
44
Newt : TRITON
47
Regal : PRINCELY
52
Handouts in spring : HONORARYDEGREES
54
In full agreement : ATONE
55
Natural combinations of minerals : ORES
56
Entertainer Johnson : ARTE
57
Works on a photo print : TONES
58
Lair : DEN
59
Lout : BOOR
Down
1
Faction : SECT
2
Reputation : ODOR
3
"The drinks are ___" : ONME
4
Domesticated : TAME
5
Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
6
Polite interruption : AHEM
7
Chicle : GUM
8
Greek poet : PINDAR
9
" ... all ye who ___ here" : ENTER
10
R.I. feathered group : REDS
11
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
12
Eye problem : STYE
14
Walking ___ (ecstatic) : ONAIR
17
Decadent : EFFETE
18
Relax the rules : EASEUP
22
North African city : TUNIS
23
Berate : SCOLD
24
Carnegie and Albert : HALLS
25
Like many a child : ONLY
26
Where the Haggadah is recited : SEDER
27
Let slacken : REMIT
28
Emulate Cicero : ORATE
29
Good Queen ___ : BESS
30
Cicatrix : SCAR
31
Vade ___ (manual) : MECUM
32
___ Lisa : MONA
34
Lead ore : GALENA
35
Siren's forte : LURING
40
"To the ___ of Tripoli" : SHORES
41
Sticks one's nose in : PRIES
42
Hawthorne's "The Great ___ Face" : STONE
43
Rosalind's forest : ARDEN
44
Demonstrative : THAT
45
Printing process, for short : ROTO
46
Privy to : INON
47
Pile for burning : PYRE
48
Hermit, e.g. : CRAB
49
Saarinen : EERO
50
Apollo's mother : LETO
51
Belgian river : YSER
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Gat or roscoe : ROD

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

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