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Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Tuesday, June 19, 1979

49-Down : Words of understanding

Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { G J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3 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. 10,815
Across
1
Tannic or boric, e.g. : ACID
5
Assemble : MASS
9
Hatchet's cousin : ADZE
13
Achy : SORE
14
Young fellow, in Dublin : BUCKO
15
D. H. Lawrence's home : TAOS
16
Possible cause for dismissal : PROCRASTINATION
19
Sign up : ENLIST
20
Be prodigal : WASTE
21
Cheeta's family : APES
22
Cordelia's father : LEAR
24
Ogled or goggled : STARED
27
Mode of marching : LOCKSTEP
31
York's river : OUSE
32
Cavalry sword : SABRE
33
Chinese weight : HAO
34
Possible cause for dismissal : FLIRTATIOUSNESS
38
Words with mode or king : ALA
39
Testator's concern : HEIRS
40
Piedmontese city : ASTI
41
Melted down : RENDERED
43
Least doubtful : SUREST
45
Libido derivative : EROS
46
Book by Gore Vidal : BURR
47
French G.I. : POILU
50
Risky : UNSAFE
53
Possible cause for dismissal : INSUBORDINATION
58
Requirement : NEED
59
Lacy, ornamental mat : DOILY
60
Where Argentan is : ORNE
61
Walnut or tulip, e.g. : TREE
62
Parking-lot "souvenir" : DENT
63
Musical notation : REST
Down
1
Cleopatra's bosom companion : ASP
2
Gist : CORE
3
Mangle : IRON
4
Bridge player, at times : DECLARER
5
Essentials : MUSTS
6
Performance : ACT
7
Slalom, e.g. : SKI
8
Scion : SON
9
Perfumes : ATTARS
10
Guest of honor's place : DAIS
11
___ suit (gaudy attire) : ZOOT
12
Laborer in old England : ESNE
14
Grounded : BASED
17
Ready for reaping : RIPE
18
Leaves dreamland : AWAKES
22
Timber wolves : LOBOS
23
Beige : ECRU
24
"So near and yet ___" : SOFAR
25
Material for veils : TULLE
26
Chinese or Indian : ASIAN
27
Scotch estate holder : LAIRD
28
"What fools ___ mortals be" : THESE
29
Cardinal points : EASTS
30
Assume or presume : POSIT
32
Pigpens : STIES
35
Hamlet's Catch-22 : THERUB
36
Prefix for plane or dynamics : AERO
37
Person employed for a documentary : NARRATOR
42
Trick : DELUDE
43
Optimistic : SUNNY
44
Heavenly Bear : URSA
46
Constructed : BUILT
47
Pub order : PINT
48
Rare fellow : ONER
49
Words of understanding : ISEE
51
Ardor : FIRE
52
Millenniums, and more : EONS
54
Strange : ODD
55
Former Brooklyn pitcher : ROE
56
Clatter : DIN
57
Seine : NET

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