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William Jarvis
William Jarvis

New York Times, Friday, August 27, 1982

46-Down : Positively

Author:
William Jarvis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F W Z }, Scrabble score: 324 (avg 1.73)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
William Jarvis has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
J
2
A
3
R
4
S
5
A
6
V
7
V
8
Y
9
C
10
A
11
C
12
H
13
E
14
O
S
E
15
S
T
O
O
D
16
A
S
H
E
S
17
H
Y
D
18
T
R
O
I
S
19
S
T
A
R
K
20
N
O
U
21
S
22
O
D
D
23
B
E
R
N
E
24
J
U
X
T
25
A
P
O
S
26
I
T
I
O
N
27
E
C
H
O
28
G
U
N
N
E
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R
30
S
31
C
32
A
N
T
Y
33
K
O
S
34
O
L
E
35
O
36
T
A
L
O
S
37
M
I
R
38
O
M
E
N
S
39
U
S
C
G
40
D
O
T
41
O
X
I
D
E
S
42
K
O
R
43
B
U
T
44
O
P
E
C
45
H
A
R
L
E
46
Q
U
I
N
A
47
D
48
E
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S
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T
O
P
A
Y
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U
S
A
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L
U
X
E
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D
E
L
H
I
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D
I
T
T
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O
56
E
I
N
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A
L
I
E
N
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S
T
E
E
D
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L
L
D
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D
E
C
R
Y
61
T
E
R
S
E
62
S
E
S
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,980
Across
1
Shake : JAR
4
Know-how : SAVVY
9
Where to stash cash : CACHE
14
Suffix meaning "full of" : OSE
15
Endured : STOOD
16
Ruins : ASHES
17
Sci. of liquids in motion : HYD
18
Number of Mousquetaires : TROIS
19
___ naked : STARK
20
The highest intellect : NOUS
22
Eccentric : ODD
23
" ... Group Therapy" author : BERNE
24
Side-by-side situation : JUXTAPOSITION
27
U.S. satellite : ECHO
28
Ordnance officer : GUNNER
30
Meager : SCANTY
33
Part of Ali's rec. : KOS
34
TV backdrop : OLEO
36
Mythical man of brass : TALOS
37
Russian village : MIR
38
Auguries : OMENS
39
Mil. initials : USCG
40
Part of an ellipsis : DOT
41
Litharge and zincite, e.g. : OXIDES
42
Star on the bars in 1972 : KORBUT
44
Cartel since 1960 : OPEC
45
Showcases for buffoons : HARLEQUINADES
50
Rob Peter ___ Paul : TOPAY
51
Part of N.A. : USA
52
Richness : LUXE
53
Indian city : DELHI
54
As before : DITTO
56
"___ Heldenleben": Strauss : EIN
57
Peregrine : ALIEN
58
Bayard : STEED
59
Legal deg. : LLD
60
Speak out against : DECRY
61
Laconic : TERSE
62
His or her: Fr. : SES
Down
1
Gen. ___ Pershing : JOHNJ
2
"___ Like It" : ASYOU
3
Updike's "Rabbit ___" : REDUX
4
TU-144 : SST
5
Waste away : ATROPHY
6
Black magic : VOODOO
7
Gaps : VOIDS
8
A mi. has 1,760 of these : YDS
9
Cheese basis : CASEIN
10
Inconceivably large : ASTRONOMICAL
11
Grooved : CHANNELED
12
"Lo, ___ is God ... ": Clough : HERE
13
River in Scotland : ESK
21
Copier of a dictator's words : STENOGRAPHER
23
Heat units, for short : BTUS
25
John's biblical follower : ACTS
26
Plane designer Sikorsky : IGOR
29
Poet Sully-Prudhomme : RENE
30
Erwin or Udall : STU
31
Container in a Poe tale : CASK
32
Like some beverages : ALCOHOLIC
33
Young rabbit : KIT
35
C.I.A. predecessor : OSS
37
Speck : MOTE
38
Hardy's "The ___" : OXEN
40
As required : DULY
41
Narcotics : OPIATES
43
Like a certain trust : BRAINY
44
Removal from office : OUSTER
46
Positively : QUITE
47
Affairs of honor : DUELS
48
Napoleon, on Elba : EXILE
49
Enraptures: Slang : SENDS
50
"TV" part : TELE
53
Arabic letter : DAD
54
Summer-time abbr. : DST
55
Serenata : ODE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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