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Jean J. Davison
Jean J. Davison

New York Times, Thursday, August 3, 1978

Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 5, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 23.8
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,582
Across
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"Down with!" in Paris : ABAS
5
Small hooter : OWLET
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Joan or Marian : MAID
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Slangy disclaimer : NOPE
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Soprano Kanawa is one : MAORI
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A memorable Chase : ILKA
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Annual respite, for some : TWOWEEKVACATION
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The works : ALL
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On the quiet side : ALEE
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Imbibed : DRANK
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Among other things, with 11 Down : INTER
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Jackknife, e.g. : DIVE
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Word with fad or news : LATEST
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Oliver's cry : MORE
30
Indian sheep : SHA
33
Air for Figaro : ARIA
34
Tennis term : ADIN
35
Mortar trough : HOD
36
Souvenir of 17 Across : PICTUREPOSTCARD
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Red or Dead : SEA
42
Season to be jolly : NOEL
43
Orsk's stream : URAL
44
Building wing : ELL
45
Colonial governor of Virginia : DALE
46
Wavelet : RIPPLE
48
"I come to ___ Caesar ... " : BURY
49
Taste, e.g. : SENSE
50
Bay window : ORIEL
53
Loot : SWAG
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Give the ___ to (approve) : NOD
57
Message on 36 Across : WISHYOUWEREHERE
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Raines or Grasso : ELLA
62
Dramatist's ploy : ASIDE
63
Spoken : ORAL
64
Observed : SEEN
65
Well-known : FAMED
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Toiler in the 10th century : ESNE
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Actors' org. : ANTA
2
Cotton or Rose : BOWL
3
Not interested in matters of state : APOLITICAL
4
Stitch : SEW
5
Luncheon entree : OMELET
6
Sleeping Beauty, finally : WAKER
7
Tin Pan Alley topic : LOVE
8
Age : ERA
9
Twitch : TIC
10
British bishopric : MITRE
11
See 23 Across : ALIA
12
Holy image: Var. : IKON
13
Like a dungeon : DANK
18
Refreshments : EATS
19
Arrival : ADVENT
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Tidy : NEAT
25
Dummkopf : DODO
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Spring bloomer : IRIS
27
Error : LAPSE
28
Satellite of Uranus : ARIEL
29
Syrup source : MAPLE
30
Office equipment : SHARPENERS
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Occurring every 60 minutes : HORAL
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Confuse : ADDLE
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To an excessive degree : UNDULY
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Niagara Falls sound : ROAR
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Hard to handle : EELY
40
Sports awards : CUPS
46
Set up : REARED
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Former dean of St. Paul's : INGE
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He wrote "The Quare Fellow" : BEHAN
49
Nobel was one : SWEDE
50
Is obligated : OWES
51
Annoy : RILE
52
___ of Pines, off SW Cuba : ISLE
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In the ___ (au courant) : SWIM
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Port of Algeria : ORAN
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Do some editing : DELE
58
Lummox : OAF
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Large part of N.A. : USA
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Tool of Edwin Markham's man : HOE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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