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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Tuesday, December 11, 1990

39-Across : Hanukkah top

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 15,008
Across
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Movie : FILM
5
Workers' letters of relief : TGIF
9
Saunter : AMBLE
14
Turkish regiment : ALAI
15
Make over : REDO
16
Genoese admiral Andrea ___ : DORIA
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He wrote "The Making of an American" : RIIS
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Arrow poison : INEE
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"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
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Hanukkah heroes : MACCABEES
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Family in "Look Homeward, Angel" : GANTS
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Mimic : APER
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Balsam, e.g. : FIR
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Hide the loot : STASH
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Hanukkah villain : ANTIOCHUS
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Egypt's ___ Church : COPTIC
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Gen. Pershing's men : AEF
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Israeli dance : HORA
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Robot drama : RUR
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Hanukkah top : DREIDEL
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Joplin music : RAG
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Judith Blegen offering : ARIA
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Be human : ERR
46
Nelson ___ of songdom : RIDDLE
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Hanukkah candy shapes : GOLDCOINS
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Iron : PRESS
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A son of Jacob : DAN
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Insect stage : PUPA
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Comedian Soupy : SALES
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Hanukkah candle number : FORTYFOUR
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Impression : PRINT
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Leave out : OMIT
65
Story : TALE
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Residence : ABODE
67
Plexus : RETE
68
Anglo-Saxon slave : ESNE
69
Pram pushers : NANAS
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Bleaching vat : KIER
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Useful abbr. : ETAL
Down
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Old MacDonald had one : FARM
2
Parts of innominate bones : ILIA
3
Secular : LAIC
4
In the wrong role : MISCAST
5
Group descended from 52 Across, e.g. : TRIBE
6
Kinds; sorts : GENERA
7
French notion : IDEE
8
Syrians, to 20 Across : FOES
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Slow musical passage : ADAGIO
10
Migratory butterfly : MONARCH
11
Kind of gun : BREN
12
Roster : LIST
13
Diner sign : EATS
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Plant pest : APHID
24
A '76 musician : FIFER
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Lean animal : SCRAG
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Oldest synagogue in the U.S., in Newport, R.I. : TOURO
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Spring month : APRIL
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Scottish seaside resort : NAIRN
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Knight or Williams : TED
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Vast number : HORDE
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Russian range : URALS
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Wise men : SAGES
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A king of Thebes : CREON
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Silkworm : ERI
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Nickname for Leo Durocher : LIPPY
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Appendixes : ADDENDA
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Candidate for boot camp : DRAFTEE
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Hindu social groups : CASTES
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Elf : SPRITE
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Pluperfect : UTTER
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Bridge : SPAN
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Russian vehicle : ARBA
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Pride member : LION
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Knife's companion : FORK
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Sichuan peak : OMEI
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Hops kiln : OAST
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Cubitus : ULNA
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Lively dance : REEL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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