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Joanne Edwards
Joanne Edwards

New York Times, Tuesday, June 9, 1992

34-Down : American humorist

Author:
Joanne Edwards
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Joanne Edwards has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,554
Across
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Kind of light : STOP
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Ice pinnacle : SERAC
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Start of Morse's famous message : WHAT
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Marie Wilson role : IRMA
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Papal headdress : TIARA
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Drifter : HOBO
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Mel Ott? : GIANTINHISFIELD
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Scandinavian : NORDIC
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Sounded like a snake : HISSED
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Computer from Ottawa : ANKA
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Wood used in shipbuilding : TEAK
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Biblical mountain : HOR
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Jungfrau, e.g. : ALP
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Beard of wheat : AWN
30
Cumshaw : TIP
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Square-unit measure : AREA
35
Tomb inscription: Abbr. : EPIT
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Bill of fare : CARTE
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Sinatra? : LEADEROFTHEPACK
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Burdened : LADEN
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Mich.'s ___ Royale : ISLE
44
Nymph of Greek myth : ECHO
45
Dutch city : EDE
46
S. Africa's Smuts : JAN
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Kind of trip : EGO
50
Nautical chain : TYE
51
Descendant of ancient Egyptians : COPT
52
Counsel, old style : REDE
54
Italian island : ISCHIA
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Optical phenomenon : MIRAGE
61
Rainier? : APRINCEAMONGMEN
65
Tennyson poem : MAUD
66
Ships' launcher : HELEN
67
A sultanate : OMAN
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To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
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Notable Gray work : ELEGY
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African antelope : TORA
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Trace : SIGN
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Weird sisters, e.g. : TRIO
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Persian poet : OMAR
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Endangered species : PANDA
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Difficult problem : STICKLER
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German article : EIN
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Sound from the stands : RAH
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Shipping tycoon : ARI
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Kidney-shaped edible : CASHEW
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Kitchen implement : WHISK
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Cultivates : HOES
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Code word for "A" : ABLE
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Mary Lincoln, née ___ : TODD
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Actress Louise : TINA
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Betrothed : FIANCE
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Designate : APPOINT
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Stoolie at school : TATTLER
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City near Leipzig : HALLE
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Companion of Artemis : OREAD
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Author of "Peg Woffington" : READE
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Leaflet : TRACT
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Eager : ITCHY
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Orange ___ : PEKOE
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American humorist : ADE
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Conditions : IFS
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A. Huxley's "___ and Essence" : APE
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Restrain, legally : ENJOIN
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Dominance : HEGEMONY
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Wayne's "Fort ___" : APACHE
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Ruler of the Aesir : ODIN
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Rebuke : CHIDE
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Plant disease : ERGOT
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"Today ___ man" : IAMA
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Lovers' quarrel : SPAT
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Mötley ___, rock group : CRUE
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Bullets, e.g. : AMMO
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Paraphernalia : GEAR
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Sicilian city : ENNA
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Moray : EEL
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Half of a Maugham pair : ALE
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Alcott character : MEG

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

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