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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Wednesday, January 26, 1983

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 29.5
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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B
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P
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L
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,132
Across
1
Woodwind : OBOE
5
Headline word in July 1973 : TAPES
10
Cutting tool : ADZ
13
Prefinals, for short : SEMIS
15
Century plant : AGAVE
16
Grand ___, Nova Scotia : PRE
17
Janet or Vivien : LEIGH
18
"Boléro" composer : RAVEL
19
Ethiopian prince : RAS
20
Saint's film debut: 1954 : ONTHEWATERFRONT
23
Less verbose : TERSER
24
Black : INKY
25
Resilient : ELASTIC
28
Grape : UVA
30
Jug part : LUG
31
Spinner : TOP
33
"___ for Comedy": Behrman : NOTIME
37
Polanski film: 1962 : KNIFEINTHEWATER
41
Purloined : STOLEN
42
Affirmative vote : YEA
43
Half a French dance : CAN
44
Part of a participle : ING
45
She became a spider : ARACHNE
48
A ___ Able : ASIN
51
In a saucy way : PERTLY
53
Gene Kelly film: 1952 : SINGININTHERAIN
59
Beer container : KEG
60
"The Cloister and the Hearth" author : READE
61
Part of TNT : NITRO
62
Second person : EVE
63
"___ Lescaut" : MANON
64
Greece : ELLAS
65
___ Moines : DES
66
In that case, to Henri : ALORS
67
Hindu having gurus : SIKH
Down
1
Christiania today : OSLO
2
"We've ___ had!" : BEEN
3
Neglect : OMIT
4
Octets : EIGHTS
5
Town on the Rhone : TARASCON
6
Chalcedony : AGATE
7
Road worker : PAVER
8
Perpetually : EVER
9
Ego : SELF
10
Stage part : APRON
11
Imbibed : DRANK
12
Piquant : ZESTY
14
Halloween garb : SHEET
21
Activity for Bellow : WRITING
22
Lariat : RIATA
25
Part of B.P.O.E. : ELKS
26
Actor Alfred : LUNT
27
Exchange premium : AGIO
28
Discover : UNEARTH
29
Pledge : VOW
32
Dem. or Rep. : PTY
34
"The Seven Year ___" : ITCH
35
Intend : MEAN
36
Irish lake : ERNE
38
Scottish dance : FLING
39
Twilight time, to Tennyson : EEN
40
Encourages : HEARTENS
46
Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
47
Actor Ritchard et al. : CYRILS
48
Invited : ASKED
49
Colander : SIEVE
50
U.S. playwright's family : INGES
51
Spinet : PIANO
52
Biblical witch's abode : ENDOR
54
"___ la Douce" : IRMA
55
Actress Patricia : NEAL
56
Gudrun's husband : ATLI
57
Neighbor of Syria: Var. : IRAK
58
Snack : NOSH

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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