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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Tuesday, December 25, 1990

12-Down : Col

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 17.4
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. 15,022
Across
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Great bargain : STEAL
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Cargo : LOAD
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Play tricks : JAPE
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Multitude on the move : HORDE
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Albanian president : ALIA
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Mediterranean port : ORAN
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Polonius hid behind one : ARRAS
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Anti-Prohibitionists : WETS
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Mae or Nathanael : WEST
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"A Visit ___": Moore : FROMSTNICHOLAS
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More concise : TERSER
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Sci. course : CHEM
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Pinch : NIP
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Flutist Jean-Pierre : RAMPAL
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Mine entrance : ADIT
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Whence the Magi came : EAST
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Paris's Moulin ___ : ROUGE
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Santa Claus, in London : FATHERCHRISTMAS
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Whirling : AREEL
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Ship part : KEEL
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Sentry's command : HALT
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Take off : REMOVE
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Goat's offspring : KID
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Apiece : EACH
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Charge liquid with gas : AERATE
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Oldest printed song for Yuletide : BOARSHEADCAROL
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"___ Yesterday," 1950 film : BORN
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Ripped : TORN
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"___ for Adano" : ABELL
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Was indebted : OWED
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The libido : EROS
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Wahine's patio : LANAI
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Helper : ALLY
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Dubos or Coty : RENE
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Capital of Nidwalden, Switzerland : STANS
Down
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Arrow part : SHAFT
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Leaner at Pisa : TORRE
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Flub : ERROR
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Second U.S. President : ADAMS
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Decrease : LESSEN
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Suburbanite's pride : LAWN
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Of oil : OLEIC
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Letter after gee : AITCH
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Reindeer in 20 Across : DASHER
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Fold hidden under Santa's beard? : JOWL
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Kind of code : AREA
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Col : PASS
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Tolkien creature : ENT
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Birthplace of Karl Marx : TRIER
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Bradley and Sharif : OMARS
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Ice or six follower : PACK
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Gypsy that flies : MOTH
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Cougar : PUMA
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Bedouin headband cord : AGAL
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"___ we forget ... " : LEST
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In the distance : AFAR
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Risk : DARE
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Bit of gossip : ITEM
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Van Gogh's brother : THEO
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Haggard work : SHE
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The Magi made one : TREK
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Young, snakelike fish : ELVER
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Homeric epic : ILIAD
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Kind of egg or lily : EASTER
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Transfer pictures : DECALS
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Task : CHORE
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Wading bird : HERON
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Morocco's capital : RABAT
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Kind of theater : ARENA
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A colorless hydrocarbon : TOLAN
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New York island : ELLIS
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Orange or Sugar : BOWL
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Oka River city : OREL
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Gump or Hardy : ANDY
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Handle, in Amiens : ANSE
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Feathered scarf : BOA

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

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