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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Wednesday, February 1, 1984

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 26.6
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,503
Across
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Welsh emblem : LEEK
5
H.S. subject : MATH
9
Steep slope : SCARP
14
Shield border : ORLE
15
___ fixe : IDEE
16
Kitchen device : TIMER
17
Living-room instrument : BABYGRAND
19
Muscat native : OMANI
20
Expiate : ATONE
21
Unit of weight for nails : KEG
22
Mother of Perseus : DANAE
23
Oarsman : ROWER
24
100 C-notes : TENGRAND
26
Solomon island : SAVO
29
Scottish seaport : AYR
30
Vigor or deprive of vigor : SAP
33
Crimean War chief : RAGLAN
36
Mountain in Thessaly : OSSA
40
In the manner of Bryan : GRANDILOQUENTLY
43
Broz : TITO
44
Continued, jazzman style : SEGUED
45
Bar item : RYE
46
Homophone for neigh : NAY
48
Suffix with axiom : ATIC
50
Old woman : GRANDAME
55
Singing-family member : TRAPP
59
Majestic : REGAL
60
Biblical vessel : ARK
62
Former $10 gold coin : EAGLE
63
Companion of kicking : ALIVE
64
Certain visit to Europe : GRANDTOUR
66
Cheekbone : MALAR
67
City in Kan. : IOLA
68
Work units : ERGS
69
Author Munthe et al. : AXELS
70
Manger : CRIB
71
Destroy, in Devon : RASE
Down
1
Of some leaf parts : LOBAR
2
Poet's Muse : ERATO
3
Bent pipe : ELBOW
4
Economist John Maynard : KEYNES
5
Russian community : MIR
6
Aleutian island : ADAK
7
Doctrine : TENET
8
Barrier of a sort : HEDGE
9
Tedious : STODGY
10
Ferber work : CIMARRON
11
"Give ___ horse ... " : AMANA
12
"La Vie de Jésus" author : RENAN
13
Used a lever : PRIED
18
Poet ___ Manley Hopkins : GERARD
25
Neighbor of Nyack, N.Y. : NANUET
27
Hindu business-caste member : VAISYA
28
Amorous look : OGLE
30
NCO : SGT
31
"Exodus" hero : ARI
32
Mrs. Nixon : PAT
34
Journey record : LOG
35
Bluish-green : AQUA
37
Liner: Abbr. : STR
38
Wily : SLY
39
Opposite of 46 Across : AYE
41
Like Annapolis civilians : NONNAVAL
42
Emulated Maxwell Perkins : EDITED
47
Alfred and Stella : ADLERS
49
Judge who vanished : CRATER
50
Range grass : GRAMA
51
Take life easy : RELAX
52
Deft and active : AGILE
53
Sorcery : MAGIC
54
Sin : ERROR
56
Israeli coin : AGORA
57
Bungs : PLUGS
58
Literature Nobelist St-John : PERSE
61
Hindu goddess : KALI
65
Snatch : NAB

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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