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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Saturday, April 10, 1982

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 16.1
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,841
Across
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Passion : ZEAL
5
Clever : ABLE
9
Bark cloths : TAPAS
14
Spicy stew : OLLA
15
D'Artagnan specialty : DUEL
16
End : OMEGA
17
Stinging remarks : NIPS
18
Bullring sounds : OLES
19
Massenet work : MANON
20
Early-spring Sunday message : EASTERGREETINGS
23
Neckline : VEE
24
Nol of Cambodia : LON
25
Open : AGAPE
29
Impair : MAIM
31
Antiquated: Abbr. : OBS
34
Machine for notching girders : COPER
35
Pre-Pasch abstinence : FAST
36
Nazimova : ALLA
37
June Sunday message : HAPPYFATHERSDAY
40
French magazine : ELLE
41
___ fixe : IDEE
42
Agenda parts : ITEMS
43
S.F.-to-L.A. direction : SSE
44
Produced : BRED
45
Small bird : VIREO
46
Point : AIM
47
Windmill sail : AWE
49
Message to a groom : CONGRATULATIONS
58
Annul a plea, in law : AVOID
59
City on the Oka : OREL
60
Bowed instrument : VIOL
61
"Ici on ___ français" : PARLE
62
Example of hideosity : OGRE
63
"___ Sprach Zarathustra" : ALSO
64
"___ Gantry" : ELMER
65
Rents : LETS
66
Soviet vote : NYET
Down
1
Word with danger or safety : ZONE
2
Countryman of Boz : ELIA
3
Pennines, e.g. : ALPS
4
Shoe form : LAST
5
Honor : ADORE
6
Dieter's loss : BULGE
7
Sidelong glance : LEER
8
In addition : ELSE
9
Drum : TOMTOM
10
Greatly : AMAIN
11
Writer Robert ___ Warren : PENN
12
Excited : AGOG
13
Deprived of : SANS
21
Complete : EVERY
22
Best part : ELITE
25
Yearns : ACHES
26
Ends : GOALS
27
Summer Rambo, e.g. : APPLE
28
___ le Moko : PEPE
29
Matched : MATED
30
Courts' Arthur : ASHE
31
Wiser's partner : OLDER
32
Censure : BLAME
33
Command : SAYSO
35
Pale : FADE
36
Piedmontese province : ASTI
38
Terra ___ : FIRMA
39
Fasten firmly : RIVET
44
Papageno, e.g. : BIRDER
46
Lively : AGILE
47
Warn : ALERT
48
Its high point is Snowdon : WALES
49
Pelerine : CAPE
50
Washington office : OVAL
51
Snead of QB fame : NORM
52
Burin or dibble : TOOL
53
Impulse : URGE
54
John, in Moscow : IVAN
55
Fat : OILY
56
Move forward : NOSE
57
Keyway in a machine : SLOT

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

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