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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Wednesday, April 16, 1980

55-Down : Millstone support

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 37.4
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,117
Across
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Yield : ACCEDE
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Starts back, as in fear : RECOILS
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The plundering herd : LOOTERS
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Band often employed in offices : ELASTIC
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Antiquated : ARCHAIC
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"___ on 34th Street" : MIRACLE
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Deity's embodiment : INCARNATION
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Actor Linden : HAL
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Yang's partner : YIN
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City slicker's antithesis : RUSTIC
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"Three squares" : MEALS
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Goldsmith's "The ___ of Wakefield" : VICAR
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Deviling : IMP
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Weather Service pioneer : ABBE
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Foolish affection : DOTAGE
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Vehement speeches : TIRADES
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Burnt sugar : CARAMEL
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Armenian capital : ERIVAN
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Reputation : FAME
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Snoop : PRY
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London Guildhall giant : MAGOG
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Cavils : CARPS
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Exhaust; finish : WASHUP
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"A Shropshire Lad" poet's monogram : AEH
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Ill. time : CST
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His work is monumental : STONECARVER
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Convertible, at times : OPENCAR
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Ornamental garden : TOPIARY
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Cosmetic : MASCARA
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"The boy ___ the burning deck ... " : STOODON
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Portuguese resort : ESTORIL
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Hold out; proffer : EXTEND
Down
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Trite : CORNY
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Spherical bacteria : COCCI
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Wharton's Frome : ETHAN
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Hard on the budget : DEAR
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Poet's Ireland : ERIN
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Negligent : REMISS
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He wrote "The Waste Land" : ELIOT
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Cats and dogs, e.g. : CARNIVORES
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Explorer Johnson : OSA
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"The Seven Year ___" : ITCH
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Film star Lee : LILA
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Leg: Comb. form : SCEL
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Beetles or jewels : SCARABS
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California bulrush : TULE
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Engagement, in Sevilla : CITA
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Fourth largest island : MADAGASCAR
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Scrooge, for short : EBEN
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Something to break : CAMP
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Aid to maturing : AGER
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Depend : RELY
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Part of a list : ITEM
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First variable star to be discovered : MIRA
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Fussbudget : PRIG
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Extinguish : DAMP
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Own : AVOW
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Brussels and Axminster : CARPETS
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Satyr : FAUN
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Of a group of singers : CHORAL
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" ... first ___ see tonight" (wishing verse) : STARI
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Tumultuously : ARIOT
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Baffle : EVADE
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Bittern, e.g. : HERON
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"___ live with me ... ": Marlowe : COME
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Bath and Tunbridge Wells : SPAS
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Trial : TEST
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___ d'Azur : COTE
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"___ upon him for me ... ": Shak. : APOX
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Millstone support : RYND
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Sgt. or cpl. : NCO

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

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