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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Tuesday, April 22, 1980

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 29.9
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. 11,123
Across
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Summon to court : CITE
5
Raise : BOOST
10
" ... ___ of human kindness" : MILK
14
Harem chambers : ODAS
15
Rot-resistant wood : ALDER
16
Bryce Canyon locale : UTAH
17
Dwindle : MELT
18
Sierra ___ : LEONE
19
Detailed recital of events : SAGA
20
Single's bloom? : BACHELORSBUTTON
23
Freudian topic : EGO
24
Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
25
Divided according to share : PRORATED
30
Madden : ENRAGE
34
Charioteer Ben : HUR
35
British steer : DEVON
37
Improvise : ADLIB
38
Conjunctions : ANDS
40
Begin again : RENEW
42
Pantomimist Jimmy ___: 1896–1960 : SAVO
43
Home of painter Duccio : SIENA
45
Slow one : SNAIL
47
"Of Mice and ___" : MEN
48
Dress : ENROBE
50
"Pilgrim's Progress" is one : ALLEGORY
52
"Bird thou never ___" : WERT
54
___ es Salaam : DAR
55
Single's greenery? : MAIDENHAIRFERNS
63
Composer Novello : IVOR
64
Poet's Muse : ERATO
65
Phoenician deity : BAAL
66
Pro ___ publico : BONO
67
Lesions : SORES
68
Austen novel : EMMA
69
Exchange : SWAP
70
" ... ___ well/It were done quickly": Macbeth : TWERE
71
Little sea pike : SPET
Down
1
Word with honey or curry : COMB
2
Notion : IDEA
3
Soft mineral : TALC
4
Book of the Bible : ESTHER
5
Voter : BALLOTER
6
Spread : OLEO
7
Repute : ODOR
8
Follower of common or horse : SENSE
9
Shrill : TREBLE
10
Spicy seed plants : MUSTARDS
11
" ... Lose ___ the Astor" : ITAT
12
Como or Garda : LAGO
13
Genghis or Aga : KHAN
21
Oath in Edwardian days : EGAD
22
Radius's partner : ULNA
25
Aspect : PHASE
26
Disagreement : RUNIN
27
Rank : ORDER
28
Prefeast hours : EVES
29
Singer Summer : DONNA
31
Place to be remembered : ALAMO
32
Donor : GIVER
33
Black : EBONY
36
Actress Patricia : NEAL
39
Spring bloom : SNOWDROP
41
MacDowell's "To a ___" : WILDROSE
44
___ in one's bonnet : ABEE
46
Part of a tome : LEAF
49
Hemingway : ERNEST
51
Diving birds : GREBES
53
Cast : THROW
55
Game of marbles : MIBS
56
Own : AVOW
57
One of the Hebrides : IONA
58
Rhine tributary : AARE
59
Caesar's route : ITER
60
Incline : RAMP
61
Any famous person : NAME
62
Jalousie item : SLAT

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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