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Joy L. Wouk
New York Times, Monday, August 17, 1987
Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 15.8
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 I | 4 L | 5 T | 6 O | 7 B | 8 O | 9 L | 10 A | 11 C | 12 R | 13 E |
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14 A | R | N | E | 15 U | N | I | T | A | 16 F | A | I | L |
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17 C | R | E | E | 18 P | E | R | O | N | 19 O | L | G | A |
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20 H | A | R | D | 21 H | E | A | D | E | D | 22 W | O | M | A | N |
23 O | U | T | S | E | L | L | S | 24 M | A | L | ||||
25 I | O | S | 26 B | A | G | 27 G | 28 I | 29 G |
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30 A | 31 C | 32 H | 33 E | S | 34 P | A | R | 35 J | A | V | A |
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36 H | E | A | R | T | 37 B | 38 R | E | A | K | 39 H | O | T | E | L |
40 A | B | L | E | 41 L | O | G | 42 O | B | E | S | E |
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43 B | U | T | 44 C | A | W | 45 P | 46 C | T | ||||||
47 S | O | S | 48 W | E | L | L | 49 T | 50 O | 51 D | 52 O |
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53 T | 54 H | 55 A | T | S | T | 56 H | E | W | A | Y | I | T | I | S |
57 H | E | R | A | 58 O | A | S | T | S | 59 E | A | R | L |
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60 A | M | O | R | 61 F | L | E | E | S | 62 U | R | G | E |
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63 W | O | N | T | 64 F | E | R | R | Y | 65 P | U | E | R |
© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,796
Across
1
Post : MAIL
5
Irtysh feeder : TOBOL
10
Farm unit : ACRE
14
British composer: 1710-78 : ARNE
15
Oneness, in Udine : UNITA
16
Get an F on an exam : FAIL
17
Algonquian Indian : CREE
18
Evita or Juan : PERON
19
Russian saint : OLGA
20
Presley song in "King Creole": 1958 : HARDHEADEDWOMAN
23
Surpasses other vendors : OUTSELLS
24
___ de mer : MAL
25
Certain butterflies : IOS
26
Capture : BAG
27
One-horse carriage : GIG
30
Yearns : ACHES
34
Golfer's norm : PAR
35
Coffee: Slang : JAVA
36
Elvis's TV debut song: 1956 : HEARTBREAKHOTEL
40
Competent : ABLE
41
Daily record : LOG
42
Overweight : OBESE
43
However : BUT
44
Crow sound : CAW
45
Agt.'s concern : PCT
47
Help! : SOS
48
Affluent : WELLTODO
53
"Elvis—___," 1970 film : THATSTHEWAYITIS
57
Juno, to Plato : HERA
58
Kilns : OASTS
59
Husband of a countess : EARL
60
Cupid : AMOR
61
Runs away : FLEES
62
Goad : URGE
63
Habit : WONT
64
Charon's vessel : FERRY
65
Roman boy : PUER
Down
1
Virile : MACHO
2
Pianist Claudio : ARRAU
3
Sluggish : INERT
4
Yorkshire city : LEEDS
5
Elvis's hometown : TUPELO
6
Ryan and Tatum : ONEALS
7
Shuttlecocks : BIRDS
8
Siouan : OTOE
9
Miss Liberty, to a sailor, e.g. : LANDMARK
10
"___ and his money ... " : AFOOL
11
Serene : CALM
12
Baltic port : RIGA
13
Verve : ELAN
21
Stickup : HEIST
22
Joker : WAG
26
Ewe sound : BAA
27
Garden portal : GATE
28
Currier's partner : IVES
29
High wind : GALE
30
Melville captain : AHAB
31
Philippine island : CEBU
32
Sentry's word : HALT
33
Poet's before : ERE
34
Cribbage item : PEG
35
Chore : JOB
37
Rocket launching : BLASTOFF
38
Spat : ROW
39
In an angry way : HOTLY
44
Romaine : COS
45
Tin-lead alloy : PEWTER
46
Elegant: Slang : CLASSY
47
Commence : START
48
North Sea feeder : WESER
49
Traffic jam : TIEUP
50
Hokkaido port : OTARU
51
Solemn song : DIRGE
52
Famous Canadian physician : OSLER
53
Melt : THAW
54
Blood: Comb. form : HEMO
55
Part of Presley's signature : ARON
56
In good health : HALE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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