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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Wednesday, January 22, 1986

59-Across : Sexton

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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K
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,224
Across
1
Drudge : MOIL
5
Tell in a monotonous way : THRUM
10
Daft : ZANY
14
"Behold!" to Enrico : ECCO
15
Della or Pee Wee : REESE
16
Author Wiesel : ELIE
17
Tom Courtenay vehicle : THEDRESSER
19
Out of port : ASEA
20
Astrologer's concern : ZODIAC
21
Spruce : TRIG
23
Sept. follower : OCT
24
Juan's month : MES
26
Rank indications : STRIPES
28
Takes up, as a study : GOESINTO
33
What 34 Across is to Woody : SON
34
Folksinger Guthrie : ARLO
35
Chore : TASK
37
"Halt!" to a tar : AVAST
41
Book "menu" : TABLEOFCONTENTS
44
N.Y. city : OLEAN
45
Gambling game : FARO
46
Footprint : STEP
47
Young fox : CUB
49
Drum sounds : RATATATS
51
Of a judge's chamber : CAMERAL
55
Arrest : NAB
56
Cytoplasm pt. : RNA
57
Buffalo's county : ERIE
59
Sexton : BEADLE
64
Lab heater : ETNA
66
Confederates : BEDFELLOWS
68
Irish assembly : DAIL
69
Incite : EGGON
70
Berserk : AMOK
71
Norwegian king : OLAF
72
Farm-machinery name : DEERE
73
Reporter's concern : NEWS
Down
1
City on the Moselle : METZ
2
___ Rios, Jamaica : OCHO
3
Like some tea : ICED
4
Scene of an Austrian defeat: 1796 : LODI
5
Giotto's period : TRECENTO
6
Men and boys : HES
7
Nap : REST
8
Consumers : USERS
9
Earns : MERITS
10
Indian-corn product : ZEA
11
One of the Hartford Wits : ALSOP
12
Elizabeth II to Edward VIII : NIECE
13
An Irish Literary Theatre founder : YEATS
18
Branches : RAMI
22
Trifling sum : GROAT
25
Crosier : STAFF
27
Clothe : INVEST
28
___ del Sol, 1982 Derby winner : GATO
29
Kind of test : ORAL
30
Dresden's river : ELBE
31
Comfort : SOLACE
32
Hollywood award : OSCAR
36
Moslem book : KORAN
38
Theater gp. : ANTA
39
Printer's term : STET
40
Cookbook abbrs. : TSPS
42
Habituate : ENURE
43
Take particular notice : NOTABENE
48
Stinging : BARBED
50
First victim : ABEL
51
Confession of faith : CREDO
52
Conductor Dorati : ANTAL
53
Craze : MANIA
54
Belgian city : LIEGE
58
Hem : EDGE
60
Arkin or Alda : ALAN
61
St. Peter's feature : DOME
62
Ukrainian city, to Poles : LWOW
63
Pt. Barrow natives : ESKS
65
Landon : ALF
67
Pro : FOR

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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