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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Friday, October 31, 1986

26-Across : Column-shaft swelling

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,506
Across
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Checkers move : JUMP
5
Greek race tracks : STADIA
11
Bender : JAG
14
Reputation : ODOR
15
Determining weight deductions : TARING
16
City off. : ALD
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Pro ___ publico : BONO
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___ only : INNAME
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Ewe sound : MAA
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Halloween window feature : JACKOLANTERN
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Astringent or dye : CATECHU
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Column-shaft swelling : ENTASIS
27
Period : EPOCH
28
Mil. rank : PFC
30
Word with 52 Across : STICK
31
Bill : POSTER
33
Finance abbr. : RTS
35
Asner and Begley : EDS
36
Settle : DEPOSIT
39
Former Mideast gp. : UAR
42
Moisture : DEW
43
Nonsense! : PIFFLE
45
Color of 63 Down : BLACK
50
Explosive : TNT
52
Witch's mount, with 30 Across : BROOM
53
Result : OUTCOME
55
Howe and Lieberman : ELIASES
57
Halloween alternatives : TRICKORTREAT
59
Brazilian coffee : RIO
60
Resist : OPPOSE
61
___ homo : ECCE
65
Suffix with nectar : EAN
66
More ill-tempered : MEANER
67
"Abbey ___," Beatles album : ROAD
68
Kind of curve : ESS
69
Like obstinate critters : ORNERY
70
Patriot Warner : SETH
Down
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Duty : JOB
2
Widmark's first film role : UDO
3
A Burmese : MON
4
Scheme : PROJECT
5
Verse : STICH
6
Drink to excess : TANKUP
7
Pisa's river : ARNO
8
Forms of speech : DIALECTS
9
He painted Hawthorne's portrait : INMAN
10
Means : AGENTS
11
Successor of Elizabeth I : JAMESI
12
Visigoth king : ALARIC
13
Walesa's city : GDANSK
21
Yearned : ACHED
22
Make lace : TAT
23
Edible mushroom : CEPE
24
Snake, e.g. : APOD
25
Buffet : TOSS
29
Expression of displeasure : FROWN
32
Carmine : RED
34
Tiny taste of soup : SIP
37
Barrie work : PETERPAN
38
Leg bone : TIBIA
39
Sky sights : UFOS
40
Medicinal plant : ALOE
41
Sleep periods : REMS
44
Monastery refectories : FRATERS
45
Gautama was inspired under it : BOTREE
46
Family of cabalist Isaac ben Solomon : LURIAS
47
Suffixes with alter and color : ATIONS
48
F.D.R. youth agcy. : CCC
49
Ind. city : KOKOMO
51
More succinct : TERSER
54
Gloomy one : MOPER
56
Suspicious : LEERY
58
Franchot of films : TONE
62
Runner Sebastian : COE
63
Witch's pet : CAT
64
Old English letter : EDH

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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