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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Thursday, November 24, 1988

13-Across : Swallow greedily

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 0, XRef: 3, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,261
Across
1
Arab garment : ABA
4
Midler or Davis : BETTE
9
Charges : FEES
13
Swallow greedily : GULP
15
Yearned : ACHED
16
Latin I verb : AMAT
17
City on the Oka : OREL
18
Across: Prefix : TRANS
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Very small creature : MITE
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Swift dog : GREYHOUND
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Tanker : OILER
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Byelorussian capital : MINSK
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Dahl or Francis : ARLENE
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English county : DEVON
28
Word of apology : SORRY
30
Attu native : ALEUT
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Monster : OGRE
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Harvest : REAP
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Large amount : MINT
37
Donizetti heroine : ADINA
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"Das Rheingold" role : ERDA
39
Route : PATH
40
World-turner : LOVE
41
Measure of flow of light : LUMEN
42
Island near Naples : CAPRI
44
Silly : INANE
45
Defective cars : LEMONS
48
Ruth's mother-in-law : NAOMI
51
Glory : EXULT
52
Of farm management : AGRONOMIC
56
Other, in Oviedo : OTRO
57
Resident of 14 Down : ALDEN
58
TV science program : NOVA
59
Horse color : ROAN
60
River between Argentina and Uruguay : PLATA
61
Overcharge : SOAK
62
Associate : ALLY
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President called Old Eight to Seven : HAYES
64
Santa Fe-to-Taos dir. : NNE
Down
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Excited : AGOG
2
Slayer of Hamilton : BURR
3
Opposite of aweather : ALEE
4
Mehta's need : BATON
5
Light brown hues : ECRUS
6
An American festival : THANKSGIVINGDAY
7
Incline : TEND
8
Begley and Asner : EDS
9
Features of 6 Down : FAMILYREUNIONS
10
Rousseau novel : EMILE
11
Consumed : EATEN
12
Cubic meter : STERE
14
Site of first get-together that led to 6 Down : PLYMOUTHCOLONY
21
Clue : HINT
22
Hockey great : ORR
24
Region : AREA
25
Moist : DAMP
26
Lamb coverup : ELIA
27
Escape hole : VENT
29
Alençon is its capital : ORNE
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Reputation : ODOR
33
Writer Bombeck : ERMA
34
Capital of South Yemen : ADEN
35
Window part : PANE
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Swiss mountains : ALPS
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Draw : LIMN
43
Hill dweller : ANT
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Arrowsmith's first wife : LEORA
46
Laud : EXTOL
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Rivera product : MURAL
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Crest on a range : ARETE
50
Namesakes of Mrs. Chaplin : OONAS
52
Actress Nazimova : ALLA
53
Satellite : MOON
54
Lendl of tennis : IVAN
55
Babka, e.g. : CAKE
57
Detached: Prefix : APH

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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