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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Wednesday, December 26, 1979

58-Across : Crescent-shaped figure

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, 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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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 11,005
Across
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Johann Sebastian ___ : BACH
5
Sharp blow : CLAP
9
___ morgana (mirage) : FATA
13
Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
14
Leander's love : HERO
15
Rational : SOBER
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Like ___ of bricks : ATON
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"The ___ that men do ... " : EVIL
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Letter permitting a cleric to transfer : EXEAT
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Comic verse : DOGGEREL
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Spays : ALTERS
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Dismal : DIRE
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Make a canine sound : GNAR
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British lord's domain : BARONY
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Carpenter's support : SAWHORSE
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Item in a makeup kit : ROUGE
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Soft drink : COLA
33
Rockweed : TANG
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Ending with post : ERN
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Arbor : BOWER
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Caesar's "man" : VIR
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On the roof : ATOP
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Regrets : RUES
40
___ de chine : CREPE
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Multiply : MANIFOLD
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Kind of ray : VIOLET
45
Crossed bars : GRID
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Information : DATA
47
Orator Webster : DANIEL
50
Andirons : FIREDOGS
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To pieces : APART
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Triangular instrument : HARP
57
Populace : DEMOS
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Crescent-shaped figure : LUNE
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River formed at Pittsburgh : OHIO
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Genesis locale : EDEN
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"___, Kindly Light" : LEAD
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Outburst or outrush : GUST
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Draw a ___ on (aim) : BEAD
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Lowest female voice : ALTO
3
Patten : CLOG
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Furtive : HANGDOG
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Amarelle : CHERRY
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Reception : LEVEE
7
Seed covering : ARIL
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Cambodia's Pot : POL
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Dance in 4/4 time : FOXTROT
10
___ in one's bonnet : ABEE
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Sign of sorrow : TEAR
12
Crafts' companion : ARTS
15
Psalm word : SELAH
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"___ kleine Nachtmusik" : EINE
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Sadat : ANWAR
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Hurricanes' little cousins : GALES
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Golden shiner : BREAM
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Insect's vital vessel : AORTA
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Kind of sentence : RUNON
27
Sprinkled : SOWED
28
"Boléro" composer : RAVEL
29
Marsh bird : SNIPE
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Plume source : EGRET
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"I ___ a tale unfold ... ": Hamlet : COULD
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Tumult : BROIL
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Blast-furnace product : PIGIRON
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Mention : CITE
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Dangerous driver : ROADHOG
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Lute parts : FRETS
44
Diverse : VARIED
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Huntress of mythology : DIANA
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Florida county : DADE
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Mimicked : APED
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Epithet : NAME
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Soft, fluffy lint : FLUE
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Diamond Head location : OAHU
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Cubist Juan : GRIS
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Cleaner's concern : SPOT
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"___ the Way," 1957 song : ALL

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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