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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Monday, December 31, 1990

50-Across : "___ Necessarily So": Gershwin

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 15,028
Across
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Songwriters' org. : ASCAP
6
Royal power symbol : ORB
9
Swimmers' platform : FLOAT
14
Theater programs : BILLS
15
Ward heeler : POL
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Fictional Doone : LORNA
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Winged : ALATE
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Ripen : AGE
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Bitter : ACRID
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A toast : TOYOURHEALTH
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Curve : ESS
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Rider in an oater : DESTRY
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L.A. time : PST
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Rabble : MOB
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Place alone : ISOLATE
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Addis Ababa's province : SHOA
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Word with head or back : ACHE
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Kitchen device : PARER
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Repasts for Dec. 31 : MIDNIGHTSUPPERS
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Indonesian name for New Guinea : IRIAN
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Sci. of stars, etc. : ASTR
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Almost: Prefix : PENE
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"A ___ in Her Hand": Aldrich : LANTERN
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Onager : ASS
49
North Sea feeder : EMS
50
"___ Necessarily So": Gershwin : ITAINT
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Deli order : BLT
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"Here's ___" (another toast) : MUDINYOUREYE
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Kind of charge : COVER
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Meadow : LEA
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Campus bldgs. : DORMS
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Indebted : OWING
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Choreographer Lubovitch : LAR
66
Clumsy : INEPT
67
Leaf of grass : BLADE
68
Pt. of a letter closure : YRS
69
Ritualistic declarations : OATHS
Down
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Diminish : ABATE
2
Farm buildings : SILOS
3
Family of the Great Pacificator : CLAYS
4
Choir member : ALTO
5
Sham: Comb. form : PSEUDO
6
Colorful fish : OPAHS
7
Thesaurus name : ROGET
8
Most misty : BLEARIEST
9
Tire problem : FLAT
10
Ness, e.g. : LOCH
11
Hockey great : ORR
12
Black cuckoo : ANI
13
Lincoln son : TAD
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Pack groceries again : REBAG
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French-Belgian border river : LYS
25
Cole Porter song: 1929 : PAREE
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Violinist Isaac ___ : STERN
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Concise : TERSE
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___-arms (soldier) : MANAT
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Against: Abbr. : OPP
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Rovaniemi natives : LAPPS
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Put on a happy face : SMILE
33
A king of Tyre : HIRAM
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Namesakes of the chief Norse god : ODINS
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Kind of lace : CHANTILLY
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Alts. : HTS
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Suffix with serpent : INE
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Heavens: Comb. form : URANO
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Disencumber : RID
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Atelier : STUDIO
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Lend ___ (heed) : ANEAR
52
Jewish months : IYARS
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French tam : BERET
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Fluid resembling blood plasma : LYMPH
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Examinations : TESTS
56
Repair : MEND
57
Exhort : URGE
58
Jaffe or Barrett : RONA
59
Male swan : COB
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Hooter : OWL
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By way of : VIA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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