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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Wednesday, February 6, 1991

48-Across : More irritable

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { B K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,065
Across
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Amino and tannic ___ : ACIDS
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Eager : AVID
10
Emulate Earhart : FLY
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Dohnanyi et al. : ERNOS
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Yearn (for) : PINE
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Pasha and Baba : ALIS
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Roebuck's partner : SEARS
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Fairy-tale opener : ONCE
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Donated : GAVE
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Hatred, in Orvieto : ODIO
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Baby's need: Abbr : TLC
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Chest feature : DRAWER
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Stateroom "window" : PORTHOLE
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Gel : SET
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Wading birds : HERONS
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Ewes : SHEEP
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Finn's friend : SAWYER
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Faucet : TAP
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Part of T.A.E. : ALVA
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Latticed gazebo : TRELLIS
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National park in Mont. : GLACIER
42
Word of woe : ALAS
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Immerse : DIP
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Minerva, to Plato : ATHENA
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Heights in the Middle East : GOLAN
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More irritable : EDGIER
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Affirmative : YEA
52
Actress Jones : JENNIFER
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Attractive but superficial display : VENEER
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Quiz pt. : ANS
60
White or fire follower : SALE
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Finished : OVER
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Half: Prefix : DEMI
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Chopin work : ETUDE
65
Rules : LAWS
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S-shaped curve : OGEE
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Like graph paper : LINED
68
U.S.N.A. grad. : ENS
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Antarctic sea : ROSS
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"The Best ___ of Our Lives" : YEARS
Down
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Fabulist : AESOP
2
Statement of belief : CREDO
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" ... bombs bursting ___" : INAIR
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PBS "Mystery" author : DOROTHYLSAYERS
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Draft org. : SSS
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Handsome man : APOLLO
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Price of "Mystery" : VINCENT
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Bus. abbr. : INC
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"Mr. ___ Goes to Town" : DEEDS
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Blemish : FLAW
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Not taped : LIVE
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Belgian river : YSER
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"Mystery" author : AGATHACHRISTIE
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Scorching : TORRID
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Legal thing : RES
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Cad : HEEL
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Droop : SAG
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Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
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Uniform : EVEN
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Coin of Yugoslavia : PARA
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Kind of party : STAG
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A Guthrie : ARLO
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Sound state : WEAL
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Home of Jimmy and Rosalynn : PLAINS
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You, to Hans : SIE
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"___ o'clock scholar" : ATEN
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"Mystery" author : PDJAMES
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Dolley Madison, ___ Payne : NEE
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Muslim supernatural beings : GENIES
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Zeal : ARDOR
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Animals of a region : FAUNA
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Church officer : ELDER
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Oboe and bassoon : REEDS
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Field mouse : VOLE
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Author Hunter : EVAN
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Reporter's concern : NEWS
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Self : EGO
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English cathedral city : ELY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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