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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Thursday, March 4, 1982

5-Across : Rival of McEnroe and Connors

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,804
Across
1
Opp. of feminine : MASC
5
Rival of McEnroe and Connors : BORG
9
Marine hazard : SHOAL
14
Different: Comb. form : ALLO
15
___ da capo : ARIA
16
Buckskin, e.g. : HORSE
17
Former Spanish kingdom : LEON
18
Angelus : BELL
19
Akin maternally : ENATE
20
Date: Abbr. : APPT
21
Nureyev's partners : BALLERINAS
23
Proclaim : HERALD
25
Ethiopian town : IMI
26
100 square meters : ARE
27
Had a cold : SNIFFLED
32
Stiff gait : STALK
35
Look sullen : POUT
36
Unctuous : OILY
37
Sentry's word : HALT
38
Ph.D. candidates' bugaboos : ORALS
39
___-majesté : LESE
40
Woody Guthrie's son : ARLO
41
Parrot's beak part : CERE
42
Penguins' enemies : SKUAS
43
Yokels : HAYSEEDS
45
Eur. country : AUS
46
Skater Babilonia : TAI
47
Harsh : UNKIND
50
Bojangles's forte : TAPDANCING
55
Follower of Claudius I : NERO
57
Lowest deck : ORLOP
58
Status quo ___ bellum : ANTE
59
Increased : GREW
60
Go : LEAVE
61
Drudge : TOIL
62
Conductor Whallon : EVAN
63
Hamlet and Ophelia : DANES
64
Members of a flock : EWES
65
Ohio nine : REDS
Down
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___ fide (not genuine) : MALA
2
Hebrew letter : ALEPH
3
Incline : SLOPE
4
Marian Anderson and Kathleen Ferrier : CONTRALTOS
5
Chatter : BABBLE
6
Mountain nymph : OREAD
7
Moon feature : RILL
8
Marsh bird : GALLINULE
9
Chief magistrate of Mecca : SHERIF
10
"___ soit ... " : HONI
11
Mediterranean port : ORAN
12
Fictional sleuth's pet : ASTA
13
Sordor : LEES
22
Lets forth : EMITS
24
Refuge : ARK
27
Glides in the air : SOARS
28
Pete Seeger, e.g. : FOLKSINGER
29
Stead : LIEU
30
Maxwell or Lanchester : ELSA
31
Woads : DYES
32
Ruler who died in exile : SHAH
33
Fictional plantation : TARA
34
Supporter : ALLY
35
Imply or connote : PREDICATE
38
Expanse : OCEAN
42
Kenyan group : SUK
44
Daylong marches : ETAPES
45
Trio of TV fame : ANGELS
47
Loosen : UNTIE
48
Strength : NERVE
49
"Jove's ___ clamours ... ": Othello : DREAD
50
Related : TOLD
51
Tract : AREA
52
Project : PLAN
53
Noah's messenger : DOVE
54
"___ pronounce you ... " : INOW
56
Has : OWNS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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