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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Wednesday, April 24, 1985

17-Across : "Evangeline" poet

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, 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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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,951
Across
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Cupid : AMOR
5
Circa : ABOUT
10
Porridge container : BOWL
14
Pasternak girl : LARA
15
Left-hand page : VERSO
16
Entertaining Martha : RAYE
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"Evangeline" poet : LONGFELLOW
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Cypriot measures : OKES
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Spanish gold : ORO
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Bohemian : ARTY
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Stowe heroine : EVA
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See : WITNESS
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Lloyd, Jeff and Beau : BRIDGES
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TV's "You ___ There": 1953-57 : ARE
31
W. Va. city settled in 1793 : FAIRMONT
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Unite : MARRY
35
Trollope's Phineas : FINN
36
Dies ___ : IRAE
37
Moslem prince : EMIR
38
Artist James Montgomery : FLAGG
39
Archibald of the N.B.A. : NATE
40
Publius Ovidius ___ : NASO
41
Lake islets : AITS
42
Stella or Felix : ADLER
43
A Hollywood First Family : STEWARTS
45
Single : ONE
46
Spraying devices : AIRGUNS
47
Bartender's need : MUDDLER
51
Vital statistic : AGE
52
___-majesté : LESE
53
Ratite bird : EMU
54
Pongee shade : ECRU
57
Diamond positions : SHORTSTOPS
60
Braided fastener : FROG
61
Ten-dollar coin : EAGLE
62
Feed the kitty : ANTE
63
Small child : TYKE
64
Race : SPEED
65
Former Tunisian rulers : BEYS
Down
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Permit : ALLOW
2
New Zealand denizen : MAORI
3
"Like it ___!" : ORNOT
4
Low or worthless playing card : RAG
5
Reluctant : AVERSE
6
Girdles : BELTS
7
Paris airport : ORLY
8
G.I. haven : USO
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Excessive : TOWERING
10
Liberal : BROADMINDED
11
Acorn producer : OAK
12
Penultimate letter : WYE
13
___ Cayes, Haiti : LES
18
" ... ___ lands forlorn": Keats : FAERY
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Man, to Cato : VIR
25
Kind of railroad : NARROWGAUGE
26
Forehead hair : BANGS
27
Himalayan antelope : GORAL
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Growing out : ENATE
29
Guide : STEER
31
Decrees : FIATS
32
Southern constellation : MENSA
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Violin designer : AMATI
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Stair part : RISER
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Zips around : FLITS
38
Dukes of Parma and Piacenza : FARNESES
42
Inca's milieu : ANDES
44
Summer mo. : AUG
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Expelled : OUSTED
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European blackbird : MERLE
48
Sierra ___ : LEONE
49
Void : EMPTY
50
Tricks : RUSES
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Theater part : LOGE
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Newt : EFT
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Shout : CRY
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Seoul is his cap. : ROK
58
Luck : HAP
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Diner's bill : TAB

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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