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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Wednesday, May 26, 1982

39-Across : Fowler's helper

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { K Q X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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. 11,887
Across
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Bends out of shape : WARPS
6
"___ Me," 1931 song : ALLOF
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Intimidate : COW
14
Circa : ABOUT
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Ancient Persian headdress : TIARA
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Kimono accessory : OBI
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Actress Berger : SENTA
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Circus employee : TAMER
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Pilot's diary : LOG
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Jean Harlow, e.g. : PLATINUMBLONDE
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Benin native : EDO
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Kind of whale : SEI
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Prepare (the way) for : PAVE
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Former president of Italy : LEONE
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Stylish : CHIC
36
Cretan peak : IDA
37
She was Ninotchka in 1939 : GARBO
38
Snap : PHOTO
39
Fowler's helper : GOLDENRETRIEVER
42
Welcome : GREET
43
Caesar's port : OSTIA
44
German river : EMS
45
Certain snowman : YETI
46
King who entombed Antigone : CREON
47
"___ sprach Zarathustra" : ALSO
48
Former part of Portuguese India : GOA
50
___ es Salaam : DAR
52
An adversary of Jim Hawkins : LONGJOHNSILVER
60
Importune : WOO
61
Tragic lover : ROMEO
62
Furlough : LEAVE
63
Cooper's tool : ADZ
64
Kudu's kin : ELAND
65
Done : ENDED
66
Turn right : GEE
67
First word of an Austen title : SENSE
68
Martin and Rusk : DEANS
Down
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Flying stinger : WASP
2
Navigator Tasman : ABEL
3
Author Jaffe : RONA
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Gaiter : PUTTEE
5
Settled : STAID
6
Neighbor of Adak : ATTU
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Author O'Flaherty : LIAM
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"Little ___, who made thee?": Blake : LAMB
9
Threat words : ORELSE
10
Denmark's ___ Islands : FAROE
11
Unresponsive : COLD
12
Basset ___ : OBOE
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Peruke : WIG
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He had no country : NOLAN
22
Recess : NICHE
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"Lord of the Flies" character : PIGGY
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Worship : ADORE
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Gentleman's gentleman : VALET
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Wrongdoing : ERROR
30
Corpulent : OBESE
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"Theirs ___ reason why": Tennyson : NOTTO
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Open shed : HOVEL
34
Agenda parts : ITEMS
35
Via del ___, Roma : CORSO
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Acquire : GET
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Brain membrane, for short : PIA
40
Condescend : DEIGN
41
Peels : RINDS
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Wheedle : CAJOLE
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Francis or Dahl : ARLENE
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Mean, ugly ones : OGRES
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Had the flu : AILED
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Ore body : LODE
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Leak slowly : OOZE
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Muscat is its capital : OMAN
55
Layers : HENS
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Protuberance : NODE
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Outfielder Pinson : VADA
58
Tied : EVEN
59
Scarlet and cerise : REDS
60
Jokester : WAG

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

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