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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Thursday, May 8, 1986

56-Across : Burgess translation of a Sophocles play

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,330
Across
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Rebuffs : SLAPS
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At the peak : ATOP
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Labyrinth : MAZE
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Spartan slave : HELOT
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Guitar accessory : CAPO
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Famed compiler of almanacs: 1708-64 : AMES
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Knoll: Sp. : OTERO
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Tare's partner : TRET
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Riga native : LETT
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Helen Hayes-Vincent Price vehicle : VICTORIAREGINA
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Store fodder : ENSILE
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Unsigned, for short : ANON
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Silent butler's contents : ASHES
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Hauled : TUGGED
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Muscle-energy source: Abbr. : ATP
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Border upon : ABUT
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La. region : DELTA
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Matthew Josephson book : THEROBBERBARONS
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Russian coin : KOPEK
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Recipe direction : STIR
44
Cry of scorn : BAH
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Scents : AROMAS
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Noted English potter : SPODE
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Girasol : OPAL
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Seed coats : TESTAE
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Burgess translation of a Sophocles play : OEDIPUSTHEKING
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Jupiter : JOVE
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Malayan craft : PROA
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Mythical Norse giant : MIMIR
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Indigo : ANIL
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Outside: Comb. form : ECTO
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Emulate a ham : EMOTE
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Acceleration units : GALS
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Athenian ars : RHOS
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Actor in "The Citadel": 1938 : DONAT
Down
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What push may come to : SHOVE
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Admit : LETIN
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Templeton and Waugh : ALECS
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Shakespearean heroine : PORTIA
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Ottomans : STOOLS
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Play opening : ACTI
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Fictional plantation : TARA
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"Martha" is one : OPERA
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Strong : POTENT
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Shirk : MALINGER
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Breslin's "World Without End, ___" : AMEN
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Sixth Greek letter : ZETA
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Wintertime in N.Y.C. : EST
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Part of R & R : REHAB
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Dutch cheese : GOUDA
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Wanes : EBBS
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Avine treats : SUETS
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Rounded mass : GLOB
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Borough NNE of Pittsburgh : ETNA
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Dot's partner : DASH
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Type of mackerel : ATKA
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"B.C." character : THOR
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Melon or squash : PEPO
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What Fogg took : TRIP
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Makes over : REMODELS
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Giraffe's kin : OKAPI
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Extra cooks can spoil it : BROTH
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Mine layer : SAPPER
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Judged : DEEMED
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Point Barrow resident : ESKIMO
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Stagger : LURCH
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Athenian misanthrope : TIMON
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Actress Louise: 1915-70 : ANITA
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Plume supplier : EGRET
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Chaplin's widow : OONA
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Harmful : EVIL
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"And ___ bed": Pepys : SOTO
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N.M. resort : TAOS
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Sharp indentation : JAG

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

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