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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Friday, October 12, 1990

56-Down : Gas: Comb. form

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,948
Across
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Reindeer herder : LAPP
5
Roles in "Othello" productions : IAGOS
10
Dig beneath : SAP
13
Kind of code : AREA
14
Mutant : SPORT
15
Loud outburst : GALE
16
Ward heelers, e.g. : POLS
17
Where Vallee went to college : ORONO
18
Spicy stew : OLLA
19
Erects : SETSUP
21
Portals : DOORWAYS
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Enola Gay cargo : ABOMB
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Carolina river : PEEDEE
26
With persistence : DOGGEDLY
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U.S.N.A. grad : ENS
30
Film critic James : AGEE
31
You, to Hans : SIE
32
Catch again : RETRAP
36
Greek letter : DELTA
38
Bartender's need : ICE
40
Aswan, formerly : SYENE
41
Bristlelike : SETOSE
43
Egg-shaped ornaments : OVA
45
Kiln : OAST
46
Serai : INN
47
Sermonizes : LECTURES
49
Plastered : STONED
52
Part of U.S.S.R. : UNION
53
TV's Max ___ : HEADROOM
55
Uninvolved; easygoing : DEGAGE
59
Sumerian water god : ENKI
60
Ben Ezra, e.g. : RABBI
62
Anthropologist Margaret ___ : MEAD
63
On the Black or Red : ASEA
64
Cram : STUFF
65
Weapon for Pierre : ARME
66
In medias ___ : RES
67
Trial : ESSAY
68
A Coward : NOEL
Down
1
Race parts : LAPS
2
___ Islands of Indonesia : AROE
3
Fur : PELT
4
Forster's "A ___" : PASSAGETOINDIA
5
Crustaceans with seven pairs of legs : ISOPODS
6
Spring mo. : APR
7
Roth book: 1959 : GOODBYECOLUMBUS
8
Yes ___ (quiz instruction) : ORNO
9
Miss Hardcastle in a Goldsmith comedy : STOOPER
10
Waldorf or Caesar : SALAD
11
" ... ___ faithful" : ALLYE
12
Kind of porridge : PEASE
15
Advice popularized by Greeley : GOWESTYOUNGMAN
20
Yamaguchi city : UBE
22
Coty and Dubos : RENES
24
Twice DXXVI : MLII
26
Pops : DADS
27
S-shaped molding : OGEE
28
Kale : GELT
33
Bring up : REAR
34
Faulkner character : ANSE
35
Sulks : PETS
37
Actor Ed from Kansas City : ASNER
39
Tied : EVEN
42
Sanction : ENDORSE
44
Make sour : ACIDIFY
48
Pedal digit : TOE
49
Clip : SHEAR
50
Taut : TENSE
51
Sinbad role on TV : OAKES
54
Treat for Dobbin : OATS
56
Gas: Comb. form : AERO
57
Curling or hurling : GAME
58
A biographer of Henry James : EDEL
61
Deg. for a museum curator : BFA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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