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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Wednesday, October 4, 1989

33-Down : Companion of each

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, 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.
1
A
2
M
3
P
4
B
5
A
6
C
7
K
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S
9
I
10
M
11
A
12
G
13
O
14
L
E
O
15
O
R
O
N
O
16
N
O
R
A
D
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M
A
G
18
A
Z
I
N
E
A
19
R
T
I
C
L
E
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S
T
O
L
21
S
T
E
R
E
O
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H
E
S
23
I
24
C
E
R
S
25
G
N
26
P
27
A
28
S
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P
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A
N
I
31
D
R
E
A
32
M
33
E
34
R
35
L
E
A
36
S
T
37
T
38
H
E
E
39
R
I
V
E
40
E
D
I
T
O
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R
I
A
L
W
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R
I
T
E
R
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R
E
N
E
44
H
O
S
T
45
A
S
T
R
A
46
T
R
E
A
47
D
O
N
48
A
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S
I
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S
Y
N
51
M
U
D
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S
W
I
L
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L
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A
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D
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A
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R
E
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S
T
I
N
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O
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M
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A
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N
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P
U
B
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L
I
S
H
I
N
G
65
H
O
U
S
E
66
E
L
O
I
N
67
A
L
G
E
R
68
R
H
O
69
S
L
U
N
G
70
H
E
S
S
E
71
K
E
N
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,575
Across
1
Elec. unit : AMP
4
Spines : BACKS
9
Insect phase : IMAGO
14
Zodiacal sign : LEO
15
Me. town : ORONO
16
U.S.-Can. defensive air command : NORAD
17
Periodical item : MAGAZINEARTICLE
20
Acronym for an aircraft : STOL
21
Solid: Comb. form : STEREO
22
Men and boys : HES
23
Bakery employees : ICERS
25
U.S. econ. figure : GNP
27
Viper : ASP
30
Black cuckoo : ANI
31
Visionary : DREAMER
35
Part of L.C.D. : LEAST
37
"Of ___ I Sing" : THEE
39
Split : RIVE
40
Newspaper bigwig : EDITORIALWRITER
43
Clair or Descartes : RENE
44
Innkeeper : HOST
45
"Ad ___ per aspera" (Kan. motto) : ASTRA
46
"Don't ___ me" (1775 U.S. flag statement) : TREADON
48
Faulkner's "___ Lay Dying" : ASI
50
With: Prefix : SYN
51
Slander : MUD
52
Drink greedily : SWILL
54
Nabokov heroine : ADA
57
"___ peace" : RESTIN
59
Muscat is its capital : OMAN
63
Book source : PUBLISHINGHOUSE
66
Conceal, as goods, in law : ELOIN
67
Author Horatio : ALGER
68
Letter after pi : RHO
69
Hurled : SLUNG
70
Frankfurt's state : HESSE
71
Understanding : KEN
Down
1
Donation to the poor : ALMS
2
Gist : MEAT
3
Kelly's possum : POGO
4
Dickens's pen name : BOZ
5
Originated : ARISEN
6
Remorse : CONTRITION
7
Joints injured by Namath : KNEES
8
Emulate a hawk : SOAR
9
Chant : INTONE
10
"L'état c'est ___" : MOI
11
Remarque's "___ of Triumph" : ARCH
12
Strong wind : GALE
13
Shelley products : ODES
18
Ring name : ALI
19
Sprouted again : REGREW
24
Inspector Clouseau's servant : CATO
26
Kidnapper of Helen : PARIS
27
Warn : ALERT
28
Passover feast : SEDER
29
"Common Sense" author : PAINE
31
Certain jet structures : DELTAWINGS
32
Catchers' needs : MITTS
33
Companion of each : EVERY
34
Showed a program again : RERAN
36
What inspired Watt : STEAM
38
Possesses : HAS
41
Scholarship given to Sen. Bradley : RHODES
42
Mud hen, e.g. : RAIL
47
In the course of : DURING
49
Burns slightly : SINGES
52
Rural fence : STILE
53
Old card game : LOO
54
Gibbons : APES
55
Sluggish : DULL
56
___ Ben Adhem : ABOU
58
Former ruler of Iran : SHAH
60
Gloom : MURK
61
Arthur of the courts : ASHE
62
Kind of light : NEON
64
Author Yutang : LIN
65
Charlemagne's dom. : HRE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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