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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Tuesday, November 2, 1993

5-Down : Beethoven opus

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 3, 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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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,065
Across
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King with a touch : MIDAS
6
Celt : GAEL
10
Currying implement : COMB
14
Santa Ana's 1836 conquest : ALAMO
15
Ligurian Sea feeder : ARNO
16
Old Hebrew measure : OMER
17
Former Israeli P.M. : BEGIN
18
Symbol : SIGN
19
Island east of Java : BALI
20
It ends the first Monday in November : CAMPAIGN
23
___ compos mentis : NON
24
Coin of Toledo : PESETA
27
Showing scorn : SNEERING
29
"___ Clear Day" : ONA
30
High peak : ALP
32
Writer Bombeck : ERMA
33
Couch : SOFA
35
Cleaving tool : FROE
37
Marty's pal, in the movie : ANGIE
41
TV fare, the night after 20 Across : ELECTIONRETURNS
44
Palindromic detector : RADAR
45
Gardener, at times : HOER
46
Earlier period : PAST
47
Branches : RAMI
49
Mare to foal : DAM
51
___ Dee, Carolina river : PEE
52
Three-wheeled passenger vehicles : PEDICABS
56
Hoofer's garb : TIGHTS
58
NOW's time frame? : ERA
59
On-the-spot canvass of voters : EXITPOLL
61
Millo or Sills : DIVA
63
The way for Cicero : ITER
64
Renting contract : LEASE
68
Part of RNA : ACID
69
Part of MSG : MONO
70
Canvas support : EASEL
71
Bail : LADE
72
"...pretty maids all in ___" : AROW
73
Bite between meals : SNACK
Down
1
Fairy queen : MAB
2
___ de la Cité, Paris : ILE
3
Hammarskjöld : DAG
4
Clerical cape : AMICE
5
Beethoven opus : SONATA
6
Inhale suddenly : GASP
7
Offerings of 61 Across : ARIAS
8
Planned and directed skillfully : ENGINEERED
9
More protracted : LONGER
10
Core of an ear : COB
11
Native of SE Arabia : OMANI
12
Pepo : MELON
13
___ home (make very clear) : BRING
21
"The Duchess of ___": Webster : MALFI
22
Thread: Comb. form : NEMAT
24
Baffling problem : POSER
25
___ Gay : ENOLA
26
Israeli city : SAFED
28
Made rapidly : RANUP
31
Banner? : PROHIBITOR
34
Mites : ACARI
36
Yoko ___ : ONO
38
Comparative diagram : GRAPH
39
Map within a map : INSET
40
___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
42
Footprint : TRACE
43
A sister of Clio : ERATO
48
Greatest amounts : MAXIMA
50
Swedish sculptor Carl ___ : MILLES
52
Feature of 52 Across : PEDAL
53
Heath genus : ERICA
54
Patron saint of Wales : DAVID
55
Old-style word processor : STENO
57
Collect bit by bit : GLEAN
60
Bow of a ship : PROW
62
Ending for block or brig : ADE
65
Botanist Gray : ASA
66
Dry, as wine : SEC
67
Big deer : ELK

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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