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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Tuesday, November 24, 1987

10-Down : Asch's "The ___"

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 3, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,895
Across
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First fratricide : CAIN
5
Musical family : BACHS
10
Japanese religious center : NARA
14
Actress Sommer : ELKE
15
Apportion : ALLOT
16
Victim of 1 Across : ABEL
17
Reclines : LIES
18
Free : LOOSE
19
Fervor : ZEAL
20
Leonardo masterpiece, with "The" : LASTSUPPER
22
___ Moro, memorable Italian statesman : ALDO
23
Some M.I.T. grads : EES
24
___ Diego : SAN
25
Offshore hazard : REEF
26
Written order : MANDATE
30
Parched : SERE
32
Expert : ACE
33
Telescope part : LENS
35
Wed : UNITE
39
Genesis place : THEGARDENOFEDEN
43
Meuse River city : SEDAN
44
Word with fatted or golden : CALF
45
Break a fast : EAT
46
A homophone for meat : METE
49
Newspaper V.I.P.'s : EDITORS
51
Rio Muni seaport : BATA
54
They, in Tours : ILS
56
West of Hollywood : MAE
57
Russian lake : ARAL
58
Occupants of 30 Across : ADAMANDEVE
63
Fire: Comb. form : IGNI
64
Furnish a new crew : REMAN
65
Christian and Abraham : ERAS
66
Third Gospel : LUKE
67
Biblical lyres : ASORS
68
Fixed amount : UNIT
69
Signet : SEAL
70
Plant support : STAKE
71
Wall word: Dan. 5:25 : MENE
Down
1
Monastery part : CELL
2
Former Jordanian queen : ALIA
3
D.D.E.'s namesakes : IKES
4
Fitted together : NESTED
5
Staircase railing part : BALUSTER
6
Crooked : ALOP
7
Hoof sounds : CLOPS
8
Namesakes of a Hebrew prophet : HOSEAS
9
Tristram Shandy's creator : STERNE
10
Asch's "The ___" : NAZARENE
11
White poplar : ABELE
12
Peg Woffington's creator : READE
13
___ a sudden (unexpectedly) : ALLOF
21
Liner's path : SEALANE
26
Tatamis : MATS
27
Yearn : ACHE
28
Want : NEED
29
Finis : END
31
Hoodlum : RUFFIAN
34
Dry, as wine : SEC
36
Idea: Comb. form : IDEO
37
Rent : TEAR
38
Tolkien creatures : ENTS
40
Teacher of Saul of Tarsus: Acts 22:3 : GAMALIEL
41
Scottish negative : NAE
42
"Mosses from an ___": Hawthorne : OLDMANSE
47
Coronets : TIARAS
48
Adjective for 1 Across : ELDEST
50
Hymn of praise to God : TEDEUM
51
Scoops : BAILS
52
Dispute : ARGUE
53
Japanese poem : TANKA
55
Islands north of Tonga : SAMOA
59
Second gospel : MARK
60
Sea bird : ERNE
61
Peacockish : VAIN
62
Ferrara name : ESTE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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