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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Saturday, December 10, 1988

27-Down : Augured

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 3, 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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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,277
Across
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Pilgrimage to Mecca : HADJ
5
Judge's seat : BANC
9
Rascal : SCAMP
14
Odd, in Oban : ORRA
15
Nimbus : AURA
16
Hut : HOVEL
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First word of a U.N. document: Dec. 10, 1948 : UNIVERSAL
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Corundum : EMERY
20
Fix : REPAIR
21
Italian money : LIRE
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Second word of 17 Across : DECLARATION
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Shakespearean play : OTHELLO
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Informal afternoon reception : ATHOME
33
Malay boat : PRAU
34
"A Bell for ___": Hersey : ADANO
36
North Sea feeder : DEE
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___ International, 1977 Nobel Peace Prize winner : AMNESTY
40
Host country for Aug. 1, 1975, accord : FINLAND
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Measure of length : ROD
43
Egypt's Mubarak : HOSNI
45
Sweetsop : ATES
46
Smart : CLEVER
48
Tested : ASSAYED
51
Subject of 23 Across : HUMANRIGHTS
53
Unit : ITEM
54
"___ of Honey," Delaney play : ATASTE
59
Part of G.N.P. : GROSS
62
___ of conscience (concerns of 37 Across) : PRISONERS
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Keep ___ on (look after) : ANEYE
66
Where Napoleon defeated the Austrians: 1796 : LODI
67
A tide : NEAP
68
Bernhardt : SARAH
69
Affirmatives : YEAS
70
Host : ARMY
Down
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Unit of time : HOUR
2
"Comus" composer : ARNE
3
Faucet problem : DRIP
4
Island near Sumatra : JAVA
5
Keg's cousin : BARREL
6
Strauss's "___ Italien" : AUS
7
Blue Eagle agcy. : NRA
8
Kind of lily : CALLA
9
English cabinetmaker : SHERATON
10
"The Iceman ___": O'Neill : COMETH
11
"___ atque vale" : AVE
12
"La ___": Debussy : MER
13
Do business : PLY
18
Plato's "ideas" : EIDE
22
Meshed native : IRANI
24
Potters' needs : CLAYS
25
Israeli airport : LOD
26
Treat with a certain antiseptic : IODATE
27
Augured : OMENED
28
Requires : NEEDS
29
Imitation gold leaf : ORMOLU
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In single file : TANDEM
31
Cry's companion : HUE
33
Make hot and dry : PARCH
35
Like ___ out of water : AFISH
38
Hopeh town on the Huto River : SHENTSEH
39
Pisa's leaner : TORRE
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Ballad : LAY
44
Old horse : NAG
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Hindu caste : VAISYA
49
State of equilibrium : STASIS
50
In re : ASTO
52
Suggest : IMPLY
55
Soprano Moffo : ANNA
56
Prophet : SEER
57
Loosely twisted silk : TRAM
58
Descry : ESPY
59
Hydrogen, e.g. : GAS
60
Genetic letters : RNA
61
"___ the ramparts ... " : OER
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Caviar : ROE
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Mrs. Cantor : IDA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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