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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Wednesday, February 15, 1978

9-Down : ___ as a daisy

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { B J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,413
Across
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Sources of light or heat : LAMPS
6
Lucre : PELF
10
Shortening : OLEO
14
"A race without ___!": Young : AGOAL
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Little bowman : AMOR
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Jalopy : HEAP
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Sidekick : CRONY
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Top : UPPERMOST
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Vicuña's home : ANDES
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Latin infinitive : ESSE
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Rosalynn Carter, ___ Smith : NEE
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Indian sailor : LASCAR
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English king in 1066 : HAROLD
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Prefix with corn or pod : TRI
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Micronesian staple : TARO
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___ for the course : PAR
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"___ Tor" : HIGH
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Con man's target : MARK
36
Word with case or well : STAIR
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Nymph who loved Narcissus : ECHO
40
Looped edging : PICOT
42
Infinitesimal amount : IOTA
43
Mixture formed in smelting ores : MATTE
45
Body of knowledge : LORE
46
Where to put your dough : OVEN
47
One of Alex Comfort's topics : SEX
48
Closest : NEXT
50
Monogram of a senator from Mass. : EMK
51
China clay : KAOLIN
54
Author of "My Antonia" : CATHER
56
Homophone for earn : URN
57
It spins Mother Earth : LOVE
59
Obstructs, as a stream : SILTS
61
Widths of circular objects : DIAMETERS
64
Rakes : ROUES
66
Eight: Comb. form : OCTO
67
Princely Italian : ESTE
68
Lean eater : SPRAT
69
Creator of Candida : SHAW
70
Pack : STOW
71
Itty-bitty : TEENY
Down
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Varnish base : LAC
2
Site of the Taj Mahal : AGRA
3
Popular piece by Beethoven : MOONLIGHTSONATA
4
Chinese gift to Washington Zoo : PANDA
5
Ultrafoxy : SLYEST
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Pyrenees city : PAU
7
Beethoven's "Opus 73" : EMPERORCONCERTO
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Droops : LOPS
9
___ as a daisy : FRESH
10
Resistance unit : OHM
11
One of four preludes by Beethoven : LEONORAOVERTURE
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Gallery prop : EASEL
13
Chose : OPTED
19
Gathers : REAPS
21
Picaresque fellow : SCAMP
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Thin as ___ : ARAIL
27
A:B, for instance : RATIO
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"Let ___ eat cake" : THEM
29
Costa ___ : RICA
33
Setting for many a convention : HOTEL
35
Divided peninsula : KOREA
37
Agenda unit : ITEM
38
General or private : RANK
41
Themes : TEXTS
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Philip Nolan, e.g. : EXILE
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Craving : THIRST
51
Glory; prestige : KUDOS
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"If I Were ___ Man" : ARICH
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Memoranda : NOTES
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Slip away : ELOPE
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Jerkin : VEST
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Actor Connery : SEAN
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Use a scythe : MOW
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Emulate Betsy Ross : SEW
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Duroc's dwelling : STY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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