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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Monday, March 17, 1986

47-Down : Knotty

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q U Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,278
Across
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Munster-province county : CLARE
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Kind of can or man : ASH
9
Anatomical ducts : VASA
13
Tanker : OILER
14
Bot. or chem. : SCI
15
Fall beverage : CIDER
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Historic Irish seaport : WATERFORD
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Fatuous : INANE
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Wee, to Burns : SMA
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Dynamics preceder : AERO
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Original word form : ETYMON
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Finis : END
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Irish president: 1959-73 : DEVALERA
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Desert : ABANDON
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Sparks or Rorem : NED
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V.I.P.'s car : LIMO
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Uproar : RIOT
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Irish patriot: 1778-1803 : EMMET
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Eire capital : BAILEATHACLIATH
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Shillong was once its capital : ASSAM
42
Agitate : ROIL
43
Art Deco designer : ERTE
44
Finial : EPI
46
Of a genus-species system : LINNEAN
48
Irish clover : SHAMROCK
53
Five and ten: Abbr. : NOS
54
Wheat or rice : CEREAL
55
Foray : RAID
57
Violinist Bull : OLE
60
Of certain water plants : ALGAL
61
Connacht-province county : ROSCOMMON
63
Light-colored : BLOND
64
Hill dweller : ANT
65
Irish seaport : SLIGO
66
Gels : SETS
67
Earth: Comb. form : GEO
68
Praise : EXTOL
Down
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Intimidates : COWS
2
Author O'Flaherty : LIAM
3
Ski resort in Utah : ALTA
4
Caddo Indian : REE
5
Chore for Junior : ERRAND
6
Hebrew lyre : ASOR
7
Young haddock : SCROD
8
Concealed : HID
9
Industrial plastic : VINYL
10
What there is "nothing like" : ADAME
11
Mister, in Oaxaca : SENOR
12
Sphere of conflict : ARENA
15
A. J. Cronin novel, with "The" : CITADEL
17
Sardou play : FEDORA
21
Mother of Cain : EVE
22
___ Gay : ENOLA
24
Necessitate : ENTAIL
25
___ Longa, birthplace of Remus : ALBA
26
Bent : BIAS
27
Author Kingsley : AMIS
28
Kind of acid or oxide : NITRIC
32
Taunting exclamation : OHO
34
Manners : MIENS
35
Foal's dam : MARE
36
Miss Kett : ETTA
37
Now's companion : THEN
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___ Isle (Ireland) : EMERALD
40
Hospital part : CLINIC
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Warsaw is its cap. : POL
47
Knotty : NODOSE
48
Strikebreakers : SCABS
49
Golden-ram rider : HELLE
50
Jargon : ARGOT
51
Ways' companion : MEANS
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Oslo money : KRONE
56
In re : ASTO
57
Neglect : OMIT
58
Trademark : LOGO
59
Chemical compound : ENOL
61
Tatter : RAG
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Twice DXXX : MLX

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

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