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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Monday, March 20, 1978

55-Down : Piercing

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, 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. 10,446
Across
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Benedictine's garb : COWL
5
Line of cliffs : SCARP
10
Palo ___ : ALTO
14
"___ of him who form'd the whole": Byron : ARAY
15
Wainscot part : PANEL
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Oar part : LOOM
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Traveler's first disappointment : PASSPORTPICTURE
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Trinitrotoluene : TNT
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Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
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Carrying baggage : LADEN
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Blue-pencils : EDITS
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Young archer : AMOR
27
White water : RAPIDS
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Rorschach's device : BLOT
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Word with nap or nip : CAT
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Russian sea : ARAL
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Apiece : EACH
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Hasten : HIE
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Traveler's realization : NOPLACELIKEHOME
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Custom : USE
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Accountant's item : COST
43
Word with air or work : OPEN
44
___ diem : PER
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Completes : CAPS
46
Irish dramatist : OCASEY
48
Sacred : HOLY
49
Manifest : OVERT
50
Precipitous : SHEER
53
Served perfectly : ACED
54
D.D.E. : IKE
57
Causes of jet lag : TIMEDIFFERENCES
61
Greedy : AVID
62
Fable's end : MORAL
63
Supplements, with "out" : EKES
64
What Lola does : GETS
65
Showy perennial : PEONY
66
Lowly Anglo-Saxon : ESNE
Down
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Rank under maj. : CAPT
2
Mediterranean port : ORAN
3
"Circular file" contents : WASTEPAPER
4
River ending at Ghent : LYS
5
Lacrosse and skittles : SPORTS
6
Supermarket vehicles : CARTS
7
Status quo ___ : ANTE
8
Corded fabric : REP
9
Fold, in Mulhouse : PLI
10
Wedding area : ALTAR
11
Garish : LOUD
12
Rent : TORE
13
Portent : OMEN
18
Cashier's stamp : PAID
19
Dress : CLOTHE
24
Only Englishman buried in Arlington : DILL
25
Jai ___ : ALAI
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Word with turtle soup : MOCK
27
" ... mouse ___ the clock" : RANUP
28
Rebelled : AROSE
29
Haberdashery collection : BELTS
30
Music for two fingers : CHOPSTICKS
31
___ Semple McPherson : AIMEE
32
Minute : TEENY
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Harmony : ACCORD
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One source of energy : COAL
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Perceive : ESPY
40
Venerable : HOAR
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Too : OVERLY
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Homophone for seed : CEDE
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Gives attention : HEEDS
49
QE2 milieu : OCEAN
50
"The ___ at eve had drunk ... " : STAG
51
Lay away for the future : HIVE
52
Discharge : EMIT
53
Hairdo : AFRO
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Piercing : KEEN
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Existence : ESSE
58
Mischief-maker : IMP
59
Ill-wisher : FOE
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Martha Washington, ___ Dandridge : NEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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