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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Wednesday, March 24, 1982

7-Down : Female gossips

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, 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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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,824
Across
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Fastener : HASP
5
Keep watch secretly : SPY
8
Sommer from Berlin : ELKE
12
"___ homo!" : ECCE
13
Like bacon : CURED
15
Poverty : NEED
16
Adjective for Ferdinand Marcos : PHILIPPINE
18
"Good ___": 1927 musical : NEWS
19
Actor in "The Sheik" : VALENTINO
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At full speed : AMAIN
24
N.Y.C. skyline letters : RCA
25
Corpulent : OBESE
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Word with clef or drum : BASS
30
Charges : FEES
31
Companions of radiuses : ULNAS
32
Balaam's rebuker : ASS
33
Utah's lily : SEGO
34
Active causes : AGENTS
35
Tchaikovsky opera, with 50 Down : QUEENOFSPADES
38
___ up (reviewed briefly) : SUMMED
39
Four-hand piano work : DUET
40
Diving bird : AUK
42
Coop chatter : PEEPS
43
Sea swallow : TERN
44
North African gazelle : ADMI
45
What height is to a hoopster : ASSET
46
Data: Abbr. : INF
47
Largest Korean port : PUSAN
48
Dormitory partners : ROOMMATES
51
Tommy-gun lead : AMMO
54
Elberta pit : PEACHSTONE
58
Prevaricator : LIAR
59
" ... poem lovely as ___" : ATREE
60
Lambs' dams : EWES
61
Central lines of planets : AXES
62
Short endorsements : OKS
63
Triton : NEWT
Down
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On to : HEP
2
German exclamation : ACH
3
___-fi : SCI
4
Locale of the ischium : PELVIS
5
Major sector of the psyche : SUPEREGO
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Female gossips : YENTAS
8
Exalted : ENNOBLED
9
Actor Marvin : LEE
10
___ Gardens, N.Y. : KEW
11
Sullivan and Begley : EDS
13
An N.C.O. : CPL
14
"Agnus ___" : DEI
17
Fleming or Hunter : IAN
20
Nutty confection : NOUGAT
21
Arab garb : ABA
22
Social events at which dominoes are worn : MASQUES
23
Undertakes : ASSUMES
26
Groups of nine : ENNEADS
27
Japanese clay ware, named for its place of origin : SATSUMA
28
Kind of curve : ESS
30
Parry : FEND
33
Takes care of : SEESTO
34
" ... nose as sharp as ___": Shak. : APEN
36
Constantine and Hadrian : EMPERORS
37
Outsides of objets : SURFACES
38
Any fashionable resort : SPA
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Relatives : KIN
43
Ford's "A ___ Heal ... " : TIMETO
44
Author of "Emma" : AUSTEN
47
Cato's foot : PES
49
___-Locka, Fla. : OPA
50
See 35 Across : THE
51
___ carte : ALA
52
Crossbreed : MIX
53
West or Murray : MAE
55
Part of i.o.u. : OWE
56
Just released : NEW
57
Triple this for the name of a wine : EST

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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