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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Monday, March 8, 1993

9-Down : Habituated

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { K Q }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, 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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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,826
Across
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Sudden, sharp pains : PANGS
6
Plunder : STRIP
11
Demijohn's cousin : JUG
14
Warning : ALERT
15
Sound: Comb. form : PHONO
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An objective of NOW : ERA
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Street show : RAREE
18
Musical having skits : REVUE
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Item for candling : EGG
20
Fall drink : CIDER
21
North Sea feeder : YSER
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Canadian Indian : CREE
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Tipper Gore, ___ Aitcheson : NEE
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Plant swelling : EDEMA
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___ acid (an antiseptic) : CARBOLIC
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Peninsula of India : DECCAN
35
Water, to Juan : AGUA
36
Knowledge : LORE
38
Union unit : STATE
39
Theater awards : TONYS
41
Seine : NET
42
Sways with leis : HULAS
43
Packing case : CRATE
44
Ticket part : STUB
46
Delta substance : SILT
47
Strong dislike : HATRED
49
Okapis' cousins : GIRAFFES
51
Miss Doolittle : ELIZA
53
Feel sick : AIL
54
Used a loom : WOVE
57
Predicate, or part of it : VERB
59
Did a lawn job : MOWED
63
Pioneer's purchase : AXE
64
Broom ___, comics witch : HILDA
65
Marsh depression : SWALE
66
Set : GEL
67
Viper : ADDER
68
Eaglet's home : AERIE
69
Finis : END
70
Intended : MEANT
71
Tire part : TREAD
Down
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Parisian oasis : PARC
2
Jai ___ : ALAI
3
Contemporary dull one : NERD
4
Bromfield novel, with "The" : GREENBAYTREE
5
Hi-fi part : STEREO
6
Agile : SPRY
7
Musical based on a Burnett book : THESECRETGARDEN
8
Wandered : ROVED
9
Habituated : INURED
10
"The Gold Bug" author : POE
11
Taunt : JEER
12
Exhort : URGE
13
Pledge or challenge : GAGE
22
Long-run 1965 play : CACTUSFLOWER
24
Building wing : ELL
26
Grill or grid : MESH
27
Seize : CATCH
28
Marketplace : AGORA
29
Charge : RUNAT
30
Cyclotron items : IONS
32
Where L.A. is : CALIF
33
Start of a Dickens title : ATALE
34
Snug places : NESTS
37
Needle case : ETUI
40
Close the eyes of a falcon : SEEL
45
Bikini part : BRA
48
Split up : DIVIDE
50
Draws a bead on : AIMSAT
52
Scott Fitzgerald's wife : ZELDA
54
Piecework payment : WAGE
55
G. Atherton's "Black ___" : OXEN
56
S. African grassland : VELD
58
The Simpson brat : BART
60
Word with hard or soft : WARE
61
Essayist Lamb : ELIA
62
Act : DEED
64
Licensed amateur radio operator : HAM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 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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