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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Friday, April 25, 1986

21-Down : Takes on

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, 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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,317
Across
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Matadors' cloaks : CAPAS
6
Hgts. : ALTS
10
Ship's hold or cargo : BULK
14
"___ Ben Jonson!" : ORARE
15
Widget : PART
16
Tied : EVEN
17
Poe's godfather : ALLAN
18
Reputation : ODOR
19
Former manorial court : LEET
20
French roadside feature : LOMBARDYPOPLAR
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Penn, in N.Y.C., is one : STA
24
Inane : SILLY
25
Dan Beard's org. : BSA
28
Braun or Gabor : EVA
30
TV's Beaver ___ : CLEAVER
34
Singer Cristy : LANE
36
Prof. Rhine's concern : ESP
38
Grape seeds : ACINI
39
Tree of the apple family : ENGLISHHAWTHORN
43
Guide : STEER
44
J.F.K.'s predecessor : DDE
45
A son of Zebulun : ELON
46
Toxophilites' needs : TARGETS
49
"You are ___, Father William ... " : OLD
51
Pacino and Smith : ALS
52
Like Mother Hubbard : ANILE
54
Theater sign : SRO
56
Famous sequoia : GENERALSHERMAN
62
Carrie Chapman ___ : CATT
63
Nautical term : ALEE
64
Relative of 20 Across : ABELE
65
Bell sound : PEAL
66
Crown of a furnace : DOME
67
Tiny fish : MIDGE
68
Associate : ALLY
69
Eastern bigwig : EMIR
70
Word with fast : STEAD
Down
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Cannel, e.g. : COAL
2
Woody's son : ARLO
3
Date bearer : PALM
4
Omanis, e.g. : ARABS
5
Thesmothete's milieu : SENATE
6
Footless one : APOD
7
___-smock (cuckoo-flower) : LADYS
8
___ of Capricorn : TROPIC
9
Saunter : STROLL
10
Grumble: Slang : BELLYACHE
11
Eye part : UVEA
12
Annealing oven : LEER
13
Chess pc. : KNT
21
Takes on : RAVES
22
Skirt fold : PLEAT
25
"This patriarch ___": Milton : BLEST
26
Ana or Clara : SANTA
27
"A short madness": Horace : ANGER
29
Rowan : ASH
31
Shakespearean lass : VIOLA
32
Register : ENROL
33
The ___ of Galloway, Scottish peninsula : RINNS
35
With panache : ELEGANTLY
37
Prof's deg. : PHD
40
A Forsyte : IRENE
41
Fuss : ADO
42
Like Dylan Thomas : WELSH
47
Harangue : TIRADE
48
Ski race : SLALOM
50
Visions : DREAMS
53
Resin from tropical trees : ELEMI
55
Revolutionary path : ORBIT
56
Isle of Man native : GAEL
57
Catchall abbr. : ETAL
58
Calchas was one : SEER
59
Native of Ecbatana : MEDE
60
Seabeard, e.g. : ALGA
61
Require : NEED
62
I.R.S. worker : CPA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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