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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Thursday, June 11, 1992

9-Down : Aspect; stage

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, 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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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,556
Across
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Villa for Gorbachev : DACHA
6
Insult : SLAP
10
Glut : SATE
14
Town near Fitchburg, Mass. : ATHOL
15
Desire : WISH
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Walked on : TROD
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Spills the beans : BLABS
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Turkish title : AGHA
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Astronaut Sally : RIDE
20
Merchant in "The Arabian Nights" : SINBADTHESAILOR
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Bartender's need : ICE
24
Ruse : TRICK
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Goes full speed : CAREERS
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Clip : SHEAR
32
Is contrite : RUES
33
Bearing : MIEN
36
Cosmetician Lauder : ESTEE
38
Summer quaff : ADE
39
Nags at : BADGERS
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Cup feature : RIM
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Beethoven's "___ Solemnis" : MISSA
44
Tender : SORE
45
Heroine of "La Bohème : MIMI
46
Pullulates : TEEMS
48
Side by side : ABREAST
50
At right angles to a ship's keel : ABEAM
53
Long time : EON
54
Where shuttlecocks fly : BADMINTONCOURTS
61
Busy as ___ : ABEE
62
Thine, in Arles : ATOI
63
Stock unit : SHARE
64
Taunt : JEER
65
Mountain lake : TARN
66
Princeton mascot : TIGER
67
European range : ALPS
68
Gaelic : ERSE
69
Plumber's pipe cleaner : SNAKE
Down
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Flatfish : DABS
2
King of the Huns : ATLI
3
Derr Biggers hero : CHAN
4
Leisure-time pursuits : HOBBIES
5
Where Strasbourg is : ALSACE
6
Hit a fly : SWAT
7
Delicate : LIGHT
8
Eighth son of Jacob : ASHER
9
Aspect; stage : PHASIS
10
Occurrences in alleys : STRIKES
11
Seed coat : ARIL
12
Brouhaha : TODO
13
Large German dam : EDER
21
Skin layer : DERMA
22
Has the flu : ACHES
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Stuff : CRAM
26
Do an I.R.S. job : AUDIT
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Baseball's Little Colonel : REESE
28
A Caesar and a Chaplin : SIDS
30
Roman central courts : ATRIA
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Scene of German surrender: 1945 : REIMS
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Self : EGO
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Tiber tributary : NERA
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Discharge : EMIT
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Salten fawn : BAMBI
40
Precursor of a violin : REBEC
43
Certain sewers : SEAMERS
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Knighted violinist : MENUHIN
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Where Coats meets Hatfield : SENATE
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Perches : ROOSTS
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Rose product : ATTAR
52
Heaths : MOORS
54
___ California : BAJA
55
Explorer Tasman : ABEL
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Profound : DEEP
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Sayers's "The ___ Tailors" : NINE
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Indian music : RAGA
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Long journey : TREK
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Like leas in winter : SERE

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2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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