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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Tuesday, August 12, 1980

49-Down : Zorina and Maxwell

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: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,235
Across
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"___ Me, Kate" : KISS
5
Put off : DEFER
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Gin and tonic adjunct : LIME
14
Ferrara resident : ESTE
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Egg-shaped : OVATE
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Saroyan's "My Name is ___" : ARAM
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Weather forecast : ELECTRICALSTORM
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Pert. to ships : NAV
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C.P.A.'s concern : ACCT
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Famed caravel : PINTA
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Brilliance : ECLAT
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Arkin or Ladd : ALAN
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Bicycles : PEDALS
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Above, in Linz : UBER
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Yemeni garment : ABA
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River to the Severn : AVON
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Retreat : NEST
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Rum, in Cuba : RON
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Weather forecast : PARTIALCLEARING
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Summer drink : ADE
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White House office : OVAL
43
Employer : USER
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___ Cayes, Haiti : LES
45
Word with swan or nose : DIVE
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Landed ___ : GENTRY
48
Cache : HIDE
49
Zodiac sign : VIRGO
50
Illegal burning : ARSON
53
"___ Smile Be ... " : LETA
54
"The Sweetheart of Sigma ___" : CHI
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Weather forecast : LOWTEMPERATURES
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Fido's wagger : TAIL
62
New York city : OLEAN
63
Prefix with meter or phrase : PARA
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Irritable : EDGY
65
Pucker : PURSE
66
The sun is one : STAR
Down
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Intense : KEEN
2
Mallorca or Menorca : ISLA
3
Longshoremen's bosses : STEVEDORES
4
Like some wines : SEC
5
Woman of Joppa: Acts 9:36 : DORCAS
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Expel : EVICT
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Matter-of-___ : FACT
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Greek letter : ETA
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Bro. or dau. : REL
10
Cato's tongue : LATIN
11
Press : IRON
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Chicago's Merchandise ___ : MART
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Soprano Eames : EMMA
18
High : TALL
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Peloponnesian city : SPARTA
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Pretend piety : CANT
25
First shepherd : ABEL
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___-majesté : LESE
27
Word with cross or knight : PAPAL
28
Dodge : EVADE
29
Sam or Tom : UNCLE
30
Nobleman : ARISTOCRAT
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Malapropism, to a slangster : BONER
32
___ Young Men of the 50's : ANGRY
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First-aid item : IODINE
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Eager : AVID
39
Bathe : LAVE
40
Chair part : RUNG
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Gypsy woman, in Reims : GITANE
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Quod ___ faciendum : ERAT
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With vehemence : HOTLY
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Zorina and Maxwell : VERAS
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Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
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Something to hit : ROAD
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Draught : SWIG
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Ogle's next of kin : LEER
55
Wife of Zeus : HERA
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Munich's river : ISAR
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Swab : MOP
59
Opposite of sing. : PLU
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Increases, as fare : UPS

Answer summary:
3 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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