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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Thursday, October 12, 1989

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 30.8
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,583
Across
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Baseball V.I.P.'s : UMPS
5
Make tired by work : FAG
8
Son of Columbus : DIEGO
13
Hayworth or Moreno : RITA
14
J.F.K. letters : ARR
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Dreiser's " ___ Carrie" : SISTER
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Columbus patron : ISABELLA
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Kind of scout : TALENT
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Name of four Spanish kings : CHARLES
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Ancient Mesopotamian city : EDESSA
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Breathe : RESPIRE
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Subnuclear particle : HADRON
27
Period between cause and effect : TIMELAG
32
Lend ___ (listen) : ANEAR
33
Ship part : KEEL
35
Female deer, in Regensburg : REHE
36
Proud marcher on Oct. 12 : ITALIANAMERICAN
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Former Norwegian prime minister : TORP
40
Ancient emp. : PERS
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Image: Comb. form : ICONO
42
Physically fit : INSHAPE
44
Ballerina McKerrow : AMANDA
45
Composer of "The Barber of Seville" : ROSSINI
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Aphrodite's love : ADONIS
52
Containing berries : ACINOSE
56
Amend : REVISE
57
Island discovered on Columbus's second voyage : DOMINICA
59
French misers : AVARES
60
Botanist Gray : ASA
61
Half of DCII : CCCI
62
Start of Columbus's first voyage : PALOS
63
Sesame : TIL
64
Supplemented, with "out" : EKED
Down
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Tell's canton : URI
2
A category in a file: Abbr. : MISC
3
Egyptian god of creation : PTAH
4
Netherlands Antilles island : SABA
5
Degraded : FALLEN
6
Van Gogh painted here : ARLES
7
Comprehend : GRASP
8
Crown : DIADEM
9
Jersey or Guernsey : ISLE
10
Nice seasons : ETES
11
Roman clan : GENS
12
Lake west of Maggiore : ORTA
15
Barren : STERILE
17
Mistakes, at 12 Down : ERRORI
22
Units in a list : ITEMS
23
Island discovered on Columbus's first voyage : HAITI
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Composer Bruckner : ANTON
25
Loved ones : DEARS
26
Emerson or Nader : RALPH
28
Author Jong : ERICA
29
Ecole session : LECON
30
Lend ___ (help) : AHAND
31
Birthplace of Columbus : GENOA
33
Sites of patellae : KNEES
34
Pitcher part : EAR
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Places near : APPOSES
38
Adriatic port : RIMINI
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Gets up : ARISES
44
Neither vegetable nor mineral : ANIMAL
46
Egypt's Anwar ___ : SADAT
47
Twenty: Comb. form : ICOSI
48
Daniel ___ Moi, Kenya's president : ARAP
49
Buddhist angel : DEVA
50
Humpty Dumpty's form : OVAL
51
Actor Robert De ___ : NIRO
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Columbus was ___ imprisoned : ONCE
54
Ailing : SICK
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Behold! : ECCE
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Assistance : AID

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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