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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Tuesday, March 30, 1993

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, 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. 15,848
Across
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Taken ___ (surprised) : ABACK
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Very dry, as champagne : BRUT
10
Telephone man : BELL
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Island west of Maui : LANAI
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Author Jaffe : RONA
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Pierre's girlfriend : AMIE
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In the least : ATALL
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Nobility, in Bonn : ADEL
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Relinquish : CEDE
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Joint account? : COMMONWEALTH
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Low joint : KNEE
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Showily stylish : FLOSSY
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Gratuity : TIP
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Some RR's : ELS
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"And ___ voice from heaven ... ": Rev. 14:2 : IHEARDA
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U.S. painter: 1871-1951 : SLOAN
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Architect I. M. ___ : PEI
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Half of CVI : LIII
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Dupe on a train? : PASSENGERPIGEON
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Tamarisk : ATLE
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A Dadaist : ARP
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Menu : CARTE
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Garrick's milieu : THEATRE
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Route : WAY
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Poetic contraction : EER
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Pencil-box item : ERASER
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Hillside, to Burns : BRAE
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Criminal siblings? : BROTHERHOODS
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Brunch, e.g. : MEAL
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Humorist Artemus ___ : WARD
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Cereal disease : ERGOT
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Exchange premium : AGIO
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Fencing sword : EPEE
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Habituate : ENURE
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Flop on Broadway : BOMB
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___ Foxx, late comedian : REDD
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Parts of hammerheads : PEENS
Down
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Partner of alas : ALACK
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Mehta waves it : BATON
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"What's in ___?": Shak. : ANAME
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Quiet, in Calais : CALME
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Metric measure : KILO
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Rows : BRAWLS
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Copland opus : RODEO
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Less relaxed : UNEASIER
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"And all I ask is a ___ ... ": Masefield : TALLSHIP
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Johann Sebastian ___ : BACH
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Scottish uncle : EME
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Cover : LID
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Shelter : LEE
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Packers' org. : NFL
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Nautical chain : TYE
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City on the Mosel : TRIER
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Dostoyevsky work, with "The" : IDIOT
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"Common Sense" author : PAINE
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Chemical ending : ENE
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Water plant : ALGA
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Flash flood : SPATE
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Wood shaper : LATHE
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Famed Canadian doctor : OSLER
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On the Coral : ASEA
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Vigor : PEP
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More limited : NARROWER
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Gorilla, e.g. : GREATAPE
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Gelid : ICY
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___ Borch, Dutch painter : TER
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Did a garden job : WEEDED
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Info at J.F.K. : ARR
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Fragment : SHRED
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Carried : BORNE
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Scoundrel : ROGUE
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Embellish : ADORN
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Adlai's running mate: 1956 : ESTES
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Splash of color : BLOB
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Dickens's Uriah : HEEP
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Fairy queen : MAB
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Self : EGO
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Goal : AIM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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