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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Saturday, May 24, 1986

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 27.4
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. 13,346
Across
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Leadership, figuratively : HELM
5
Junta : CABAL
10
Knife handle : HAFT
14
Sortita, e.g. : ARIA
15
Bergamot's asset : AROMA
16
" ... and ___ this rock ... " : UPON
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May 15, for one : IDES
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Windmill parts : VANES
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Giant star that blazed in 1954 : MAYS
20
Start of Indy 500 instruction : GENTLEMENSTART
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Sonnet ending : EER
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Type of jet engine : ION
25
End of 20 Across : YOURENGINES
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Half sole : TAP
34
Containers for ballots : URNS
35
Stalin's Georgian nickname : SOSO
36
Tenet : CREDO
38
Mozart was one : MASON
40
Istle product : NET
41
Home of an eyas : AERIE
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Kind of theater : ARENA
43
Shoe widths : EEES
45
Asian weight : TAEL
46
Father of Abner : NER
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Indy 500 winner: 1972 : MARKDONOHUE
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Bouncing ___ (soapwort) : BET
51
Saint Anthony's cross : TAU
52
Indy 500 winner: 1982 : GORDONJOHNCOCK
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Belém, in Brazil : PARA
61
Permission : LEAVE
62
Seed scars : HILA
63
Indy 500 winner Mears: 1979 and 1984 : RICK
64
Abdul-Jabbar, e.g. : LAKER
65
Dash : ELAN
66
Comfort : EASE
67
Ship part : STERN
68
Unit of force : DYNE
Down
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Nixon aide in 1974 : HAIG
2
Mahler's "Das Lied von der ___" : ERDE
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Mortgage : LIEN
4
Gene Barry's TV role: 1958–61 : MASTERSON
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Carlsbad ___ : CAVERNS
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Composer Khachaturian : ARAM
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Indonesia's Gulf of ___ : BONE
8
Kind of corner : AMEN
9
Eric Knight's heroine : LASSIE
10
Person : HUMAN
11
On ___ (equal) : APAR
12
Four-time Indy 500 winner : FOYT
13
RR vehicles : TNS
21
Cobb of cinema : LEE
22
Puccini heroine : TOSCA
25
Indian language family : YUMAN
26
"___ Ben Jonson!" : ORARE
27
Al or Bobby of Indy 500 fame : UNSER
28
Dead duck : GONER
29
" ... ___ my master ... ": Shak. : ISEEK
30
Eminent : NOTED
31
Father of Abraham : TERAH
32
Farewell : ADIEU
33
Pierre's stove or canopy : POELE
37
Changed, as a negative : RETOUCHED
39
Designated : NAMED
44
Ann from N.D. : SOTHERN
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Lagoon surrounders : ATOLLS
49
Masefield heroine : NAN
50
Fern : BRAKE
52
Mother of the Titans : GAIA
53
Grampuses : ORCS
54
Trim : NEAT
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Hunky-dory : JAKE
56
Finished : OVER
57
Unctuous : OILY
58
Clique : CLAN
59
Welles role : KANE
60
Prefix with suppose : PRE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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