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Joy L. Wouk
Joy L. Wouk

New York Times, Thursday, July 28, 1983

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 32.1
Joy L. Wouk has 124 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,315
Across
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Midwest air hub : OHARE
6
Hic, ___, hoc : HAEC
10
Reduce wave amplitude : DAMP
14
Abate : RELAX
15
Field: Comb. form : AGRO
16
Hautboy : OBOE
17
Small wild goose : BRANT
18
___ dire (oath at court) : VOIR
19
NCO's "As you ___!" : WERE
20
Coward play : BRIEFENCOUNTER
23
Prefix with ego or hero : NON
24
Blue Eagle agcy. : NRA
25
Front : FACADE
29
Abnormal body growth : GIANTISM
34
Missouri tributary : OSAGE
35
Dispatch : SEND
36
Bath, e.g. : SPA
37
Like an illegal sale : UNDERTHECOUNTER
41
Dark-rm. item : NEG
42
Reckless : RASH
43
Kind of circle : POLAR
44
Exhibition horsemanship : DRESSAGE
47
Solar-system model : ORRERY
48
Companion of 11 Down : AID
49
Bakery item : PIE
50
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Soapbox oratory, often : RANT
59
Rows : OARS
60
Coop feature : ROOST
62
Holy Roman emperor : OTTO
63
Banjo part : FRET
64
Irregular : EROSE
65
"___ Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" : WHOS
66
Vanish : FADE
67
Old-fashioned : DATED
Down
1
Royal symbol : ORB
2
Chervil, e.g. : HERB
3
Like Pegasus : ALAR
4
Indian prince's wife : RANI
5
Additive : EXTENDER
6
Refuge : HAVEN
7
Balanchine ballet : AGON
8
Writer Hoffer : ERIC
9
Nueva Galicia governor : CORONADO
10
___ the heels (shabby) : DOWNAT
11
Incite : ABET
12
Further : MORE
13
Squint : PEER
21
Grant, to Lee : FOE
22
Ossuary : URN
25
Base : FOUND
26
Actor from Kansas City : ASNER
27
Sponge : CADGE
28
Word after Iron or Bronze : AGE
29
Silly ones : GEESE
30
Move slowly : INCH
31
Cordage fiber : ISTLE
32
Fishing tool : SPEAR
33
Unite : MARRY
35
Coarse tobacco : SHAG
38
Alternate : TRADEOFF
39
Built : UPREARED
40
Scan. land : NOR
45
Brazilian seaport or coffee named for it : SANTOS
46
Form a lap : SIT
47
OPEC's concern : OIL
49
Jellylike candy : PASTE
50
Exult : CROW
51
Curse : OATH
52
Golden-rule word : UNTO
53
___ avis : RARA
54
Brought up : BRED
55
Vaudeville singer Bayes : NORA
56
" ... haunts of ___ and hern": Tennyson : COOT
57
Basic verb for Vergilius : ESSE
61
Spread grass to dry : TED

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

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