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Joseph Crowell
Joseph Crowell

New York Times, Thursday, May 3, 1962

1-Across : Hesitated.

Author:
Joseph Crowell
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 31.8 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Joseph Crowell has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,675
Across
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Hesitated. : PAUSED
7
Smokes: Colloq. : CIGS
11
Beverage. : TEA
14
Overturn. : TOPPLE
15
Plaything to be rolled. : HOOP
16
Forth from. : OUT
17
Counties. : SHIRES
18
Establish securely. : INTRENCH
20
Coin. : NICKEL
22
Bargain. : HAGGLE
23
___-garde. : AVANT
25
Celebrity: Slang. : VIP
27
Travel by rail. : TRAIN
28
Puppeteer Tony. : SARG
29
Towers aloft. : REARS
31
Concludes. : ENDS
32
Doctrine. : ISM
33
Freight cars. : GONDOLAS
35
Falangist. : FASCIST
37
Tout. : TIPSTER
41
Virtually. : INEFFECT
43
___ de Rivoli. : RUE
44
Twirled. : SPUN
47
Billow. : SURGE
48
Chum: Slang. : PARD
49
Yearned (for). : PINED
51
Edgar ___ Masters. : LEE
52
Helpmeets. : WIVES
53
Hostility. : ANIMUS
55
Slip away. : ESCAPE
57
Unconnected. : DETACHED
59
Unwilling. : AVERSE
62
Prior to. : ERE
63
Fight finish. : KAYO
64
Individual. : PERSON
65
Sward. : SOD
66
Ham's brother. : SHEM
67
Acquiesce. : ASSENT
Down
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Torpedo boats, for short. : PTS
2
Hibernian group: Abbr. : AOH
3
Ready to fight. : UPINARMS
4
Season. : SPRING
5
Choose. : ELECT
6
Clerk's place. : DESK
7
A thousand years. : CHILIAD
8
Son of Apollo. : ION
9
Ancient Teuton. : GOTH
10
Little fish. : SPRAT
11
Native of the Friendly Island. : TONGAN
12
Great Greek. : EUCLID
13
Where 12 Down was educated. : ATHENS
19
Way out. : EGRESS
21
Momentous. : EVENTFUL
23
As though. : ASIF
24
Ducts: Anat. : VASA
26
Patron's concerns. : PROTEGES
29
Multifloras. : ROSES
30
Golf term. : SLICE
33
Snare. : GIN
34
Relevant. : APT
36
Kind of theatre. : CINEMA
38
Move across. : TRAVERSE
39
River into the Seine. : EURE
40
Pigments. : REDS
42
Independence. : FREEDOM
44
Black suit. : SPADES
45
English dramatist. : PINERO
46
One. : UNITED
48
Well-paid musicians. : PIPERS
50
Canvasbacks. : DUCKS
52
Breakers. : WAVES
54
Iranian visitor with "headaches." : SHAH
56
___-pie (from head to foot). : CAPA
58
Look at. : EYE
60
Child. : SON
61
Noun suffix. : ENT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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