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Joseph Crowell
Joseph Crowell

New York Times, Tuesday, January 17, 1967

45-Down : Origin of a word: Abbr.

Author:
Joseph Crowell
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { H J Q X }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 11.8
Joseph Crowell has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,366
Across
1
Fat: Colloq. : TUBBY
6
Pericles's porch. : STOA
10
French novelist. : ZOLA
14
Come into use. : ENURE
15
Inferior book, picture, etc. : POTBOILER
17
Metal tag. : AGLET
18
Ensign of Great Britain. : UNIONFLAG
19
Manifold: Abbr. : MULT
20
Go to court again. : RESUE
21
Half of a musical title. : IDO
22
Take. : ADOPT
25
Most recent. : NEWEST
27
On the double. : PRONTO
28
Trick. : DODGE
30
Cutting tool. : ADZ
31
Imbue. : STEEP
33
Kind of roof. : GABLE
37
Important person. : VEEP
39
Name in opera lore. : EAMES
41
Eager. : KEEN
42
Norse works. : EDDAS
44
Entertained, in a way. : DINED
46
Conjunction. : AND
47
Resting place. : ROOST
49
Starts to grow again. : REBUDS
51
Disdains. : SCORNS
54
Cook. : BROIL
55
More than one: Abbr. : PLU
56
Cousin of Joab. : AMASA
60
Music halls of old. : ODEA
62
In the nude, Gallic style. : AUNATUREL
64
Gaelic dagger. : SKEAN
65
Geometric figure. : RECTANGLE
66
Ark passenger. : BEAST
67
Biographer Leon. : EDEL
68
Remove. : DOFF
69
Gardner and others. : ERLES
Down
1
Playing group. : TEAM
2
Vulnerable to attack. : UNGUARDED
3
Intimidated: Colloq. : BULLDOZED
4
Native of Nantes. : BRETON
5
However. : YET
6
Cock's defense. : SPUR
7
Pitch. : TONE
8
American inventor. : OTIS
9
Teem. : ABOUND
10
Canaanite name for Hebrew month. : ZIF
11
Fran's friend. : OLLIE
12
Opening paragraphs. : LEADS
13
Slang. : ARGOT
16
Recipe entry. : ONEEGG
23
Certain measures: Abbr. : PTS
24
Kind of bag. : TOTE
26
Debilitated. : WEAK
27
Jewelry setting. : PAVE
28
Resign. : DEMIT
29
Candid. : OPEN
32
Diving bell inventor. : EADS
34
Perfect type. : BEAUIDEAL
35
Historic Act of 1941. : LENDLEASE
36
Prorogues. : ENDS
38
Catherine ___, Henry VIII's sixth. : PARR
40
Croat's cousin. : SERB
43
"Moonlight," for one. : SONATA
45
Origin of a word: Abbr. : DER
48
Superior iron from Sweden. : OSMUND
50
One of the Washingtons. : BOOKER
51
Bowling term. : SPARE
52
Gave reliable information to: Slang. : CLUED
53
Weight. : OUNCE
57
Constellation. : ARGO
58
Individual. : SELF
59
Hebrew letter. : ALEF
61
Formicary dwellers. : ANTS
63
An ocean: Abbr. : ATL
64
Helmsman's course. : SBE

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

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