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Joseph Crowell
Joseph Crowell

New York Times, Monday, June 18, 1962

Author:
Joseph Crowell
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 36.6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Joseph Crowell has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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B
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M
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F
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U
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H
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C
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K
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N
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Y
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,721
Across
1
Device for clutching. : GRAB
5
Author of "Man for All Seasons." : BOLT
9
Victory symbol : PALM
13
Eurytus' daughter. : IOLE
14
Suffix denoting eye defect. : OPIA
15
Maxim. : AXIOM
17
Observe: Lat. : NOTA
18
American scientist. : BELL
19
Seed covering. : TESTA
20
Dealer with bulls and bears. : STOCKBROKER
23
Pasture. : LEA
24
Scars on seeds. : HILA
25
Shore birds. : AVOCETS
27
Wise answer. : ORACLE
30
Office worker. : STENO
31
Automatic device. : ROBOT
32
Desirous. : FAIN
33
Where Provo is. : UTAH
37
Man's nickname. : CLEM
38
Europeans : SLAVS
39
No part. : NONE
40
Seed plant. : HERB
41
Hearty's partner. : HALE
42
Rose quartz. : STONE
43
Typewriter type. : ELITE
45
Hebrew coin. : SHEKEL
46
Second edition. : REPRINT
49
Shiny mineral. : SPAR
50
State: Abbr. : ALA
51
Go steady. : KEEPCOMPANY
56
Indic language. : HINDI
58
Man's name meaning black. : NERO
59
Nautical term. : ALEE
60
Slipper fabric. : SATIN
61
Common abbreviation. : ETAL
62
Becky. : REBA
63
Poetry. : SONG
64
Party members, for short. : DEMS
65
Village in N. M. : TAOS
Down
1
Traps. : GINS
2
Establish. : ROOT
3
High: Sp. : ALTO
4
Idler of a sort. : BEACHCOMBER
5
Diamond error. : BOBBLE
6
Grand ___. : OPERA
7
French actress. : LILO
8
Chatty. : TALKATIVE
9
Customer. : PATRON
10
Cut. : AXE
11
Thread. : LISLE
12
Choir's rendition. : MOTET
16
Dutch Meuse. : MAAS
21
Skirt of a sort. : KILT
22
Levels off. : EVENS
26
Twin. : COUNTERPART
27
Musical group: Abbr. : ORCH
28
Ingenue. : ROLE
29
But: Ger. : ABER
30
River in Germany. : SAALE
32
Smoothed. : FLATTENED
34
Adopted. : TOOK
35
Actress Bancroft. : ANNE
36
Command to a dog. : HEEL
38
Be brilliant. : SHINE
42
Pillow cover. : SHAM
44
Preference. : LIKING
45
Reels. : SPOOLS
46
Rooters' shouts. : RAHS
47
Biblical prophet. : ELIAS
48
All: Prefix. : PANTO
49
Get going! : SCRAM
52
Man's nickname. : PETE
53
Jacta est ___ (the die is cast). : ALEA
54
Biblical peak. : NEBO
55
Affirmatives. : YEAS
57
Uproar. : DIN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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