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Joseph Crowell
Joseph Crowell

New York Times, Saturday, January 13, 1962

42-Across : Icebreaker, for example.

Author:
Joseph S. Crowell
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K P Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 0, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has duplicate clues.
Joseph Crowell has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Joseph S. Crowell is an alias for Joseph Crowell.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,565
Across
1
White. : SNOWY
6
Cold. : WINTERY
13
Matutinal reception. : LEVEE
14
Phenomenon of a chilly dawn. : HOARFROST
17
Pertaining to surface extent. : AREAL
18
How bakers prepare dough. : INBATCHES
19
Unaccustomed, old style. : WONTLESS
21
Cold beverage. : SODA
22
Bird sound. : HOOT
23
Intimidate. : COW
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Part of H. M. : HER
27
Stitchless. : UNSEWN
30
Proctors. : MONITORS
32
Vans' opposites. : REARS
33
Firework. : SALUTE
34
Standard, as a temperature. : NORM
35
City districts. : WARDS
36
Indian mahogany. : TOON
40
Violins. : AMATIS
42
Icebreaker, for example. : CRAFT
43
Theatrical outline. : SCENARIO
46
Warm place. : HEARTH
47
One of the elements. : TIN
48
Money in Tokyo. : YEN
49
Chinese dynasty. : MING
50
Ionian gulf. : ARTA
52
Museum employe. : RESTORER
56
Trifling. : FRIVOLOUS
60
Grandmotherly. : ANILE
61
Warm places. : FIRESIDES
62
Theatrical club. : LAMBS
63
Intensely joyful feeling. : ECSTASY
64
Kind of 6 Across weather. : SLEET
Down
1
Sliced salad. : SLAW
2
"Quo Vadis" character. : NERO
3
Warm place. : OVEN
4
Prophet. : WEATHERMAN
5
Autumnal tints. : YELLOWS
6
Bridge's companion. : WHIST
7
Charged atoms. : IONS
8
Seize. : NAB
9
Refrain syllable. : TRA
10
Small reptile. : EFT
11
Decorations for British nurses: Abbr. : RRCS
12
Companion for rum. : YOHOHO
15
Paschal festival. : SEDER
16
Peter and Nicholas. : TSARS
20
Time out of mind. : EON
23
Commonplaces of the season. : COLDS
24
Load. : ONUS
25
Joker. : WIT
27
Vase. : URN
28
Newfangled: Prefix. : NEO
29
Italian island: Abbr. : SAR
30
La Tosca's beloved. : MARIO
31
Four-sided. : TETRAGONAL
33
Fabric. : SATIN
35
Suffix used with brass, glass, etc. : WARE
37
Propeller. : OAR
38
Repeatedly. : OFT
39
Math. degree. : NTH
41
Spring time. : MAY
42
Hundredweights. : CENTALS
43
Editorial employes. : STAFF
44
Formations of fleecy clouds. : CIRRI
45
Complete. : ENTIRE
46
Part of H. M. : HIS
49
Unpleasant. : MESSY
51
With: Fr. : AVEC
52
Morgue and others. : RUES
53
See 14 Across. : RIME
54
Hamburg's river. : ELBE
55
Musical symbol. : REST
57
Cloak-and-dagger group. : OSS
58
Fired. : LIT
59
Harem room. : ODA

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

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