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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.
1 S | 2 N | 3 O | 4 W | 5 Y | 6 W | 7 I | 8 N | 9 T | 10 E | 11 R | 12 Y | |||
13 L | E | V | E | E | 14 H | O | A | R | F | R | O | 15 S | 16 T |
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17 A | R | E | A | L | 18 I | N | B | A | T | C | H | E | S |
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19 W | O | N | T | L | 20 E | S | S | 21 S | O | D | A |
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22 H | O | O | T | 23 C | 24 O | 25 W | 26 H | E | R |
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27 U | 28 N | 29 S | E | W | N | 30 M | O | N | I | 31 T | O | R | S |
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32 R | E | A | R | S | 33 S | A | L | U | T | E | ||||
34 N | O | R | M | 35 W | A | R | D | S | 36 T | 37 O | 38 O | 39 N |
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40 A | 41 M | A | T | I | S | 42 C | R | A | F | T |
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43 S | 44 C | 45 E | N | A | R | I | O | 46 H | E | A | R | T | H |
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47 T | I | N | 48 Y | E | N | 49 M | I | N | G | |||||
50 A | R | T | 51 A | 52 R | E | S | T | O | 53 R | 54 E | 55 R |
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56 F | R | I | V | 57 O | 58 L | 59 O | U | S | 60 A | N | I | L | E |
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61 F | I | R | E | S | I | D | E | S | 62 L | A | M | B | S |
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63 E | C | S | T | A | S | Y | 64 S | L | E | E | T |
© 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
26
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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