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Joseph Crowell
Joseph Crowell

New York Times, Thursday, January 23, 1964

20-Across : Before ___ (as a common seaman).

Author:
Joseph S. Crowell
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Joseph Crowell has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Joseph S. Crowell is an alias for Joseph Crowell.
David Steinberg notes:

Clue for 43-Down was "Chile con ___." Changed it to "Chili con ___."

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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,289
Across
1
Shoe part. : VAMP
5
Evian and others. : SPAS
9
___ Shanter. : TAMO
13
Persian name. : OMAR
14
Weight: Colloq. : HEFT
15
Roads in Caesar's Rome. : ITERS
17
Buffalo and Toronto. : LAKEPORTS
19
Explorer La Salle's aide. : TONTI
20
Before ___ (as a common seaman). : THEMAST
21
Island in Ryukyu chain. : OKINAWA
23
Sound to attract attention. : HIST
24
Touring car. : PHAETON
25
___ la vista. : HASTA
26
Members of a Mongoloid tribe. : SHANS
27
Hide and ___. : GOSEEK
28
Spasms. : TICS
29
Musical abbreviation. : PPP
32
Baseball trio. : OUTS
33
Form of sorcery. : OBEAH
35
Weather phenomenon. : HAIL
36
Common prefix. : PRE
37
At any time. : EVER
38
Loss of strength, medically speaking. : ANERGY
40
Golf stroke. : SLICE
41
Units of weight, in India. : TOLAS
42
Cold application. : ICEPACK
45
Baseball figures: Colloq. : UMPS
46
Huntsman's halloo. : TALLYHO
47
Anchorite. : EREMITE
50
Napoleon's troops: Fr. : ARMEE
51
Speaker at a political convention. : NOMINATOR
53
Scoff. : SNEER
54
Well-known nom de plume. : ELIA
55
Small evergreen tree of southern U. S. : TITI
56
Birds of prey. : ERNS
57
Mild expletive. : DARN
58
College course: Abbr. : ECON
Down
1
Electromotive unit. : VOLT
2
Oriental maid. : AMAH
3
Hurry. : MAKEHASTE
4
Piece of real estate. : PREMISES
5
Composer of ten symphonies. : SHOSTAKOVICH
6
Forward. : PERT
7
Performance time: Abbr. : AFT
8
Early Christian church at Constantinople. : STSOPHIA
9
Certain works of art. : TITIANS
10
Makes amends. : ATONES
11
"___ work," highway sign. : MENAT
12
One ___. : ORTWO
16
Capital of Shensi province. : SIAN
18
Stick. : PASTE
22
Composer of "Gayne Ballet Suite." : KHACHATURIAN
25
Appointed time. : HOUR
26
Cubic meter. : STERE
27
Political monogram. : GOP
29
Like a sycophant. : PARASITIC
30
Trio in nursery tale. : PIGS
31
Work at (a trade). : PLY
34
Summoned by a gesture. : BECKONED
35
The "little woman." : HELPMATE
37
Parts of the ionosphere. : ELAYERS
39
Name: Lat. : NOMEN
40
Malice. : SPLEEN
42
Eskimos of Greenland. : ITAS
43
Chili con ___. : CARNE
44
Man's name meaning "noble." : ELMER
47
Eastern noble. : EMIR
48
Canine in "Oz" books. : TOTO
49
Colleen's home. : ERIN
52
Wave: Sp. : OLA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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