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Helen Fasulo
Helen Fasulo

New York Times, Monday, March 11, 1963

62-Across : Curmudgeonish.

Author:
Helen Fasulo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Helen Fasulo has 94 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,974
Across
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Mountain ridge. : SPUR
5
American folk singer. : IVES
9
Farewell, in Roma. : ADDIO
14
Glaucus' beloved. : IONE
15
Weatherman's abbreviation. : TEMP
16
Equilateral parallelogram. : RHOMB
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Ichabod Crane's calling. : PEDAGOGUE
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Thick soup. : GUMBO
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Vestment. : STOLE
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Island in New York harbor. : ELLIS
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Fish. : EEL
24
People. : MORTALS
26
African title. : SIDI
27
Hang back. : LAG
30
Castle's trench. : MOAT
31
Father William's profession. : LAW
33
Sweet liqueur. : ANISETTE
35
Voyageur's craft. : CANOE
39
Enthusiast. : DEVOTEE
40
Island whose name means "beautiful." : FORMOSA
42
Take an oath. : SWEAR
43
Cupboards. : ARMOIRES
44
Narrator in Poe novelette. : PYM
46
Famous Virginians. : LEES
47
Marshal at Waterloo. : NEY
48
Metropolis. : CITY
51
Fuchsia red. : MAGENTA
54
Pindaric. : ODE
55
VIP, former style. : CELEB
56
Muslims' faith. : ISLAM
60
Blessed: Lat. : BEATA
62
Curmudgeonish. : CROTCHETY
64
Hambletonians. : RACES
65
Yorkshire river. : AIRE
66
Step ___ (hurry up). : ONIT
67
Volcanic output. : ASHES
68
Wendy's dog. : NANA
69
Cal. ___. : TECH
Down
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Tastes. : SIPS
2
Gifted writer. : POET
3
Remove wrappings. : UNDO
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Sphere. : REALM
5
Japanese statesman. : ITO
6
Merely exist. : VEGETATE
7
Strive to equal. : EMULATE
8
Enchantment. : SPELL
9
Disputations: Abbr. : ARGS
10
"Lady of the Lake" Roderick. : DHU
11
Japanese news agency. : DOMEI
12
Set in firmly. : IMBED
13
Agora coins. : OBOLI
18
Schoolboy's problem. : GEOMETRY
22
Map maker's abbreviation. : ISL
25
Mechanical routine. : ROTE
26
Hindu title. : SWAMI
27
Some teenagers. : LADS
28
De novo. : ANEW
29
Yield to pressure. : GIVE
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Kind of word puzzle. : ACROSTIC
34
Like dishwater. : SOAPY
36
Norse fate. : NORN
37
Douay form of Hosea. : OSEE
38
Well-known street. : EASY
40
Status of some peoples. : FREEBORN
41
Augury. : OMEN
43
Country in headlines. : ALGERIA
45
Feminine title. : MME
48
Ophidian of Asia. : COBRA
49
Inspirations. : IDEAS
50
Show how. : TEACH
52
Road to the Klondike. : ALCAN
53
Like ___ (quickly). : ASHOT
55
Judge Timberlane. : CASS
57
Smooth, in phonetics. : LENE
58
Adjective suffix. : ATIC
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Story of a sort. : MYTH
61
Golfers' meeting place. : TEE
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Gunpowder, for example. : TEA

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

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