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New York Times, Thursday, December 13, 1962

21-Down : Bungled: Colloq.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
David Steinberg notes:

Puzzles from the week of Mon Dec 10 to Fri Dec 14, 1962 were republished in April 1963.

This crossword reappears on Thu Apr 4, 1963.

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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,899
Across
1
Cheetahs. : CATS
5
Wine cask. : BUTT
9
Part of a spur. : ROWEL
14
Athenian landmark. : ACROPOLIS
16
January, in Spain. : ENERO
17
Words sung at a wedding. : PROMISEME
18
Race of Norse gods. : VANIR
19
Boring. : TEDIOUS
20
Still, for short. : THO
22
Big Cassino. : TEN
23
Wine cask. : TUN
24
O. T. book. : PSALMS
26
Poincianas. : TREES
29
U. S. A. : THESTATES
32
Box score item. : RUNS
33
Mauna ___. : LOA
34
City in Last Chance Gulch. : HELENA
35
Common suffix. : ENT
36
___ Desert, Arizona. : PAINTED
38
Stir. : ADO
39
Attacked, as Troy. : SIEGED
41
Bushy clump. : TOD
42
Ideal spot. : EDEN
43
Item in steelmaking. : SCRAPIRON
45
Scottish river. : CLYDE
46
Trend or course. : STREAM
47
Cinnabar. : ORE
48
Indulge in a sport. : SKI
50
Volcanic output. : ASH
51
Irritate. : PROVOKE
55
Do away with. : ANNUL
57
Precipitation. : RAINWATER
59
Utter. : TOTAL
60
Family tree entries. : ANCESTORS
61
Anthology item. : STORY
62
"___ off." : HATS
63
Feudal slave. : ESNE
Down
1
After Comdr. : CAPT
2
Subdivision measure. : ACRE
3
Walked over. : TROD
4
Anthropod segments. : SOMITES
5
Navy man. : BOSUN
6
Diminutive suffixes. : ULES
7
Dickens character. : TIM
8
African pest. : TSETSE
9
Mutinied. : REVOLTED
10
___ bet. : ONA
11
Kept company. : WENTSTEADY
12
Shallowest Great Lake. : ERIE
13
Desolate, old style. : LORN
15
Devout. : PIOUS
21
Bungled: Colloq. : HASHED
24
Vision. : PHANTOM
25
Wrong: Prefix. : MAL
26
Part of a wig. : TRESS
27
Written in an ancient alphabet. : RUNIC
28
Discusses. : ENTERSINTO
29
French pronoun. : TOI
30
Over. : ENDED
31
French river. : SAONE
33
Part of an audience. : LADIES
36
Pre-football game gathering. : PEPRALLY
37
Weight unit. : TON
40
Narrow ship channel. : GAT
42
Promote. : ELEVATE
44
Sound at 36 Down. : RAHRAH
45
Exults. : CROWS
47
Village near Verdun. : ORNES
48
Weekdays: Abbr. : SATS
49
Harness hitch. : KNOT
51
Early Britisher. : PICT
52
Indians. : OTOS
53
"Sunny" man. : KERN
54
Gaelic. : ERSE
56
Nasser's concern. : UAR
58
Santa ___, California. : ANA

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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