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Joseph Crowell
Joseph Crowell

New York Times, Thursday, May 3, 1962

26-Down : Patron's concerns.

Author:
Joseph Crowell
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Joseph Crowell has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,675
Across
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Hesitated. : PAUSED
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Smokes: Colloq. : CIGS
11
Beverage. : TEA
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Overturn. : TOPPLE
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Plaything to be rolled. : HOOP
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Forth from. : OUT
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Counties. : SHIRES
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Establish securely. : INTRENCH
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Coin. : NICKEL
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Bargain. : HAGGLE
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___-garde. : AVANT
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Celebrity: Slang. : VIP
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Travel by rail. : TRAIN
28
Puppeteer Tony. : SARG
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Towers aloft. : REARS
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Concludes. : ENDS
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Doctrine. : ISM
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Freight cars. : GONDOLAS
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Falangist. : FASCIST
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Tout. : TIPSTER
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Virtually. : INEFFECT
43
___ de Rivoli. : RUE
44
Twirled. : SPUN
47
Billow. : SURGE
48
Chum: Slang. : PARD
49
Yearned (for). : PINED
51
Edgar ___ Masters. : LEE
52
Helpmeets. : WIVES
53
Hostility. : ANIMUS
55
Slip away. : ESCAPE
57
Unconnected. : DETACHED
59
Unwilling. : AVERSE
62
Prior to. : ERE
63
Fight finish. : KAYO
64
Individual. : PERSON
65
Sward. : SOD
66
Ham's brother. : SHEM
67
Acquiesce. : ASSENT
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Torpedo boats, for short. : PTS
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Hibernian group: Abbr. : AOH
3
Ready to fight. : UPINARMS
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Season. : SPRING
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Choose. : ELECT
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Clerk's place. : DESK
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A thousand years. : CHILIAD
8
Son of Apollo. : ION
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Ancient Teuton. : GOTH
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Little fish. : SPRAT
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Native of the Friendly Island. : TONGAN
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Great Greek. : EUCLID
13
Where 12 Down was educated. : ATHENS
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Way out. : EGRESS
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Momentous. : EVENTFUL
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As though. : ASIF
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Ducts: Anat. : VASA
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Patron's concerns. : PROTEGES
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Multifloras. : ROSES
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Golf term. : SLICE
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Snare. : GIN
34
Relevant. : APT
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Kind of theatre. : CINEMA
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Move across. : TRAVERSE
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River into the Seine. : EURE
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Pigments. : REDS
42
Independence. : FREEDOM
44
Black suit. : SPADES
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English dramatist. : PINERO
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One. : UNITED
48
Well-paid musicians. : PIPERS
50
Canvasbacks. : DUCKS
52
Breakers. : WAVES
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Iranian visitor with "headaches." : SHAH
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___-pie (from head to foot). : CAPA
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Look at. : EYE
60
Child. : SON
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Noun suffix. : ENT

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

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