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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Tuesday, September 5, 1967

42-Across : Flaxen.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 35.8
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,597
Across
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Get going! : SCAT
5
Celebration. : GALA
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Yawned. : GAPED
14
Wagner role. : ERDA
15
Greek goddess. : IRIS
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Pointed arch. : OGIVE
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Booming sound. : PEAL
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Outlet. : VENT
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Captured. : TAKEN
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Electric unit. : AMPERE
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Certain VIP's. : TOPBRASS
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Frees. : LETSOUT
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Affirmative of a kind. : OUI
27
Guido d'Arezzo's invention. : MUSICALSCALE
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Tailed luminary. : COMET
36
Fat. : PORKY
37
Course. : WAY
38
Fair. : EVEN
39
Slight furrow. : STRIA
40
Lay by. : SAVE
41
Stake. : BET
42
Flaxen. : BLOND
43
Spread unchecked. : RAGED
44
Lacking moral principles. : UNSCRUPULOUS
47
New Guinea port. : LAE
48
New York university. : YESHIVA
52
Kitchen utensil. : COLANDER
57
Tidy up. : NEATEN
58
One way of reading. : ALOUD
59
Relative of the solitaire bird. : DODO
61
Court. : YARD
62
___ la Plata. : RIODE
63
Small valley. : GLEN
64
Besides. : ELSE
65
Moved slowly (with "along"). : POKED
66
Hamburg's river. : ELBE
67
Colors. : DYES
Down
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Leaf of a calyx. : SEPAL
2
French menu item. : CREME
3
Suit. : ADAPT
4
Jurors. : TALESMEN
5
"___ the tools ... " : GIVEUS
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Have being. : ARE
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Fine ravelings. : LINT
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About. : ASTO
9
Set to work. : GOTBUSY
10
Mushroom. : AGARIC
11
Guinea pig's cousin. : PIKA
12
The women. : EVES
13
Rooms. : DENS
21
Drive out. : ROUT
23
Dance. : POLKA
25
The best: Colloq. : TIPTOP
28
Horn: Lat. : CORNU
29
In a monotonous manner. : ARIDLY
30
Oscillating. : AWAG
31
Flow along. : LAVE
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Stared at. : EYED
33
Island of the Philippines. : CEBU
34
Roasting place. : OVEN
35
Wes Westrum's men. : METS
39
Twisted around. : SLUED
40
Glided: Colloq. : SASHAYED
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Labeled. : BRANDED
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Trick. : RUSE
45
Debussy. : CLAUDE
46
Nymph deserted by Paris. : OENONE
49
Where the Apennines are. : ITALY
50
Literary work. : VERSE
51
Great mountain mass. : ANDES
52
Goldfish. : CARP
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Medley. : OLIO
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Partner of see. : LOOK
55
Keenness. : EDGE
56
Wrap or enfold. : ROLL
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Society belle. : DEB

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

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