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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Thursday, January 30, 1964
7-Down : Scoundrels, old style.
Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 16.4
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 B | 4 E | 5 L | 6 A | 7 V | 8 I | 9 D | 10 P | 11 I | 12 C | 13 A |
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14 A | G | R | E | E | 15 R | A | C | E | 16 U | N | A | L |
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17 R | O | A | S | T | 18 G | R | E | E | 19 N | L | A | N | D |
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20 E | G | G | 21 S | 22 T | I | L | L | 23 O | L | I | O | S |
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24 A | G | A | V | E | 25 F | R | E | R | E | |||||
26 M | 27 E | 28 G | J | O | B | E | T | 29 H | A | M | Y | |||
30 A | R | I | A | 31 S | U | R | A | 32 A | 33 G | 34 O |
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35 C | O | R | R | 36 U | 37 P | 38 T | 39 B | E | L | 40 A | B | O | R |
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41 H | S | T | 42 N | O | U | 43 S | 44 B | R | I | G |
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45 P | R | I | N | C | 46 I | 47 P | 48 A | L | I | T | Y |
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49 P | 50 O | R | E | S | 51 A | N | I | L | E | |||||
52 M | A | F | I | A | 53 S | L | A | N | T | 54 N | 55 A | 56 B |
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57 I | N | U | N | D | 58 A | T | E | D | 59 E | 60 V | O | K | E |
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61 M | A | S | K | 62 D | U | N | A | 63 R | A | V | I | N |
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64 E | Y | E | S | 65 O | B | E | Y | 66 S | T | A | N | D |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,296
Across
1
Hubbub. : BABEL
6
Grasping. : AVID
10
Typewriter type. : PICA
14
Be of one mind. : AGREE
15
Course. : RACE
16
Single. : UNAL
17
Cut of meat. : ROAST
18
Part of North America. : GREENLAND
20
Darning ___. : EGG
21
Type of photograph. : STILL
23
Medleys. : OLIOS
24
Maguey. : AGAVE
25
Member of a French family. : FRERE
26
The "Little Women." : MEGJOBETHAMY
30
Concert selection. : ARIA
31
Chapter of the Koran. : SURA
32
Have ___ at. : AGO
35
Taking bribes. : CORRUPT
39
Attack verbally. : BELABOR
41
Presidential initials. : HST
42
Entre ___. : NOUS
44
The Bounty, for one. : BRIG
45
Liechtenstein or Monaco. : PRINCIPALITY
49
Tiny openings. : PORES
51
Like an old woman. : ANILE
52
Secret society. : MAFIA
53
Point of view: Colloq. : SLANT
54
Grab. : NAB
57
Flooded. : INUNDATED
59
Summon forth. : EVOKE
61
Relative of a poker face. : MASK
62
Hungarian name for the Danube. : DUNA
63
Prey. : RAVIN
64
Potato buds. : EYES
65
Be guided by. : OBEY
66
Place for a witness. : STAND
Down
1
Empty. : BARE
2
On pins and needles. : AGOG
3
Swagger. : BRAG
4
Suffixes with coat or goat. : EES
5
Phrase calling for action. : LETSGO
6
Greek of Argos. : ARGIVE
7
Scoundrels, old style. : VARLETS
8
Neighbor of 18 Across: Abbr. : ICEL
9
River of Scotland. : DEE
10
Small wheel. : PULLEY
11
"Bombs bursting ___ ... " : INAIR
12
Pleasure craft. : CANOE
13
City officials: Abbr. : ALDS
19
Standard. : NORMAL
22
Pick up the ___. : TAB
24
Not in harmony. : AJAR
25
Man in a cab. : FARE
26
Number representing speed-sound ratio. : MACH
27
Greek god. : EROS
28
Encircled. : GIRT
29
Part of a wheel. : HUB
32
Shelter: Fr. : ABRI
33
Proceed at a furious pace. : GOIT
34
Carousal. : ORGY
36
What the fine print often is. : UNREAD
37
French vegetable. : POIS
38
African land: Abbr. : TUN
40
Talented. : ABLE
43
Kind of triangle. : SCALENE
45
Fusses over one's appearance. : PRINKS
46
"Rome was not built ___." : INADAY
47
Piece of jewelry. : PIN
48
Does a tailor's job. : ALTERS
49
Where Iloilo is. : PANAY
50
Serviceable. : OFUSE
52
Type of performer. : MIME
53
Counterfoil. : STUB
54
___ Scotia. : NOVA
55
Related. : AKIN
56
Crook. : BEND
58
"Much ___ ... " : ADO
60
Large vessel. : VAT
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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