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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Tuesday, January 10, 1956

31-Down : Hopeless attempt: Colloq.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q V W }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 25.8
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,387
Across
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Cummerbund. : SASH
5
Overlook. : MISS
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Send back. : REMIT
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Urgent entreaty. : PLEA
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Replication. : ECHO
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With haste. : APACE
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Folding money. : LONGGREEN
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Daily ___. : DOZEN
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Wayfarer's stop. : INN
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Irritate: Colloq. : RILE
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Kitchen gadgets. : DICERS
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Vexed. : TEASED
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Flashlight. : TORCH
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Single points. : ACES
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Argues logically. : REASONS
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Great pioneer route of U. S. history. : OREGONTRAIL
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Member of the family. : POP
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Office chief. : BOSS
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Indefinitely long period. : EON
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The Forsyte story. : SAGA
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Adder. : ASP
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Emulate the chameleon. : CHANGECOLOR
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Journal. : DAYBOOK
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Fillip. : SNAP
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Blot out. : ERASE
51
Name in Baseball's Hall of Fame. : SISLER
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London street, parallel to the Thames. : STRAND
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Noble in Yemen. : EMIR
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The Tin Woodman's companion. : AXE
61
Repeat idly. : PRATE
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Calendar now in general use. : GREGORIAN
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___ Mongolia. : OUTER
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___ entendu (certainly): Fr. : BIEN
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At all. : ONCE
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Lighthearted years. : TEENS
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Fits to music. : SETS
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Dole out. : METE
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Disunite. : SPLIT
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Apart from another. : ALONE
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Plant of the pea family. : SENNA
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Broomstick rider. : HAG
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City in Connecticut. : MERIDEN
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Young republic: Abbr. : ICEL
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Leaf of a book. : SHEET
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Native ___. : SON
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Advocating sweeping change. : RADICAL
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Remarkable periods of time. : EPOCHS
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Confusing network. : MAZE
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Cooling device. : ICER
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See 17 Across. : TENS
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Dancer Jose. : GRECO
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After zwei. : DREI
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Loses stability. : SAGS
26
Red apes. : ORANGS
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Porterhouse and club. : STEAKS
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Hyalite. : OPAL
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Hopeless attempt: Colloq. : NOGO
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Yard or boom. : SPAR
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Old Testament book: Abbr. : OBAD
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Luigi's girl. : ROSA
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Make out. : ESPY
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Man's nickname. : RON
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Dunks. : SOPS
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Cut ___ (take a direct route). : CORNERS
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Tennis star. : HOAD
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One-stripers. : ENSIGNS
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Nasser's capital. : CAIRO
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On the losing side. : BEATEN
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Unearthly. : EERIE
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Singer Frankie. : LAINE
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Methodical. : EXACT
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Dancer Jeanmaire. : RENEE
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Catch with the eye. : SPOT
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Faithful. : TRUE
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Class in a certain order. : RATE
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Sports gathering. : MEET
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Noted man of letters. : GBS
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Book of the Bible: Abbr. : ROM

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

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