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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Wednesday, January 31, 1951
32-Across : On a wild rampage.
Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 22.8
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 H | 3 A | 4 P | 5 E | 6 L | 7 E | 8 A | 9 H | 10 R | 11 U | 12 S | 13 H |
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14 H | O | G | A | N | 15 U | R | G | E | 16 O | N | C | E |
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17 A | B | E | T | S | 18 G | R | U | E | 19 N | T | H | E | R |
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20 M | O | R | R | I | 21 S | 22 E | E | L | Y | 23 A | N | O |
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24 I | L | I | 25 A | D | 26 E | L | 27 A | T | E | D |
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28 V | 29 I | 30 N | C | E | N | T | 31 A | R | O | W | ||||
32 A | M | O | K | 33 C | O | 34 L | D | 35 N | E | 36 W | 37 S | 38 Y |
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39 T | A | R | 40 S | E | N | I | O | 41 R | S | 42 A | L | A |
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43 S | M | I | 44 T | H | 45 E | E | R | Y | 46 S | C | U | M |
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47 I | R | 48 I | S | 49 N | O | 50 N | C | O | M | S |
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51 S | 52 T | 53 A | L | I | N | 54 A | S | T | O | R | ||||
55 E | R | G | 56 K | E | 57 R | N | 58 S | T | O | 59 V | 60 E | 61 R |
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62 W | O | L | 63 V | E | R | I | N | 64 E | 65 B | O | I | S | E |
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66 E | P | E | E | 67 T | A | I | L | 68 A | G | O | N | E |
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69 R | E | T | E | 70 S | L | E | D | 71 D | E | L | E | D |
© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 591
Across
1
General Eisenhower's new command. : SHAPE
6
Girl's name meaning weary. : LEAH
10
Morning and evening, on the subway. : RUSH
14
Topnotch golfer whose story is being made into a movie. : HOGAN
15
Insist on. : URGE
16
At any time. : ONCE
17
Encourages. : ABETS
18
Eisenhower's Chief of Staff. : GRUENTHER
20
A kind of easy chair. : MORRIS
22
Wrigglesome. : EELY
23
Up: Comb. form. : ANO
24
Greek epic. : ILIAD
26
In good spirits. : ELATED
28
Impy. : VINCENT
31
In a line. : AROW
32
On a wild rampage. : AMOK
33
Describing weather or war. : COLD
35
Full of current interest. : NEWSY
39
Roofing substance. : TAR
40
Group of high school students. : SENIORS
42
Former Iranian Ambassador to U. S. : ALA
43
Margaret Chase ___, Maine Senator. : SMITH
45
Like a ghost story. : EERY
46
Offscourings. : SCUM
47
Flowering flag. : IRIS
49
Army ranks below warrant officer: Colloq. : NONCOMS
51
Well known septuagenarian. : STALIN
54
First woman MP. : ASTOR
55
Work unit. : ERG
56
Composer of many popular melodies (1885–1945). : KERN
58
Owen Johnson's hero, who went to Yale. : STOVER
62
Michigander. : WOLVERINE
65
Capital of Idaho. : BOISE
66
Fencing sword. : EPEE
67
Nebulous train of a comet. : TAIL
68
All over: Archaic. : AGONE
69
Nerve network. : RETE
70
Pung. : SLED
71
Canceled from printed matter. : DELED
Down
1
Covering for a pillow. : SHAM
2
Weary Willie. : HOBO
3
Apparatus used by dyers in treating cloth. : AGER
4
General Hurley. : PATRICK
5
Store food for cattle. : ENSILE
6
Drag along. : LUG
7
Made a boner. : ERRED
8
Fit of shivering. : AGUE
9
Hanger-on of a political boss: Slang. : HEELER
10
Nonsense. : ROT
11
Doff the headgear. : UNHAT
12
Place where any action occurs. : SCENE
13
King of Judea, B. C. 37–4. : HEROD
19
Hose. : NYLONS
21
From that day on. : SINCE
25
Makes up for. : ATONES
27
Fear inspired by the sublime. : AWE
28
Brewery tubs. : VATS
29
Title of the ruler of Yemen. : IMAM
30
Dried seaweed sprinkled on food by the Japanese. : NORI
31
Decorates. : ADORNS
34
Entrance requirement for the Tall Story Club. : LIE
36
Texas city on the Brazos River. : WACO
37
Overpopulated part of a city. : SLUM
38
Sweet potatoes. : YAMS
40
The butcherbird. : SHRIKE
41
Tillers of the soil in India. : RYOTS
44
Sesame plant. : TIL
46
Symbol of a miserly curmudgeon. : SCROOGE
48
Those disinclined to action. : INERTS
50
Passable: 2 wds. : NOTBAD
51
Seamstress. : SEWER
52
Figure of speech: in rhetoric. : TROPE
53
Tip of a shoelace. : AGLET
54
Ethel Merman's former role. : ANNIE
57
Persia's monetary unit. : RIAL
59
Orchestral instrument. : VIOL
60
Slave. : ESNE
61
Supreme Court Justice, from Kentucky. : REED
63
Symbol of victory. : VEE
64
Antiquity: Archaic. : ELD
Answer summary:
9 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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