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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Friday, January 4, 1963
Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 38.8
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 H | 3 E | 4 F | 5 T | 6 A | 7 C | 8 T | 9 C | 10 A | 11 B | 12 A | 13 L |
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14 H | A | L | L | 15 O | V | E | R | 16 A | T | O | M | Y |
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17 I | D | E | E | 18 P | A | L | E | 19 T | H | R | E | E |
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20 J | E | E | 21 W | H | I | L | L | 22 I | K | E | N | S | ||
23 T | A | A | L | 24 L | O | I | N | |||||||
25 S | 26 P | 27 L | I | N | T | 28 P | I | N | N | A | 29 C | 30 L | 31 E |
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32 C | L | I | N | G | 33 B | A | S | I | S | 34 H | A | L |
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35 R | A | N | G | 36 K | O | R | E | A | 37 G | I | R | D |
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38 U | N | E | 39 S | I | T | E | S | 40 S | A | R | G | E |
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41 B | I | R | 42 E | T | T | A | S | 43 B | A | N | K | E | R |
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44 C | A | E | N | 45 S | L | U | G | |||||||
46 W | 47 H | A | T | D | Y | 48 E | C | A | L | L | 49 I | 50 T | ||
51 M | A | O | R | I | 52 B | L | A | S | 53 I | T | S | 54 A |
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55 P | I | N | T | O | 56 A | B | U | T | 57 N | E | A | P |
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58 S | T | E | E | N | 59 Y | A | P | S | 60 G | A | R | E |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,918
Across
1
Man in white. : CHEF
5
Mediator's asset. : TACT
9
Intriguing group. : CABAL
14
Campus building. : HALL
15
Higher. : OVER
16
Pygmy. : ATOMY
17
Notion: Fr. : IDEE
18
Pointed stake. : PALE
19
Proverbially, a crowd. : THREE
20
Relative of "Great Scott!" : JEEWHILLIKENS
23
Dutch dialect of South Africa. : TAAL
24
Cut of beef. : LOIN
25
Thin strip of wood. : SPLINT
28
Acme. : PINNACLE
32
Stick. : CLING
33
Groundwork. : BASIS
34
Princely friend of Falstaff. : HAL
35
Resounded. : RANG
36
Part of Asia. : KOREA
37
Encircle. : GIRD
38
French pronoun. : UNE
39
Locations. : SITES
40
Topkick. : SARGE
41
Clerical hats. : BIRETTAS
43
Man of accounts. : BANKER
44
City on the Orne. : CAEN
45
Gastropod. : SLUG
46
Dingus. : WHATDYECALLIT
51
New Zealander. : MAORI
52
Victor Hugo's Ruy. : BLAS
53
"___ wise child ... " : ITSA
55
Piebald steed. : PINTO
56
Touch at one end. : ABUT
57
Kind of tide. : NEAP
58
Dutch painter of 17th century. : STEEN
59
Jabbers. : YAPS
60
Depot, in Paris. : GARE
Down
1
Greek letter. : CHI
2
Pilgrimage to Mecca. : HADJ
3
"Waitin' for the Robert ___." : ELEE
4
What time is. : FLEETING
5
Stovepipe of a sort. : TOPHAT
6
Make use (of). : AVAIL
7
Room in an abbey. : CELL
8
Garden structures. : TRELLISES
9
Flowerings of the willow. : CATKINS
10
Olympian goddess. : ATHENA
11
Native. : BORN
12
City near Des Moines. : AMES
13
Caustic solution. : LYE
21
Common name in China. : WANG
22
Ancient region of Asia Minor. : IONIA
25
Do some housework. : SCRUB
26
Level: Prefix. : PLANI
27
Baseball term. : LINER
28
Cuts off. : PARES
29
Become cheerful (with "up"). : CHIRK
30
Comprehensive. : LARGE
31
Plant with black or red berries. : ELDER
33
Inlet of New South Wales. : BOTANYBAY
36
Soared high. : KITED
37
Adjective for a growing boy. : GANGLING
39
Sphere of duty. : STATION
40
Father of Ish-bosheth. : SAUL
42
Card game. : ECARTE
43
Wintry winds. : BLASTS
45
Relative of the canvasback. : SCAUP
46
Be ready. : WAIT
47
Sharpen. : HONE
48
Corsica's neighbor. : ELBA
49
Virginia willow. : ITEA
50
Monarch. : TSAR
51
Legislators, for short. : MPS
54
Barbary ___. : APE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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