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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Saturday, January 19, 1963

11-Down : Thirty: Fr.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q W Y }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,931
Across
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Soundest. : SAFEST
7
Meaning. : DRIFT
12
This year. : MCMLXIII
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Safari member. : BEARER
15
Pieces of furniture. : ARMOIRES
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Capital of the Punjab. : LAHORE
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Come home to ___. : ROOST
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Aymer, in "Ivanhoe." : PRIOR
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Poor Clare. : NUN
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Certain negatives. : NONS
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Smiling. : RIANT
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Author of "A Man for All Seasons." : BOLT
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Finial. : EPI
25
Torrid and temperate. : ZONES
26
Vegetable dish. : PUREE
27
Hussar's weapon. : SABER
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Biblical tribe. : LEVITES
31
Aural. : OTIC
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So much: Fr. : TANT
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Cyrano's plume. : PANACHE
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Knavish looks. : LEERS
40
Easy-to-catch items. : COLDS
41
Entreats earnestly. : URGES
43
Much-used abbreviation. : ETC
45
Vermin. : RATS
46
Steelhead. : TROUT
47
Large spotted fish of the Atlantic. : OPAH
48
German pronoun. : ICH
49
Guards. : TENDS
50
Eyelashes. : CILIA
51
Farriers. : SHOERS
53
Fit for food. : ESCULENT
55
Ring for attaching a leash. : TERRET
56
Caches. : SECRETES
57
Birds of a region. : ORNIS
58
Arranged in rows. : TIERED
Down
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Rasping sounds. : SCROOPS
2
Ingredient in smelling salts. : AMMONIA
3
Soft silken plant fibers. : FLOSS
4
Subway sign. : EXIT
5
Gawain or Galahad. : SIR
6
Item of jewelry. : TIEPIN
7
Beloved. : DEAR
8
College cheer. : RAH
9
Important product of Minnesota. : IRONORE
10
Rods wielded by schoolmasters. : FERULES
11
Thirty: Fr. : TRENTE
12
Chalons' river. : MARNE
13
Near East republic. : ISRAEL
14
Eclipse (with "out"). : BLOT
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42 Down, for example. : INSET
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Dewy. : RORIC
23
Small mountain. : BUTTE
25
Greek letters. : ZETAS
26
Lords of the forest. : PINES
28
Securities. : BONDS
30
Ruy Blas was one. : VALET
32
Stir by violent motion. : CHURN
34
Stealer of game. : POACHER
35
Band instrument. : ALTHORN
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Gnaws away. : ERODES
38
Plentifully supplied. : REPLETE
39
Smirched. : STAINED
40
"The Count of Monte ___." : CRISTO
42
Triangular piece of a glove. : GUSSET
44
Confabulations. : CHATS
46
Touchstone. : TEST
47
Cargo ship of a sort. : OILER
49
Three, in Spain. : TRES
50
French priest. : CURE
52
Son of Gad. : ERI
54
Relative of 12 Across. : CCI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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