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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Saturday, October 8, 1955

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 14.1
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,293
Across
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Back of: Naut. : ABAFT
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Censure. : BLAME
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Actress Stanley. : KIM
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Cantering steed. : LOPER
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Senator Hruska of Nebraska. : ROMAN
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Pitchblende. : ORE
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Resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. : MRPRESIDENT
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Green parrot of N. Z. : KEA
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Discover. : SEE
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Tiptop. : AONE
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Persons of great energy. : DEMONS
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Murphy of the movies. : AUDIE
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Sweetmeat. : CARAMEL
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Pitcher. : HURLER
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Ocelot or civet. : CAT
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Bunch of flowers. : POSY
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Center of action. : ARENA
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Well-known name on the links. : JONES
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Rich man. : MIDAS
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Trouble. : ADO
36
City in Florida. : TAMPA
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Arab kingdom. : YEMEN
43
Warning signal. : ALARM
44
Peg-leg skipper. : AHAB
48
Author Stout. : REX
49
Grassy plains in Spanish America. : LLANOS
50
Political systems. : REGIMES
52
Character in "Oliver Twist." : SIKES
53
Operatic heroine. : GRETEL
54
Full of certain trees. : ELMY
55
Alas! : WOE
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Over there: Poet. : YON
59
Firm of lawyers in "Pickwick Papers." : DODSON&FOGG
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Landed. : LIT
63
Not lying idle. : INUSE
64
Vieux ___, French quarter of New Orleans. : CARRE
65
Letters of credit: Abbr. : LCS
66
Actress Moorehead. : AGNES
67
What the gavel calls for. : ORDER
Down
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Handout. : ALMS
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Tiresome person. : BORE
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Looked. : APPEARED
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Chemin de ___. : FER
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Watch one's step. : TREADEASY
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Sea water. : BRINE
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Vein of ore. : LODE
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Soul: French. : AME
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Togoland, for instance. : MANDATE
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Join in. : ENTER
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City in Indiana. : KOKOMO
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Namesakes of the peace goddess. : IRENES
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Paltry: Colloq. : MEASLY
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Before nightfall, in Paris. : SOIR
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Put on the ___ (make well known). : MAP
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Bone. : ULNA
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Church dignitary. : CANON
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Biblical name. : HAM
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Lucerne, Zurich, ___. : URI
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Volume of statutes. : CODEX
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River into Chesapeake Bay. : JAMES
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Boys' story by Kipling. : STALKY&CO
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Botanical wings. : ALAE
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"___ is God in man."—Tennyson. : MANSWORD
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Quid ___ quo. : PRO
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Mornings. : AMS
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Soon: Poet. : ERELONG
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Famous Scottish name. : ARGYLL
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High-flown. : HEROIC
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Factors. : AGENTS
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Boring tool. : BIT
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Portray. : LIMN
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Means of communication. : MEDIA
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Wild plums. : SLOES
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Inbeing: Latin. : ESSE
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Giant. : OGRE
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River in Hungary. : EGER
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Grayish brown. : DUN
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Distant. : FAR

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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