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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Wednesday, November 10, 1954

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 34.0
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,961
Across
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___ Charta. : MAGNA
6
Small difference. : SHADE
11
"No man is an ___ ... " : ISLAND
13
"Star of Africa." : DIAMOND
15
Dink ___, Owen Johnson hero. : STOVER
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Legendary island. : ATLANTIS
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To what effect. : HOW
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"The little man who ___ there." : WASNT
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Brooklyn's singer. : HORNE
22
Unproductive. : ARID
24
Presager. : BODER
26
Fad. : RAGE
27
Part of the "forest primeval." : PINES
29
Lenore of the stage. : ULRIC
31
Religieuse. : NUN
32
Shake up. : AGITATE
34
Parts of a shutter. : SLATS
36
Noted stage name. : GISH
37
Utter sarcastic remarks. : JEER
38
Proclamation of intended marriage. : BANNS
40
False statements. : CANARDS
43
Member of the household. : SON
44
Range of the Rockies. : TETON
46
Boreas' realm. : NORTH
48
Successful songs. : HITS
50
Tear into small pieces. : SHRED
52
Things for sale. : WARE
53
Assumed name. : ALIAS
55
Come after. : ENSUE
57
Small compact mass. : WAD
58
Creator of Captain Ahab. : MELVILLE
60
Material for garment edging. : FACING
62
Scene inside an Easter egg. : DIORAMA
63
Décor for a surrey. : FRINGE
64
Asiatic palm. : ARECA
65
Theatre stalls. : LOGES
Down
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Bad luck. : MISHAP
2
City in Oregon. : ASTORIA
3
Incandescent. : GLOWING
4
Of ships: Abbr. : NAV
5
Over again. : ANEW
6
Model. : SITTER
7
Man's nickname. : HAL
8
Eastern nurse. : AMAH
9
Liberal one. : DONOR
10
New member. : ENTRANT
12
Part of O.D. : DRAB
13
Treat with fondness, as a child. : DANDLE
14
What-you-may-call-it. : DINGUS
17
Beheld. : SEEN
20
Part of the U. S. : SOUTH
23
Vouchsafe. : DEIGN
25
Up. : RISEN
28
Task assigned. : STINT
30
Free from error. : CLEAN
33
Quadrupeds. : ASSES
35
Directional sign. : ARROW
37
Wyman and Froman. : JANES
38
Cooked. : BOILED
39
Imaginary archipelago near 16 Across. : ANTILIA
40
Part of the eye. : CORNEA
41
Picture. : DRAWING
42
Extraordinary. : STRANGE
43
Ornamental cover. : SHAM
45
Miss Ritter of the movies. : THELMA
47
Privets. : HEDGES
49
Distinctive quality. : SAVOR
51
Senator from the Keystone State. : DUFF
54
King. : SIRE
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Chief Justice Warren. : EARL
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Fond du ___, Wisconsin. : LAC
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Labor group. : CIO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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