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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Wednesday, November 9, 1955
Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 34.0
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Original 57-Across clue did not have an accent over the "o" in "Asunción"; added it.
1 S | 2 T | 3 E | 4 E | 5 D | 6 P | 7 R | 8 I | 9 S | 10 M | |||||
11 P | I | E | R | R | 12 E | 13 D | R | I | V | E | I | 14 N | ||
15 I | N | L | A | I | D | 16 R | O | M | A | N | C | E | 17 R |
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18 R | A | P | 19 P | O | 20 L | Y | P | 21 N | O | R | T | H |
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22 A | M | O | 23 K | 24 M | A | R | E | 25 S | 26 R | O | T | E |
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27 L | O | U | I | 28 S | 29 M | U | R | A | 30 L | 31 B | E | E |
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32 U | T | O | P | 33 I | A | N | 34 T | I | 35 B | E | R | |||
36 S | E | N | S | 37 J | E | L | L | |||||||
38 D | 39 A | K | A | R | 40 S | I | S | T | E | 41 R | 42 S | |||
43 S | I | N | 44 R | E | 45 P | U | B | 46 S | A | U | C | 47 E |
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48 W | A | G | 49 S | 50 D | R | I | E | 51 S | 52 K | N | U | R |
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53 A | D | E | P | 54 T | 55 A | T | S | E | 56 A | 57 I | T | A |
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58 T | E | L | L | I | 59 T | T | O | 60 P | L | 61 A | N | T | S |
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62 M | E | A | T | I | E | R | 63 T | A | T | T | L | E |
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64 S | T | O | P | S | 65 S | L | O | E | S |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,325
Across
1
Pegasus. : STEED
6
Glass pendant for a chandelier. : PRISM
11
Maestro Monteux. : PIERRE
13
Movie-under-the-stars. : DRIVEIN
15
Decorated like buhl furniture. : INLAID
16
Knight-errant. : ROMANCER
18
Tap. : RAP
19
Sea anemone. : POLYP
21
Well-known Mr. and Mrs. : NORTH
22
On a rampage. : AMOK
24
Dams. : MARES
26
Sound of the surf. : ROTE
27
Famous name in the ring. : LOUIS
29
Painting. : MURAL
31
Social gathering. : BEE
32
Idealistic. : UTOPIAN
34
Rome's river. : TIBER
36
Legislators: Abbr. : SENS
37
Crystalize: Colloq. : JELL
38
Capital of French West Africa. : DAKAR
40
Goneril, Regan, Cordelia. : SISTERS
43
Peccancy. : SIN
44
Party: Abbr. : REPUB
46
Hollandaise. : SAUCE
48
Jokers. : WAGS
50
Finishes the dishes. : DRIES
52
Knot in wood. : KNUR
53
Expert. : ADEPT
55
In a fog. : ATSEA
57
City near Asunción, Paraguay. : ITA
58
"___ the Marines." : TELLITTO
60
River Rouge and Willow Run. : PLANTS
62
More pithy. : MEATIER
63
Idle talk. : TATTLE
64
Subway stations. : STOPS
65
Wild plums. : SLOES
Down
1
Corkscrew. : SPIRAL
2
South American bird. : TINAMOU
3
Cape Cod muttonfish. : EELPOUT
4
Time. : ERA
5
Rainy day sound. : DRIP
6
Seemly. : PROPER
7
Margin. : RIM
8
Marshal Konev. : IVAN
9
Mr. in Granada. : SENOR
10
Very minute organism. : MICROBE
12
Biblical land. : EDOM
13
Rehearsal for any event. : DRYRUN
14
Kind of fisherman. : NETTER
17
Head man in Seoul. : RHEE
20
Asian monks. : LAMAS
23
Ornamental subway entrance. : KIOSK
25
Gluts. : SATES
28
Weapon. : SPEAR
30
Merry songs. : LILTS
33
Wearing vermilion. : INRED
35
Cheerless. : BLEAK
37
Agrees with: Colloq. : JIBES
38
Badge of royalty. : DIADEM
39
Port ___; city in Washington. : ANGELES
40
Candidate for wedding bells. : SUITOR
41
Meet by chance. : RUNINTO
42
Short swift run. : SCUTTLE
43
Four-bagger. : SWAT
45
Chatters. : PRATES
47
Cleans the slate. : ERASES
49
Strip of wood in a chair back. : SPLAT
51
After Aug. : SEPT
54
Balkan Marshal. : TITO
56
Lamentable word. : ALAS
59
Warning. : TIP
61
Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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