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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Tuesday, December 11, 1956
Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 45.6
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 U | 3 V | 4 A | 5 M | 6 A | 7 I | 8 D | 9 S | 10 H | 11 A | 12 T | 13 S |
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14 A | X | I | S | 15 I | M | B | U | E | 16 A | G | I | O |
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17 L | O | S | S | 18 S | A | I | R | E | 19 Y | G | A | M | P |
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20 T | R | I | U | 21 M | P | H | S | 22 S | E | R | V | E | S |
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23 O | M | A | R | S | 24 R | A | M | I | E | S | ||||
25 D | 26 E | N | E | R | I | 27 S | A | W | E | D | ||||
28 U | N | A | 29 A | Z | 30 T | E | C | 31 N | E | 32 T | 33 H | |||
34 B | I | R | 35 D | 36 E | A | R | E | 37 D | 38 S | H | O | 39 W |
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40 D | Y | E | 41 S | 42 B | A | R | E | 43 D | 44 E | W | E |
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45 C | H | 46 I | L | I | 47 B | A | 48 S | A | L | T |
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49 S | 50 A | L | U | T | E | 51 C | U | R | I | E | ||||
52 G | A | M | I | N | S | 53 C | O | N | T | E | N | 54 D | 55 S |
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56 M | O | U | N | T | E | 57 B | A | N | K | 58 R | E | A | L |
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59 A | N | S | E | 60 L | A | R | G | E | 61 R | I | T | A |
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62 N | E | E | D | 63 F | A | D | E | D | 64 A | D | A | Y |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,723
Across
1
Capital of Fiji. : SUVA
5
"Three little ___ from school." : MAIDS
10
Pillboxes. : HATS
14
Central point or pivot. : AXIS
15
Tinge deeply. : IMBUE
16
Premium on money exchange. : AGIO
17
Damage. : LOSS
18
Dickens character. : SAIREYGAMP
20
Achievements. : TRIUMPHS
22
Helps forward. : SERVES
23
Gen. Bradley's namesakes. : OMARS
24
Grass-cloth plants. : RAMIES
25
Filippo ___, Italian saint. : DENERI
27
Cut. : SAWED
28
One: Lat. : UNA
29
Montezuma was one. : AZTEC
31
European nation: Abbr. : NETH
34
Turkey. : BIRD
36
Auricular. : EARED
38
Spectacular. : SHOW
40
Coal-tar yields. : DYES
42
Disclosed. : BARED
44
Hornless mouflon. : EWE
45
Hot seasoning. : CHILI
47
Columnar volcanic rock. : BASALT
49
A firing of cannon. : SALUTE
51
Great name in science. : CURIE
52
Waifs. : GAMINS
53
Vies. : CONTENDS
56
Friend of a fourflusher. : MOUNTEBANK
58
Not assumed. : REAL
59
Handle: Fr. : ANSE
60
Congressman at ___. : LARGE
61
Actress Moreno. : RITA
62
Want. : NEED
63
Lacking freshness. : FADED
64
Call it ___. : ADAY
Down
1
Give tang to. : SALT
2
Wife: Lat. : UXOR
3
Rainbow chaser. : VISIONARY
4
Take on. : ASSUME
5
Undervalue. : MISPRIZE
6
Oriental nanas. : AMAHS
7
Wading bird. : IBIS
8
Hard: Fr. : DUR
9
Child's pastime. : SEESAW
10
Torments. : HAGRIDES
11
Plant of the amaryllis family. : AGAVE
12
Seasons. : TIMES
13
Soaks in. : SOPS
19
Red Sea kingdom. : YEMEN
21
Name claimed by Naomi. : MARA
24
Fleet-footed one. : RACER
25
Clumsy player: Slang. : DUB
26
Oklahoma city. : ENID
27
Turkish inn. : SERAI
30
Console. : TABLE
32
One of the classics. : THEAENEID
33
Ululate. : HOWL
35
Sent regrets. : DECLINED
37
Exposed the falsity of: Colloq. : DEBUNKED
39
Moist. : WET
41
Sidetrack. : SHUNT
43
Garment seam. : DART
46
Pronoun. : ITSELF
48
Saw-toothed range. : SIERRA
49
River through Burgundy. : SAONE
50
Excite laughter. : AMUSE
51
Curt dismissal. : CONGE
52
Government operative. : GMAN
53
Calling ___. : CARD
54
Facts. : DATA
55
Put an end to. : SLAY
57
Bleat. : BAA
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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