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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Tuesday, February 6, 1951
14-Across : Soldier in absentia.
Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { G K Q X }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17, Grid flow: 29.7
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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14 A | W | O | L | 15 L | A | T | H | E | 16 H | I | D | E |
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17 J | A | W | A | 18 H | A | R | L | A | L | 19 I | S | L | E |
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20 O | R | E | 21 E | N | N | A | 22 B | 23 E | T | T | E | R |
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28 P | O | T | 29 S | 30 S | A | R | N | 31 O | 32 F | 33 F |
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34 T | 35 I | 36 B | E | T | 37 A | 38 B | E | T | S | 39 P | O | A |
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40 O | V | E | N | 41 P | L | A | T | S | 42 R | U | B | Y |
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43 M | A | L | 44 T | E | A | R | S | 45 J | E | S | S | E |
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46 E | N | T | 47 E | Z | A | M | 48 E | 49 M | U | S | ||||
50 P | A | S | S | 51 E | 52 U | N | T | 53 R | 54 U | 55 E |
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56 C | 57 A | 58 L | O | R | I | 59 S | 60 A | L | T | 61 A | L | L |
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62 E | B | O | N | 63 Z | 64 I | N | C | C | O | 65 A | T | E | D |
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66 L | I | V | Y | 67 E | B | E | R | T | 68 L | I | M | E |
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69 T | E | E | M | 70 D | O | S | E | S | 71 B | O | A | R |
© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 597
Across
1
Staff surmounted by an eagle, displayed during session of House of Representatives. : MACE
5
Hope of mankind. : PEACE
10
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson's role in 82d Congress. : WHIP
14
Soldier in absentia. : AWOL
15
Machine tool. : LATHE
16
Cache. : HIDE
17
Prime Minister Nehru. : JAWAHARLAL
19
Emerald ___. : ISLE
20
Cinnabar. : ORE
21
City in Sicily. : ENNA
22
Superior. : BETTER
24
Repair shoes. : RESOLE
26
Grocery. : STORE
28
Pressure cookers, for instance. : POTS
30
National Chairman of 1951 Red Cross fund campaign. : SARNOFF
34
Lowell Thomas Jr.'s subject. : TIBET
37
Encourages. : ABETS
39
Kentucky bluegrass. : POA
40
Part of a range. : OVEN
41
Small pieces of ground. : PLATS
42
Birthstone for July or December. : RUBY
43
Evil: French. : MAL
44
Niobe's forte. : TEARS
45
Postmaster General Donaldson. : JESSE
46
Iran delegate to U. N., president of General Assembly. : ENTEZAM
48
Feathery friends from Australia. : EMUS
50
Behind the times. : PASSE
52
False. : UNTRUE
56
Heat: Comb. form. : CALORI
59
Lot's wife's make-up. : SALT
61
Without exception. : ALL
62
Black. : EBON
63
What pennies were, and may be again. : ZINCCOATED
66
He wrote the "History of Rome." : LIVY
67
First president of the German republic, 1919-25. : EBERT
68
Citrus fruit. : LIME
69
Pour. : TEEM
70
Treats medically. : DOSES
71
Adonis was slain by a wild one. : BOAR
Down
1
Wearer of gold maple leaves. : MAJOR
2
Cognizant of. : AWARE
3
Seaport on Isle of Wight, yachting resort. : COWES
4
High note of Guido's scale. : ELA
5
Mars, for instance. : PLANET
6
Gain by toil. : EARN
7
Cartographer's book. : ATLAS
8
Chinese rolled tea. : CHA
9
Dutch coasting vessels. : EELBOATS
10
Blanch. : WHITEN
11
Hark! : HIST
12
Run slowly, as a motor. : IDLE
13
John Garfield's role. : PEER
18
Serf in ancient Sparta. : HELOT
23
Deviates from the right. : ERRS
25
Ready for business. : OPEN
27
Fly whose bite is fatal to livestock. : TSETSE
29
Bows in oriental manner. : SALAMS
31
Musical composition. : OPUS
32
Watch chain ornaments. : FOBS
33
Miss Emerson of TV. : FAYE
34
Big book. : TOME
35
Russian. : IVAN
36
Orion's is made of stars. : BELT
38
Legal profession. : BAR
41
Diminutive. : PEASIZED
42
Be satisfied. : REST
44
Title of Nicholas II: Var. : TZAR
45
Political group concerned with party intrigue. : JUNTO
47
Presumed ancestor of a race, nation, etc. : EPONYM
49
Deprives of by trickery. : MULCTS
51
Anglo-Saxon slaves. : ESNES
53
Relation of one thing to another. : RATIO
54
Body of Moslem scholars. : ULEMA
55
Church official. : ELDER
56
Irishman. : CELT
57
Hero of Anne Nichols' long-run play. : ABIE
58
This conquers all. : LOVE
60
Port captured by Israeli forces. : ACRE
64
Tribesman of lower Niger. : IBO
65
White linen vestment. : ALB
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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