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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Friday, February 12, 1954

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { G J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,690
Across
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Alencon, Angleterre, Argentan. : LACES
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Boston Brahmin. : SNOB
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Lavish attentions on, in fraternity competition. : RUSH
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Honor highly. : ADORE
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Dr. Middlecoff of the links. : CARY
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Cuzco Indian. : INCA
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Largest port in Korea. : PUSAN
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Tried to do. : ATTEMPTED
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Churchill's Rufus, for instance. : PET
21
Plant with fragrant roots. : ORRIS
23
Suppose. : OPINE
24
Dry gully. : ARROYO
26
Materials for veils, scarves, etc. : TULLES
27
Spiral part of a screw. : THREAD
29
Member of A. N. C. : NURSE
31
Visit by the gambling squad. : RAID
32
Seaman's name for the horse latitudes. : MARESSEA
35
A very short time. : SEC
36
Apian. : BEELIKE
38
Bankers' group. : ABA
40
Untidy. : CARELESS
42
British machine-gun. : BREN
43
Rep. Rogers, dean of women in Congress. : EDITH
44
Unwavering devotion. : FEALTY
46
Wide open spaces for the Gauchos. : PAMPAS
49
Land, buildings, etc. : REALTY
51
Infamy. : ODIUM
52
Risky speed. : SIXTY
53
Girl's nickname. : BAB
56
Where Uncle Sam stores silver. : WESTPOINT
58
Connie Mack's ballpark. : SHIBE
60
Besides. : ELSE
61
Stettin's river. : ODER
62
Senator Clements of Kentucky. : EARLE
63
Shines forth. : RAYS
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Cousin of a butte. : MESA
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Patriarch. : ELDER
Down
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Reindeer farmer. : LAPP
2
Together: Music. : ADUE
3
President Figueres' domain. : COSTARICA
4
Span of years. : ERA
5
Lady from Tampico. : SENORA
6
Descriptive of a haunted house. : SCARY
7
Lincoln Memorial, Mount Vernon, etc. : NATIONALSHRINES
8
Throwaways. : ORTS
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Run scored at cricket. : BYE
10
Small undulations. : RIPPLES
11
Popular song. : UNTIL
12
Unit of a movie. : SCENE
13
Pluto. : HADES
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Frozen dessert. : MOUSSE
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Scepter. : ROD
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Winnipeg's river. : RED
26
A long walk. : TREK
27
Village officers: Abbr. : TRS
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This: Latin. : HAEC
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He wrote "Battle Cry." : URIS
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Crowd on a field day. : MEET
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The proverbial success. : EARLYBIRD
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Support in evildoing. : ABET
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Moisten. : BEDAMP
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"Bulldogs." : ELIS
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Some. : ANY
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Esteems. : REPUTES
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Flying fox. : BAT
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Falstaffian forte. : FAT
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Residence of French president. : ELYSEE
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Star in "John Brown's Body." : POWER
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Girl's name. : ADELA
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Title for a little girl. : MISSY
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Just-in-case item. : EXTRA
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Slope of a hill. : SIDE
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Skilled. : ABLE
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Contents of a growler. : BEER
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Mynheer's uncle. : OOM
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Hollywood's Wallis. : HAL

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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