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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Wednesday, March 20, 1957

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 24.3
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,822
Across
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Army group. : WACS
5
Seam. : SCAR
9
Hat material. : STRAW
14
Help. : ABET
15
Accurately formed. : TRUE
16
Beseech. : CRAVE
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Uncomfortable. : ILLATEASE
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Flowed out slowly. : OOZED
20
Members of learned societies. : FELLOWS
21
Crocus. : FLOWER
23
Turn or twist. : WREST
25
Consumed. : ATE
26
Rove in quest of booty. : MARAUD
29
Filbert. : HAZELNUT
34
Bouquets. : ODORS
35
Ax man. : HEWER
36
Suffix in chemistry. : OLE
37
Sack. : LOOT
38
Chicory. : SALAD
39
Distinctive style. : TONE
40
Strong-___. : ARM
41
Brightly colored eel. : MORAY
42
Actress Strasberg. : SUSAN
43
Debbie. : REYNOLDS
45
"They say ___ loves company." : MISERY
46
Leprechaun. : ELF
47
What fagots are made of. : TWIGS
49
Tell to someone else. : REPEAT
52
Base. : IGNOBLE
56
Certain dances. : HULAS
57
___ flies. : ASTHECROW
59
Raised on end. : ATILT
60
Currency of Thailand. : BAHT
61
Cattle: Poet. : KINE
62
Operatic heroine. : THAIS
63
Discoverer of heavy hydrogen. : UREY
64
Diviner. : SEER
Down
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Concern of the UNICEF. : WAIF
2
Skilled. : ABLE
3
Cubicle. : CELL
4
Valiant. : STALWART
5
Cooked, as a compote. : STEWED
6
Obtuse. : CRASS
7
European country: Abbr. : AUS
8
Tied-up portion of a sail. : REEF
9
Child's vehicle. : SCOOTER
10
Gardener's tool. : TROWEL
11
Tear down. : RAZE
12
Say so. : AVER
13
Espoused. : WED
18
Receptacle of a flower. : TORUS
22
Did nothing. : LAZED
24
What Uncas was of the Mohicans. : THELAST
26
Tooth. : MOLAR
27
Hold dear. : ADORE
28
Able to contain much. : ROOMY
30
Far. : AWAY
31
Rope loop. : NOOSE
32
Of a certain bone. : ULNAR
33
Very small. : TEENY
35
Exacting. : HARD
38
Scale syllables. : SOLFA
39
Thick clumps of grass. : TUSSOCKS
41
Annoys. : MOLESTS
42
Actress Hasso. : SIGNE
44
Asiatic language. : NEPALI
45
Extremely: Colloq. : MIGHTY
48
Osier twig. : WITHE
49
Book of the Old Testament. : RUTH
50
"Essays of ___." : ELIA
51
Forbid. : TABU
53
Kind of cheese. : BRIE
54
Type of wolf. : LONE
55
Pitcher. : EWER
56
Sombrero. : HAT
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Patriotic society. : SAR

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