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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Saturday, March 23, 1957

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 34.4
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,825
Across
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Take it easy. : LAZE
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Veritable. : REAL
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Restrain. : CURB
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One of Homer's heroes. : AJAX
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Chief town of 52 Across. : APIA
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Lesson taught by a fable. : MORAL
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Majority whip in U. S. Senate. : MANSFIELD
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Dumfound. : AMAZE
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Definite. : PRECISE
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Letter. : DOUBLEU
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That is: Lat. : IDEST
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Before duo. : UNO
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Famous name in baseball. : WAGNER
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Cause of suffering. : HARDSHIP
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Rancher's concern. : HERD
34
Married person. : SPOUSE
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Stout. : ALE
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Panting. : AGASP
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Relative of the osprey. : ERN
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Determined. : RULED
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1051. : MLI
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Long-legged birds. : EGRETS
46
Feet: Suffix in zoology. : PODA
47
Miss from Cadiz. : SENORITA
49
Squabble: Slang. : HASSEL
51
Fray. : RUB
52
Island of Western Samoa. : UPOLU
54
Minority whip in U. S. Senate. : DIRKSEN
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Cupidity. : AVARICE
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Have ___ to pick. : ABONE
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Substance used in perfumery. : AMBERGRIS
65
Of high repute. : FAMED
66
Defoe heroine. : MOLL
67
Wyatt ___. : EARP
68
Odd card. : TREY
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Biblical name. : ENOS
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Official: Abbr. : SECY
Down
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Headlight. : LAMP
2
Jangling. : AJAR
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Author Grey. : ZANE
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Cuts out. : EXSCINDS
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Elevators. : RAISERS
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Types of foils. : EPEES
7
Trouble. : AIL
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Alan on the marquee. : LADD
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Small groups of jazz players. : COMBOS
10
River of Europe. : URAL
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Demolish. : RAZE
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French color. : BLEU
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Move in an aimless way. : MAUNDER
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Bona ___. : FIDE
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Pronoun. : OURS
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Popular social critic of 19th cen. : THOREAU
25
Smashing exclamations. : WHAMS
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Mother of the Graces. : AEGLE
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Tiny bit. : GRAIN
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Relative. : AUNT
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Glories. : HALOS
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___ France. : ILEDE
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Treadle. : PEDAL
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Forward. : PERT
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Read. : PERUSED
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Rises with a violent, sweeping motion. : UPSURGES
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Jeer. : GIBE
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Tools. : SHOVELS
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Island group N of Scotland. : ORKNEY
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Having wings. : ALAR
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Casals. : PABLO
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Silly. : DAFT
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Type of girder. : IBAR
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European capital. : ROME
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Mention. : NAME
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"Dies ___." : IRAE
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About: Abbr. : CIRC
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Catch sight of. : ESPY
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Calendar abbreviation. : MON

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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