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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Wednesday, March 5, 1958
Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 38.6
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 R | 3 A | 4 G | 5 M | 6 I | 7 B | 8 O | 9 P | 10 T | 11 S |
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12 L | I | V | R | 13 E | 14 A | I | D | A | 15 B | A | R | E |
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16 O | C | E | A | N | 17 B | A | L | L | 18 I | S | T | A | E |
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19 C | O | R | N | C | 20 O | B | 21 E | S | T | E | E | M | S |
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22 D | O | N | E | 23 E | 24 A | A | R | |||||||
25 A | 26 S | 27 S | E | R | T | 28 M | 29 C | M | L | V | 30 I | 31 I | 32 I |
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33 S | P | A | R | E | 34 V | I | L | I | 35 E | N | O | S |
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36 K | I | M | 37 S | 38 P | I | N | A | C | 39 H | 40 A | W | L |
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41 E | L | B | 42 A | 43 R | E | E | D | 44 U | 45 L | N | A | E |
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46 D | E | A | R | 47 B | O | R | N | 48 C | L | I | E | N | T |
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49 R | O | B | 50 T | 51 E | A | K | S | |||||||
52 A | 53 P | 54 P | A | L | L | 55 S | 56 S | M | I | T | 57 T | 58 E | 59 N |
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60 B | O | U | N | T | E | O | 61 U | S | 62 N | I | E | C | E |
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63 L | U | N | G | 64 M | U | S | E | 65 G | N | A | R | L |
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66 E | T | T | E | 67 S | P | A | 68 G | R | U | S |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,172
Across
1
Talk big. : BRAG
5
Marble: Dial. : MIB
8
Makes a choice. : OPTS
12
Coin replaced by the franc. : LIVRE
14
Amonasro's daughter. : AIDA
15
Plain. : BARE
16
An immense expanse. : OCEAN
17
Devices of ancient warfare, like catapults. : BALLISTAE
19
Pansy Yokum's pipe. : CORNCOB
21
Prizes. : ESTEEMS
22
Receiver of a gift. : DONEE
24
Thun's river. : AAR
25
State. : ASSERT
28
This year. : MCMLVIII
33
Score of the lanes. : SPARE
34
Brother of Odin. : VILI
35
Father of Cainan. : ENOS
36
Novel of Indian life, 1901. : KIM
37
Popeye's dish. : SPINACH
40
Cordwainer's tool. : AWL
41
Island off Tuscany. : ELBA
43
___ bunting, European bird. : REED
44
Forearm bones. : ULNAE
46
City in Michigan. : DEARBORN
48
Lawyer's concern. : CLIENT
49
Rifle. : ROB
50
Tall East Indian trees. : TEAKS
52
Dismays. : APPALLS
56
Deeply in love: Colloq. : SMITTEN
60
Munificent. : BOUNTEOUS
62
Kinswoman. : NIECE
63
Skin diver's apparatus. : LUNG
64
Be in a brown study. : MUSE
65
Knot on a tree trunk. : GNARL
66
Diminutive ending. : ETTE
67
Salutary spot. : SPA
68
Southern constellation resembling a crane. : GRUS
Down
1
Political body. : BLOC
2
Puerto ___. : RICO
3
See 25 Across. : AVER
4
More imposing. : GRANDER
5
"Mamma ___!" : MIA
6
Groundless. : IDLE
7
Soothing, fragrant, etc. : BALSAMIC
8
Remark. : OBSERVE
9
Meat paste. : PATE
10
London vehicle. : TRAM
11
Comprehends. : SEES
13
Repeated performances. : ENCORES
14
French cleric. : ABBE
18
Language: Abbr. : ITAL
20
Part of Canada: Abbr. : ONT
23
Renowned. : EMINENT
25
Invited. : ASKED
26
Timber driven into the ground as support. : SPILE
27
Brazilian dance. : SAMBA
29
Garbed. : CLAD
30
Relative of namby-pamby. : INANE
31
Hawkeye. : IOWAN
32
Speck of Oceania. : ISLET
34
Four: Ger. : VIER
38
Puzzles. : PROBLEMS
39
Unwieldy. : HULKING
42
Classify. : ARRANGE
45
Selvage of cloth. : LISTING
47
Roll of fabric. : BOLT
48
Mechanical part. : CAM
51
To be: Lat. : ESSE
52
Competent. : ABLE
53
Sulk. : POUT
54
Flat-bottomed boat. : PUNT
55
Minestrone. : SOUP
57
Disrupt. : TEAR
58
Curtain color. : ECRU
59
Norse name. : NELS
61
Patriotic monogram. : USA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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