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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Wednesday, May 23, 1956
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: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 24.4
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 E | 3 F | 4 T | 5 F | 6 L | 7 A | 8 M | 9 R | 10 A | 11 Z | 12 E | |||
13 R | U | E | R | 14 R | I | L | E | 15 E | L | I | A | 16 S |
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17 I | R | R | I | 18 T | A | B | L | E | 19 T | E | N | S | E |
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20 P | E | N | N | A | M | E | 21 T | 22 R | I | G | G | E | R |
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23 K | N | E | L | 24 T | 25 I | R | A | |||||||
26 G | 27 R | 28 E | E | K | S | 29 W | 30 A | V | E | R | 31 I | 32 N | 33 G |
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34 H | A | L | T | S | 35 W | I | R | E | D | 36 D | O | N |
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37 O | N | L | Y | 38 P | O | L | A | R | 39 S | E | T | A |
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40 S | E | E | 41 D | R | O | L | L | 42 S | M | A | R | T |
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43 T | E | N | 44 E | R | I | F | E | 45 S | H | A | L | E | S |
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46 F | A | D | 47 D | 48 E | C | A | L | |||||||
49 S | 50 T | 51 A | F | F | E | 52 D | 53 R | O | L | L | 54 S | 55 U | 56 P |
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57 P | I | L | O | T | 58 R | 59 I | G | O | L | E | T | T | O |
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60 A | F | I | R | E | 61 A | S | O | P | 62 S | L | A | P |
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63 F | A | T | E | 64 W | E | T | S | 65 T | O | S | S |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,521
Across
1
Skillful. : DEFT
5
Blarney. : FLAM
9
Dismantle. : RAZE
13
Regretful one. : RUER
14
Nettle: Colloq. : RILE
15
Inventor Howe. : ELIAS
17
Touchy. : IRRITABLE
19
High-strung. : TENSE
20
Henry Green, for instance. : PENNAME
21
Roy Rogers' horse. : TRIGGER
23
Genuflected. : KNELT
25
Mr. Gershwin. : IRA
26
First Olympians. : GREEKS
29
Showing indecision. : WAVERING
34
Pauses. : HALTS
35
Telegraphed. : WIRED
36
___ Giovanni. : DON
37
Alone of its kind. : ONLY
38
Deep Freeze region. : POLAR
39
Bristle. : SETA
40
Call on. : SEE
41
Quaintly humorous. : DROLL
42
Capable. : SMART
43
Largest of the Canary Islands. : TENERIFE
45
Fissile rocks. : SHALES
46
All the rage. : FAD
47
Transfer picture: Colloq. : DECAL
49
Supplied with personnel. : STAFFED
53
Accumulates: Colloq. : ROLLSUP
57
Member of S. A. C. : PILOT
58
Jester to the Duke of Mantua. : RIGOLETTO
60
Full of ardor. : AFIRE
61
All wet. : ASOP
62
Cuff. : SLAP
63
Kismet. : FATE
64
Winners of 1933 Amendment. : WETS
65
Buffet. : TOSS
Down
1
Contrivance to conduct water. : DRIP
2
Seine tributary. : EURE
3
Bracken plant. : FERN
4
Of small value. : TRINKETY
5
Divisions of a bowling game. : FRAMES
6
Defame. : LIBEL
7
___ told. : ALL
8
Be united. : MEET
9
Not active. : RETIRED
10
Sour ale. : ALEGAR
11
Energy: Slang. : ZING
12
Disburden. : EASE
16
Group of similar things: Abbr. : SER
18
Units in a panzer division. : TANKS
22
Niagara ___. : RIVER
24
Having diagonal ribs. : TWILLED
26
Unwanted secondary image on TV screens. : GHOST
27
Oriental princess. : RANEE
28
Actress Vera ___. : ELLEN
30
Shallow sea of Asia. : ARAL
31
Of a perfect kind. : IDEAL
32
___ Dame. : NOTRE
33
Stinging insects. : GNATS
35
Texture. : WOOF
38
Sense of one's own dignity. : PRIDE
39
Least. : SMALLEST
41
Future soldier. : DRAFTEE
42
Relative of will. : SHALL
44
Achievement. : EFFORT
45
Ice cream measures. : SCOOPS
48
Rye fungus. : ERGOT
49
French Lick, for example. : SPA
50
Slight fit of anger. : TIFF
51
Inter ___. : ALIA
52
Standoff. : DRAW
54
Normandy town. : STLO
55
Actress Hagen and others. : UTAS
56
Moves suddenly and unexpectedly. : POPS
59
Bay on Honshu. : ISE
Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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