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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Wednesday, July 18, 1956
Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 36.8
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 A | 3 C | 4 H | 5 E | 6 S | 7 T | 8 A | 9 S | 10 T | 11 E | ||||
12 P | A | P | R | I | K | A | 13 I | M | P | O | S | 14 E | ||
15 A | S | P | I | R | E | R | 16 G | A | Y | S | O | M | 17 E |
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18 S | U | E | 19 E | D | G | 20 A | R | S | 21 S | T | U | D |
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22 H | A | N | 23 D | S | 24 A | R | I | S | 25 E | 26 E | L | I |
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27 A | L | D | O | 28 A | S | K | S | 29 C | 30 A | R | A | T |
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31 B | 32 L | I | S | S | 33 B | O | N | I | T | O |
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34 G | 35 A | 36 M | B | A | D | O | 37 P | O | L | I | C | E | R |
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38 A | P | O | I | S | E | 39 H | A | R | E | M | ||||
40 G | R | A | N | T | 41 P | U | R | E | 42 A | 43 P | 44 S | 45 E |
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46 M | O | B | 47 S | 48 L | U | G | S | 49 S | L | O | T | S |
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50 A | P | I | 51 G | 52 I | R | O | N | 53 I | C | 54 T | U | T |
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55 N | O | T | A | 56 B | L | E | 57 I | M | O | 58 G | E | N | E |
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59 S | E | M | E | L | E | 60 P | A | R | E | N | T | S |
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61 S | A | L | E | S | 62 S | M | E | L | T | S |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,577
Across
1
Hidden stores. : CACHES
7
Experience. : TASTE
12
Ingredient in goulash. : PAPRIKA
13
Palm off. : IMPOSE
15
Ambitious one. : ASPIRER
16
Blithe. : GAYSOME
18
Seek after. : SUE
19
Hoover and others. : EDGARS
21
Set with prominent objects. : STUD
22
Pointers on a dial. : HANDS
24
Mount up. : ARISE
26
Collegian. : ELI
27
Ray, on a marquee. : ALDO
28
Demands. : ASKS
29
Jeweler's weight. : CARAT
31
Heavenly joy. : BLISS
33
Skipjack. : BONITO
34
Dancing caper. : GAMBADO
37
One on a beat. : POLICER
38
Balanced. : APOISE
39
Apartments of the odalisques. : HAREM
40
Foundation gift. : GRANT
41
Snowy. : PURE
42
Church section. : APSE
46
Crowd around. : MOB
47
Clouts. : SLUGS
49
Cotterways. : SLOTS
50
"Stole ___, and away he run!" : APIG
52
Directly opposite to what is expected. : IRONIC
54
Dear me! : TUT
55
Eminent. : NOTABLE
57
Actress Coca. : IMOGENE
59
Whom Zeus destroyed by lightning. : SEMELE
60
Homemakers. : PARENTS
61
___ talk. : SALES
62
Fish dish. : SMELTS
Down
1
Nonchalant. : CASUAL
2
Hang. : APPEND
3
Dernier ___. : CRI
4
Employs. : HIRES
5
Made do (with "out"); : EKED
6
Floating mass of seaweed. : SARGASSO
7
Mosul's river. : TIGRIS
8
Roll up. : AMASS
9
Major John Andre, for instance. : SPY
10
Fling. : TOSS
11
Taught only to the initiated. : ESOTERIC
12
Egyptian title. : PASHA
14
Vie with. : EMULATE
17
Galley worker. : EDITOR
20
Places of safety. : ARKS
23
Gentle family horse. : DOBBIN
25
French school. : ECOLE
28
Right-hand man. : AIDE
30
23 Down, for example. : ANIMAL
32
Wooden blocks for shaping footwear. : LASTS
33
Caliber. : BORE
34
Comedian's aide. : GAGMAN
35
To the point. : APROPOS
36
Old Testament people. : MOABITES
37
Edible white roots. : PARSNIPS
39
French novelist. : HUGO
41
Vegetable dishes. : PUREES
43
Having great influence. : POTENT
44
Hinders from growth. : STUNTS
45
Campaigner's name. : ESTES
48
Textile city of France. : LILLE
49
Cross the plate. : SCORE
51
Vasco da ___. : GAMA
53
Mohammedan priest. : IMAM
56
___ canto, a style of singing. : BEL
58
Jellify. : GEL
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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