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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Monday, July 7, 1958

12-Down : Absent, military speaking.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 17.1
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,296
Across
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Glide along. : SKIM
5
Passable: Colloq. : SOSO
9
Tropical shrubs. : COCAS
14
Joint of a stem: Bot. : NODE
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Shortly. : ANON
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Stand ___ of. : INAWE
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Qualified. : ABLE
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Deck post: Naut. : BITT
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Purport. : TENOR
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Child's game. : PEEKABOO
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Iota. : TITTLE
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Spirit: Fr. : ELAN
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Support of an arch. : PIER
25
Purplish-red shade. : CLARET
28
Rimski-___. : KORSAKOV
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Opposite of "gee." : HAW
33
Pleasure carriage. : CHAISE
35
Mackerel-like fish. : CERO
36
Taken ___ (surprised and disconcerted). : ABACK
38
Fuel. : GAS
39
Form of trapshooting. : SKEET
40
Suluan. : MORO
41
Classes of many species. : GENERA
43
No: Scot. : NAE
44
Importunate. : PRESSING
46
Sets in surrounding matter. : EMBEDS
48
Royal or topgallant. : MAST
49
Jai ___. : ALAI
50
Concealed. : LATENT
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Too angelic. : OVERGOOD
57
Growing out. : ENATE
58
Related to. : AKIN
59
People of Asia. : THAI
60
Prophetess. : SYBIL
61
College club: Colloq. : FRAT
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Familiar with: Slang. : ONTO
63
Impudent. : SAUCY
64
Sunburns. : TANS
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A case in grammar: Abbr. : POSS
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Break short. : SNAP
2
Port on Osaka Bay. : KOBE
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Unused. : IDLE
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More patient and mild. : MEEKER
5
Day of worship. : SABBATH
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Shallot. : ONION
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___ speak. : SOTO
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Part of Canada: Abbr. : ONT
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St. Paul and St. Louis. : CITIES
10
Kind of mind. : ONETRACK
11
Tip. : CANT
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Absent, military speaking. : AWOL
13
Withered. : SERE
21
Smart ___. : ALECK
22
Fatigue. : TIRE
24
Actors in sagebrush drama. : POSSE
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The "winnah." : CHAMP
26
Cabinet post. : LABOR
27
Informed. : AWARE
28
Term for "river," in SE China. : KIANG
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City in New Hampshire. : KEENE
30
Mountain nymph. : OREAD
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Ayes and nays. : VOTES
34
Means. : AGENT
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Intended for beautifying. : COSMETIC
39
Island NE of Leyte. : SAMAR
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Substance of a matter. : GIST
42
Becomes less harsh. : RELENTS
45
Sensibly. : SANELY
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The circus. : BIGTOP
49
Of the birds. : AVIAN
50
Diminished by. : LESS
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Novelist Seton. : ANYA
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Debar from use. : TABU
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Gumbo. : OKRA
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Decidedly not! : OHNO
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Banquet for Tim Tam. : OATS
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God: Span. : DIOS
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P. M. : AFT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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