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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Wednesday, August 17, 1955
Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 40.5
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 O | 3 M | 4 B | 5 E | 6 B | 7 B | 8 S | 9 H | 10 E | 11 E | 12 L |
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13 O | D | E | R | 14 N | O | L | A | 15 N | 16 E | R | D | A |
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17 M | O | L | Y | 18 N | O | O | N | E | 19 K | N | O | W | S |
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20 A | R | B | A | 21 L | E | S | T | 22 P | A | N | D | I | T |
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23 O | N | E | A | T | 24 S | A | T | E | E | N | ||||
25 F | 26 L | U | T | E | D | 27 T | U | L | I | P | ||||
28 A | I | R | 29 S | 30 H | I | P | 31 E | I | 32 K | 33 O | 34 N |
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35 C | A | N | 36 I | 37 S | 38 O | R | E | 39 S | N | I | P | E |
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40 T | R | E | N | T | 41 W | O | R | 42 D | 43 T | I | A |
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44 F | R | 45 A | I | L | 46 E | 47 L | 48 A | T | E | R |
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49 D | 50 E | R | I | D | E | 51 S | P | I | N | Y | ||||
52 R | A | V | I | N | E | 53 B | Y | R | I | G | H | 54 T | 55 S |
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56 E | V | A | N | G | E | 57 L | I | N | E | 58 L | A | Z | E |
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59 B | I | N | G | 60 M | O | R | O | S | 61 E | W | A | N |
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62 A | S | S | E | 63 A | D | D | S | 64 S | K | R | T |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,241
Across
1
Lorelei had a golden one. : COMB
5
Flows back. : EBBS
9
Achilles' vulnerable spot. : HEEL
13
German river. : ODER
14
Actor Lloyd. : NOLAN
16
Earth goddess. : ERDA
17
Mythical herb of magic powers. : MOLY
18
"___ what he can do till he tries." : NOONEKNOWS
20
Medieval crossbow. : ARBALEST
22
Indian title. : PANDIT
23
___ a time. : ONEAT
24
Glossy cotton fabric. : SATEEN
25
Grooved, as some pillars. : FLUTED
27
Showy flower. : TULIP
28
Melody. : AIR
29
Plane or freighter. : SHIP
31
Church image: Var. : EIKON
35
Dog: Latin. : CANIS
38
Beaver State: Abbr. : ORE
39
Wading bird. : SNIPE
40
E. C. Bentley's detective. : TRENT
41
Promise. : WORD
43
Tio's wife. : TIA
44
Delicate. : FRAIL
46
Click beetle. : ELATER
49
Treat with scorn. : DERIDE
51
Descriptive of the porcupine. : SPINY
52
Gulch. : RAVINE
53
Properly. : BYRIGHTS
56
Heroine of Acadian exile. : EVANGELINE
58
Take it easy. : LAZE
59
Met impresario. : BING
60
Sulu natives. : MOROS
61
Welsh man's name. : EWAN
62
South African fox. : ASSE
63
Says further. : ADDS
64
Old Indic language: Abbr. : SKRT
Down
1
Stupor. : COMA
2
Garlic's forte. : ODOR
3
Site of 1956 Olympic games. : MELBOURNE
4
He wrote "Thanatopsis," at the age of 18. : BRYANT
5
Groups of nine. : ENNEADS
6
Favorable advances. : BOOST
7
Stigma. : BLOT
8
___ Antonio. : SAN
9
Explorer of the Upper Mississippi. : HENNEPIN
10
Eat away. : ERODE
11
Gov. Johnson of Colorado. : EDWIN
12
Form for shaping a shoe. : LAST
15
Where Everest is. : NEPAL
19
Relatives of Kit and Kittie. : KATIES
21
Virginia name. : LEE
24
Very fine: Colloq. : SUPER
25
Truth. : FACT
26
Unreliable one. : LIAR
27
Alpine region. : TIROL
30
Diminutive of a man's name. : HOWIE
32
Memorable scene of 1903 event. : KITTYHAWK
33
18th cent. English painter. : OPIE
34
At hand. : NEAR
36
Break, as a law or agreement. : INFRINGE
37
Cord of a viol. : STRING
42
Discourage. : DEPRESS
45
Revoke, as a grant. : ADEEM
47
Weeks in a year. : LII
48
Points of view. : ANGLES
49
President of the Confederacy. : DAVIS
50
Actor Maurice. : EVANS
51
Church council. : SYNOD
52
Biblical name. : REBA
53
Scientists' name for artificial satellite. : BIRD
54
Obsolete ruler: Var. : TZAR
55
Caused to go. : SENT
57
Mauna ___. : LOA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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