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Kay Sullivan
Kay Sullivan

New York Times, Wednesday, September 30, 1981

Author:
Kay Sullivan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q V X }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 27.7
Kay Sullivan has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,649
Across
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Where St. Paul was shipwrecked : MALTA
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Tabula ___ : RASA
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Not of the clergy : LAIC
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Kind of artery or vein : ILIAC
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Ancient kingdom on the Persian Gulf : ELAM
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Part of an estate : ACRE
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Small, silvery food fish : SMELT
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Enchanted : BEWITCHED
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Political party meetings : CAUCUSES
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Photographer's word : CHEESE
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Leaping light : ARC
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What F.D.R. said he hated : WAR
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Kind of dome in a Texas team's home : ASTRO
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Ricochets : REBOUNDS
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Pewter, for one : ALLOY
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"Praise ye the Lord!" : ALLELUIA
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Enter : GOIN
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Gambling game using 40 cards : MONTE
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Word with sum : TIDY
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Like a siren : ENTICING
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"Ars gratia ___" : ARTIS
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Expedient : RESOURCE
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Kind of furnace : BLAST
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Hwy. : RTE
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Poetic pugilist : ALI
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Quick as ___ : AFLASH
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___ Mountains, in the U.S.S.R. : CAUCASUS
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Spot for a 9-year-old : GRADEFOUR
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"___ ear and out ... " : INONE
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Exude : OOZE
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Incumbent on : UPTO
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Val d'___, Italian Alps resort area : AOSTA
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William Webster's agents : GMEN
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Like Cassius : LEAN
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Snub : SNOOT
Down
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File sect. : MISC
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Sir Lawrence ___-Tadema, English painter : ALMA
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Stead : LIEU
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Household powder : TALC
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Risk calculator : ACTUARY
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Old minstrel's instrument : REBEC
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Brews : ALES
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Maxim : SAW
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Friendly : AMICABLE
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Intertwine : LACE
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Yearn : ACHE
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Angers : IRES
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Homophone for seed : CEDE
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Spasm or pang : THROE
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"No seats" sign : SRO
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Strip of shoe leather : WELT
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"All ___," early Berlin song : ALONE
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Incisions : SLITS
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Jealous suitor in "Pagliacci" : TONIO
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Place for a home : RANGE
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Beyond: Prefix : ULTRA
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Berlioz's "Les ___ d'Eté" : NUITS
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"The butler ___" : DIDIT
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Alleges : SAYS
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Sun, to skin : AGER
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Merry : MIRTHFUL
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Formerly : ONCE
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Imprecation : CURSE
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De Larrocha and Markova : ALICIAS
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Italian navy : BLU
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Copland : AARON
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Atwitter : AGOG
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Kipling's "___ Sea to Sea" : FROM
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Idle : LAZE
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Gulf of ___, Arabian Sea arm : ADEN
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___ figure (attract attention) : CUTA
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Ever's partner : ANON
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Not so hot : SOSO
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"Once more ___ the breach": King Henry V : UNTO
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Kind of belt : SEAT
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Unclose, to Coleridge : OPE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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