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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Wednesday, January 2, 1974

22-Across : Ali Baba's brother

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,908
Across
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Weapon : SABER
6
Substance : PITH
10
Fordham athletes : RAMS
14
Nitrogen : AZOTE
15
Peculiar: Prefix : IDIO
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Way out : EXIT
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Do fashion work : MODEL
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Dull : SLOW
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Mintage item : DIME
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Ordinary : EVERYDAY
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Ali Baba's brother : CASSIM
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Proper or common word : NOUN
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Musical piece : SOLO
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Climbs a tree : SHINS
28
Current year : MCMLXXIV
32
Barracuda : SPET
33
Menu listing : ENTREE
35
Time : ERA
36
Sea anemone : POLYP
38
Clock numerals : III
39
Jerks : YANKS
41
Wrath : IRE
42
"___ your ears" : LENDME
45
Moore or Riley : POET
46
Feud : VENDETTA
48
Flaxen : BLOND
50
Apiece : EACH
51
Musical passage: Abbr. : CRES
52
___ off (do in a hurry) : POLISH
55
Lot-buyer's concern : FRONTAGE
59
Excited : AGOG
60
That: Lat. : ILLE
62
Vetches : TARES
63
Early age of man : IRON
64
Like the traditional pin : NEAT
65
Particulars : ITEMS
66
Shows a profit : NETS
67
Yawn : GAPE
68
New ___ on life : LEASE
Down
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Ditto : SAME
2
Black Sea arm : AZOV
3
Augur : BODE
4
Pre-Xmas week, to a child : ETERNITY
5
Trust : RELYON
6
Certain Italian : PISAN
7
In a casual way : IDLY
8
Spanish uncle : TIO
9
Why? : HOWCOME
10
Boston nine : REDSOX
11
Pivotal line : AXIS
12
Miss Benzell : MIMI
13
Pipe part : STEM
21
Great actress : DUSE
23
Up one's ___ : ALLEY
25
Gauzy fabric : SCRIM
26
Germ cell : SPORE
27
Hayes : HELEN
28
Where Oenone dwelt : MTIDA
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Inert gas : XENON
30
Annoyed : IRKED
31
Immense : VAST
32
Racetrack tout, in England : SPIV
34
Beethoven symphony : NINTH
37
Excuses : PLEAS
40
Renegade : APOSTATE
43
Art work : ETCHING
44
Spanish river : EBRO
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Condescends : DEIGNS
49
Kind of soup : LENTIL
51
Canea's island : CRETE
52
Suffering : PAIN
53
Monster : OGRE
54
Spoils : LOOT
55
To-do : FLAP
56
Region : AREA
57
Crown ornaments : GEMS
58
Actual being : ESSE
61
Grassland : LEA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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