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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Friday, January 4, 1963

46-Across : Dingus.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,918
Across
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Man in white. : CHEF
5
Mediator's asset. : TACT
9
Intriguing group. : CABAL
14
Campus building. : HALL
15
Higher. : OVER
16
Pygmy. : ATOMY
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Notion: Fr. : IDEE
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Pointed stake. : PALE
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Proverbially, a crowd. : THREE
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Relative of "Great Scott!" : JEEWHILLIKENS
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Dutch dialect of South Africa. : TAAL
24
Cut of beef. : LOIN
25
Thin strip of wood. : SPLINT
28
Acme. : PINNACLE
32
Stick. : CLING
33
Groundwork. : BASIS
34
Princely friend of Falstaff. : HAL
35
Resounded. : RANG
36
Part of Asia. : KOREA
37
Encircle. : GIRD
38
French pronoun. : UNE
39
Locations. : SITES
40
Topkick. : SARGE
41
Clerical hats. : BIRETTAS
43
Man of accounts. : BANKER
44
City on the Orne. : CAEN
45
Gastropod. : SLUG
46
Dingus. : WHATDYECALLIT
51
New Zealander. : MAORI
52
Victor Hugo's Ruy. : BLAS
53
"___ wise child ... " : ITSA
55
Piebald steed. : PINTO
56
Touch at one end. : ABUT
57
Kind of tide. : NEAP
58
Dutch painter of 17th century. : STEEN
59
Jabbers. : YAPS
60
Depot, in Paris. : GARE
Down
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Greek letter. : CHI
2
Pilgrimage to Mecca. : HADJ
3
"Waitin' for the Robert ___." : ELEE
4
What time is. : FLEETING
5
Stovepipe of a sort. : TOPHAT
6
Make use (of). : AVAIL
7
Room in an abbey. : CELL
8
Garden structures. : TRELLISES
9
Flowerings of the willow. : CATKINS
10
Olympian goddess. : ATHENA
11
Native. : BORN
12
City near Des Moines. : AMES
13
Caustic solution. : LYE
21
Common name in China. : WANG
22
Ancient region of Asia Minor. : IONIA
25
Do some housework. : SCRUB
26
Level: Prefix. : PLANI
27
Baseball term. : LINER
28
Cuts off. : PARES
29
Become cheerful (with "up"). : CHIRK
30
Comprehensive. : LARGE
31
Plant with black or red berries. : ELDER
33
Inlet of New South Wales. : BOTANYBAY
36
Soared high. : KITED
37
Adjective for a growing boy. : GANGLING
39
Sphere of duty. : STATION
40
Father of Ish-bosheth. : SAUL
42
Card game. : ECARTE
43
Wintry winds. : BLASTS
45
Relative of the canvasback. : SCAUP
46
Be ready. : WAIT
47
Sharpen. : HONE
48
Corsica's neighbor. : ELBA
49
Virginia willow. : ITEA
50
Monarch. : TSAR
51
Legislators, for short. : MPS
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Barbary ___. : APE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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