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Kay Sullivan
Kay Sullivan

New York Times, Tuesday, January 6, 1981

49-Across : Casks

Author:
Kay Sullivan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { K X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Kay Sullivan has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,382
Across
1
Hindu god of fire : AGNI
5
___ Alto : PALO
9
Jerome Hines, e.g. : BASS
13
Go by sidewheeler : STEAM
14
Arab father : ABOU
15
Ornament for Galahad's headgear : ORLE
16
Anchor position : ATRIP
17
Cause for civil action : TORT
18
Have on : WEAR
19
Greatly surprised : DUMFOUNDED
21
Word with syne : LANG
22
Sojourn : STAY
23
Tragedy by Voltaire : ORESTE
25
Taste : PALATE
29
Word with house or block : ROAD
30
Out of order : AMISS
31
Greatly delighted : OVERJOYED
36
Expense : COST
37
Fancies : IDEAS
38
Before "vidi" : VENI
39
Greatly surprised : ASTOUNDED
41
Heraldic furs : PEANS
42
Scolds : NAGS
43
O'Connor's "The Last ___" : HURRAH
44
Escort : SQUIRE
47
Sale condition : ASIS
49
Casks : TUNS
50
Greatly surprised : SPEECHLESS
56
Sumptuous : RICH
57
Rent : TORN
58
TV tryout : PILOT
59
Salt tree : ATLE
60
Haupt or Bagnold : ENID
61
Intarsist's creation : INLAY
62
Devil's trumpet, e.g. : WEED
63
Rivers in Scotland and England : DEES
64
Close : NEAR
Down
1
Aleutian island : ATTU
2
Origin : GERM
3
Ingenuous : NAIF
4
Taxes : IMPOSTS
5
Commercial center on the Ganges : PATNA
6
" ... meet ___ comin' thro' the rye" : ABODY
7
Savant's amassment : LORE
8
Alfresco : OUTDOORS
9
Greatly surprised : BOWLEDOVER
10
Regions : AREAS
11
Incline : SLANT
12
Kind of blue suit : SERGE
13
Mournful : SAD
20
Shoshonean Indian : UTE
24
Rule, in India : RAJ
25
S.A. rodent : PACA
26
O.T. book : AMOS
27
Shopper's aid : LIST
28
Greatly surprised : ASTONISHED
29
Interpret : READ
31
Chances : ODDS
32
Kind of décolletage : VEE
33
Class-ring inscription : YEAR
34
City nicknamed "Belvedere of Sicily" : ENNA
35
Entree : DISH
37
Swallowed : INGESTED
40
Former Arab org. : UAR
41
Map marker : PUSHPIN
43
___ jacet : HIC
44
Leghorn, e.g. : STRAW
45
Altogether : QUITE
46
Claudius, to Hamlet : UNCLE
47
Where a kite may alight : AERIE
48
Dispatches : SENDS
51
Corn breaad : PONE
52
Kind of drawing : LINE
53
Miss Cinders : ELLA
54
Glide : SOAR
55
Shoat's home : STY

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

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