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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Friday, October 29, 1954

25-Across : A poor imitation.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q V W }, Scrabble score: 317 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,949
Across
1
Pilot light. : FLAME
6
Desert steed. : ARAB
10
Turned up the earth. : HOED
14
Eire's De Valera. : EAMON
15
Eastern wise men. : MAGI
16
Makes a slip. : ERRS
17
Included with. : AMONG
18
Opinionated. : PRAGMATIC
20
Having actual form and substance. : TANGIBLE
22
Independent in the Senate. : MORSE
23
Airfield near Paris. : ORLY
24
Contest. : BOUT
25
A poor imitation. : PARODY
28
Familiar salesman. : BRUSHMAN
32
Cleopatra's faithful attendant. : IRAS
33
Trenches around castles. : MOATS
34
In the past. : AGO
35
Mike Fink, Tony Beaver, Paul Bunyan. : LEGENDARYHEROES
39
Forming a whole. : ONE
40
Escapes slowly. : OOZES
41
A kind of eagle. : ERNE
42
Immature amphibians. : TADPOLES
44
Want of strictness. : LAXITY
46
Egyptian goddess. : ISIS
47
English letters. : ZEDS
48
Olympia's Sound. : PUGET
50
Late fall apple. : JONATHAN
54
Object of Diogenes' search. : HONESTMAN
56
First Pulitzer Prize winner in fiction. : POOLE
57
Church calendar. : ORDO
58
Superior. : LAKE
59
Uniform coat. : TUNIC
60
Kind of serf. : PEON
61
Watches narrowly. : EYES
62
Item on the menu. : STEAK
Down
1
Notable act. : FEAT
2
Priest from Lhasa. : LAMA
3
Ancient sun god. : AMON
4
Rikki-tikki-tavi. : MONGOOSE
5
Hem in. : ENGIRD
6
Liberally. : AMPLY
7
Seldom occurring. : RARE
8
Begum's husband. : AGA
9
Blatant talker. : BIGMOUTH
10
Family circle. : HEARTH
11
Scraps from medieval tables. : ORTS
12
Indian. : ERIE
13
Military award. : DSC
19
Frozen dessert. : MOUSSE
21
Nelly ___, world tourist of 1890. : BLY
24
Heehaws. : BRAYS
25
Member of SAC. : PILOT
26
Circus center. : ARENA
27
Spread unchecked. : RAGED
28
Long-winded people. : BORES
29
New Zealand native. : MAORI
30
Active force. : AGENT
31
Inquisitive: Colloq. : NOSEY
33
Networks of winding pathways. : MAZES
36
Entraps. : NOOSES
37
Lazy person: Colloq. : DOLITTLE
38
Famous name in detective fiction. : REXSTOUT
43
Pouter or tumbler. : PIGEON
44
Man's nickname. : LEN
45
Fits by alteration. : ADAPTS
47
Section of Germany. : ZONES
48
Read carefully. : PORE
49
Loosen. : UNDO
50
Just right: Slang. : JAKE
51
Barber's stone. : HONE
52
Inter ___. : ALIA
53
Ostrich's attribute. : NECK
54
Jump onto. : HOP
55
Springtime. : MAY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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