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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Tuesday, November 19, 1963

29-Across : "In the beginning ... "

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { C J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,224
Across
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Went boating. : ROWED
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Activity. : STIR
10
Nursery rhyme abode. : SHOE
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Biblical source of gold. : OPHIR
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River in the Congo. : UELE
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Title. : EARL
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Easygoing enjoyment. : BEERANDSKITTLES
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Misdo. : ERR
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Main point. : GIST
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Annoy. : NETTLE
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Tutelary deity. : DAEMON
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Sing in a way. : YODEL
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Take ___ ease. : ONES
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"In the beginning ... " : GENESIS
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Pay before deductions. : GROSS
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Takes on hands. : HIRES
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Oath-taking phrase. : IDO
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Burst seams. : RIPS
40
Hopeless case: Colloq. : GONER
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Toy. : BALL
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Mellow. : AGE
43
Small mollusks. : SLUGS
44
Played for stakes. : GAMED
45
Release from slavery. : MANUMIT
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Make clear. : SHOW
49
Plaster of Paris. : GESSO
51
Improvement. : UPLIFT
55
Conjurations. : SPELLS
58
Call to a sled dog. : MUSH
60
Very recently. : NOW
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Practice the composition of poetry. : MEDITATETHEMUSE
64
Plead with. : URGE
65
Venetian official. : DOGE
66
Ballet ___. : RUSSE
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Fellows. : GUYS
68
Times. : ERAS
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Pintail ducks. : SMEES
Down
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Caparisoned. : ROBED
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Performing art. : OPERA
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Place. : WHERE
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Norse goddess of healing. : EIR
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Creatures in Chinese myth. : DRAGONS
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Detergent problem. : SUDS
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Irritable. : TESTY
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Class: Colloq. : ILK
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Comet or Cupid. : REINDEER
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Determine. : SETTLE
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Sentry's command. : HALT
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Region in Russia. : OREL
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In addition. : ELSE
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What "novem" means. : NINE
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Certain years. : TEENS
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Shade of green. : MOSS
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No little woman she. : OGRESS
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Rah, boo, etc. : SHOUTS
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Where Anna went. : SIAM
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Unused. : IDLE
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Made a bargain. : SOLD
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Small weight. : GRAM
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Baltic gulf. : RIGA
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Commence. : OPEN
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Suffix with be and see. : ING
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Ballet step. : GLISSADE
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Shout noisily. : BAWL
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Fish. : SMELT
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Burrowing rodents. : GOPHERS
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Plug ___. : UGLIES
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Keep secret. : HUSH
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Greek letter. : OMEGA
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Operating. : INUSE
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Moat. : FOSSE
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Piping notes. : TWEES
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Complacent. : SMUG
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Where the Marañón flows. : PERU
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See 7 Down. : EDGY
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Indians. : UTES
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Jutting rock. : TOR
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Flower, for short. : MUM

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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