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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Tuesday, November 19, 1963
36-Across : Takes on hands.
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.
1 R | 2 O | 3 W | 4 E | 5 D | 6 S | 7 T | 8 I | 9 R | 10 S | 11 H | 12 O | 13 E |
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14 O | P | H | I | R | 15 U | E | L | E | 16 E | A | R | L |
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17 B | E | E | R | A | 18 N | D | S | K | I | 19 T | T | L | E | S |
20 E | R | R | 21 G | I | S | T | 22 N | E | T | T | L | E |
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23 D | A | E | 24 M | O | N | 25 Y | 26 O | D | E | L | ||||
27 O | N | E | 28 S | 29 G | E | N | E | 30 S | 31 I | 32 S |
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33 G | 34 R | 35 O | S | S | 36 H | 37 I | R | E | S | 38 I | D | O |
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39 R | I | P | S | 40 G | O | N | E | R | 41 B | A | L | L |
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42 A | G | E | 43 S | L | U | G | S | 44 G | A | M | E | D |
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45 M | A | N | 46 U | M | I | T | 47 S | 48 H | O | W | ||||
49 G | E | S | S | 50 O | 51 U | P | L | 52 I | 53 F | 54 T |
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55 S | 56 P | 57 E | L | L | S | 58 M | 59 U | S | H | 60 N | O | W |
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61 M | E | D | I | T | A | 62 T | E | T | H | E | 63 M | U | S | E |
64 U | R | G | E | 65 D | O | G | E | 66 R | U | S | S | E |
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67 G | U | Y | S | 68 E | R | A | S | 69 S | M | E | E | S |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,224
Across
1
Went boating. : ROWED
6
Activity. : STIR
10
Nursery rhyme abode. : SHOE
14
Biblical source of gold. : OPHIR
15
River in the Congo. : UELE
16
Title. : EARL
17
Easygoing enjoyment. : BEERANDSKITTLES
20
Misdo. : ERR
21
Main point. : GIST
22
Annoy. : NETTLE
23
Tutelary deity. : DAEMON
25
Sing in a way. : YODEL
27
Take ___ ease. : ONES
29
"In the beginning ... " : GENESIS
33
Pay before deductions. : GROSS
36
Takes on hands. : HIRES
38
Oath-taking phrase. : IDO
39
Burst seams. : RIPS
40
Hopeless case: Colloq. : GONER
41
Toy. : BALL
42
Mellow. : AGE
43
Small mollusks. : SLUGS
44
Played for stakes. : GAMED
45
Release from slavery. : MANUMIT
47
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
61
Practice the composition of poetry. : MEDITATETHEMUSE
64
Plead with. : URGE
65
Venetian official. : DOGE
66
Ballet ___. : RUSSE
67
Fellows. : GUYS
68
Times. : ERAS
69
Pintail ducks. : SMEES
Down
1
Caparisoned. : ROBED
2
Performing art. : OPERA
3
Place. : WHERE
4
Norse goddess of healing. : EIR
5
Creatures in Chinese myth. : DRAGONS
6
Detergent problem. : SUDS
7
Irritable. : TESTY
8
Class: Colloq. : ILK
9
Comet or Cupid. : REINDEER
10
Determine. : SETTLE
11
Sentry's command. : HALT
12
Region in Russia. : OREL
13
In addition. : ELSE
18
What "novem" means. : NINE
19
Certain years. : TEENS
24
Shade of green. : MOSS
26
No little woman she. : OGRESS
28
Rah, boo, etc. : SHOUTS
30
Where Anna went. : SIAM
31
Unused. : IDLE
32
Made a bargain. : SOLD
33
Small weight. : GRAM
34
Baltic gulf. : RIGA
35
Commence. : OPEN
37
Suffix with be and see. : ING
40
Ballet step. : GLISSADE
41
Shout noisily. : BAWL
43
Fish. : SMELT
44
Burrowing rodents. : GOPHERS
46
Plug ___. : UGLIES
48
Keep secret. : HUSH
50
Greek letter. : OMEGA
52
Operating. : INUSE
53
Moat. : FOSSE
54
Piping notes. : TWEES
55
Complacent. : SMUG
56
Where the Marañón flows. : PERU
57
See 7 Down. : EDGY
59
Indians. : UTES
62
Jutting rock. : TOR
63
Flower, for short. : MUM
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.
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