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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Tuesday, November 25, 1958

61-Across : Prevaricate.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 49-Down had "Playright"; corrected it to "Playwright."

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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,437
Across
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Diaphanous. : SHEER
6
Buzzing sound. : WHIR
10
Newel. : POST
14
Señor Casals. : PABLO
15
Visionary: Poet. : AERY
16
Firenze's river. : ARNO
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Without life. : AZOIC
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Petits pois. : GREENPEAS
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Room set apart for reading. : DEN
21
Coaster. : SLED
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Creatures. : BEINGS
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President Coty's residence. : ELYSEE
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Answer a purpose. : SERVE
28
In a flutter. : AGOG
30
Sibyl. : SEERESS
34
In company with. : AMONG
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Table in front of a reredos. : ALTAR
39
Sports award. : CUP
40
Manner. : MODE
41
Proclaimed. : CRIED
42
Bark up the wrong ___. : TREE
43
Extravagantly gay. : MAD
44
Triangular end of a building. : GABLE
45
Operatic role. : FAUST
46
Hidden. : OBSCURE
48
Shaded walk. : MALL
50
Out of the way. : ASIDE
52
German officer in American Revolution. : DEKALB
56
"The Count of Monte ___." : CRISTO
59
Pinnacle. : APEX
61
Prevaricate. : LIE
62
Practice soothsaying or ventriloquism. : HARIOLATE
64
Combine. : UNITE
66
Presently. : ANON
67
Czech city. : EGER
68
Wanderer. : ROVER
69
Metallic sound. : PING
70
Drove. : SENT
71
Room for pitchers, towels, linen, etc. : EWERY
Down
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Playing card. : SPADE
2
Nut-bearing tree. : HAZEL
3
Hard, black wood. : EBONY
4
Ivy Leaguer. : ELI
5
Figuratively, the object of a futile quest. : ROCSEGG
6
Stipend. : WAGE
7
Crowds. : HERDS
8
Wrath. : IRE
9
A loaf of a sort. : RYEBREAD
10
___-mâché. : PAPIER
11
Representative Harris of Arkansas. : OREN
12
Stumbling block. : SNAG
13
Fling. : TOSS
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___ again. : NEVER
22
Zodiac sign. : LEO
25
Rational. : SANE
27
Prize. : ESTEEM
29
Arrayed. : GARBED
31
Curtain shade. : ECRU
32
Pays court. : SUES
33
Small barracuda. : SPET
34
Stock in a military dump: Slang. : AMMO
35
Biblical kingdom. : MOAB
36
Equalizing allowance. : ODDS
38
Small: Dial. : LIL
41
Small, light carriages. : CARIOLES
42
Chatter. : TALK
44
Keen relish. : GUSTO
45
A bend or turn. : FLEXURE
47
Outer covering of a hot dog. : CASING
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Playwright George ___. : ADE
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Consumed. : EATEN
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Sprightly. : ALIVE
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Metric unit of capacity. : LITER
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Actor Wallace of Hollywood fame. : BEERY
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Fellow. : CHAP
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Hindu queen. : RANI
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Mashie or niblick. : IRON
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Saucy. : PERT
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Lifetime. : AGE
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A moment ago. : NOW

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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