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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Thursday, November 6, 1958

45-Across : The blowing of a whale.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, 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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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,418
Across
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River into the Danube at Belgrade. : SAVA
5
Biblical kingdom. : MOAB
9
Peaked. : SHARP
14
Shades. : HUES
15
Thor ___, Air Force missile. : ABLE
16
Church belfry. : TOWER
17
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
18
Covered with gold leaf. : GILT
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Become one. : UNITE
20
Mislead. : DELUDE
22
Piece of news. : ITEM
24
Nothing doing: Slang. : NIX
25
Imaginary first-rate golfer. : COLONELBOGEY
28
Formicary. : ANTHILL
31
Small stream. : RILL
32
Northern constellation. : LEO
33
Hearsay. : TALK
35
Devour greedily. : EATUP
39
School supplies. : PADS
41
Simple. : NAIVE
44
Ave atque ___ (hail and farewell): Lat. : VALE
45
The blowing of a whale. : SPOUT
47
Mere money. : PELF
49
Compass point. : NNE
50
Jump. : LEAP
53
Unauthorized. : ILLEGAL
55
Bert Lahr role. : COWARDLYLION
59
German exclamation. : ACH
60
Gather in. : REAP
61
Tolerate. : PERMIT
65
___ finish. : PHOTO
67
Flag. : IRIS
69
One on the staff. : AIDE
70
Relative of 9 Down. : ERROR
71
Suffix used in geological terms. : CENE
72
Canoe of Malaysia. : PROA
73
Large coarse seaweeds. : KELPS
74
Adjectival endings. : ESTS
75
Report. : TELL
Down
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Food fish. : SHAD
2
Tributary of the Seine. : AUBE
3
Meat. : VEAL
4
In itself. : ASSUCH
5
Strait of ___, at tip of S. America. : MAGELLAN
6
Kimono sash. : OBI
7
___ all (wholly). : ALLIN
8
Superior. : BETTER
9
Slip or blunder. : STUMBLE
10
Term of endearment: Colloq. : HON
11
Like the birds in the air. : AWING
12
Make fast again. : RETIE
13
College official: Slang. : PREXY
21
___-yourself. : DOIT
23
Father of Hophni. : ELI
26
Spanish jar. : OLLA
27
European king. : OLAV
28
Where Lake Constance is. : ALPS
29
A certain tide. : NEAP
30
Fuss. : TODO
34
Undressed hide. : KIP
36
Spicy taste. : TANG
37
Inner bone of the forearm. : ULNA
38
Fruit covering. : PEEL
40
Island group east of Celebes. : SULA
42
Disguise. : VEIL
43
Omissions of words or phrases. : ELLIPSES
46
Nightmarish fears. : TERRORS
48
Ice ___. : FLOE
51
Noun suffix. : ADE
52
Flat fish with white spots. : PLAICE
54
Delighted beyond measure. : ENRAPT
55
Czech playwright. : CAPEK
56
Yellow pigment. : OCHRE
57
Fingerprint ridge. : WHORL
58
Town in Belgium. : YPRES
62
Ooze. : MIRE
63
Greatly admired one. : IDOL
64
Fresh-water duck. : TEAL
66
Peak. : TOP
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Kind of income: Abbr. : INT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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