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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Monday, February 17, 1964

21-Across : Controversial compound.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,314
Across
1
Old Indic dialect. : PALI
5
Relative of 51 Down. : CAST
9
Player. : ACTOR
14
Honest. : OPEN
15
Curved molding. : OGEE
16
Zoo specialty. : RHINO
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Barnacle Bill and others. : SEAFARERS
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Name meaning lovable. : MABEL
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Ship abroad. : EXPORT
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Controversial compound. : FLUORIDE
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Regretted. : RUED
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Got off. : ALIT
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This year. : MCMLXIV
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Where sportsmen gather. : TRACKS
33
Culinary preparation. : PUREE
34
Square: Fr. : CARRE
36
Famous general. : LEE
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Needing irrigation. : ARID
38
Heroine of classic drama. : MEDEA
39
Valley, as in the Andes. : HOYA
40
Aries. : RAM
41
Member of U. A. R. : SYRIA
42
Instances. : CASES
43
Sports group : ELEVEN
45
Urged on. : SPURRED
47
State: Abbr. : ALAS
49
Sliding motion. : SKID
50
Go the ___. : WHOLEHOG
54
In itself. : ASSUCH
58
Of a court. : AULIC
59
Symbol of New York World's Fair. : UNISPHERE
61
Grain of a sort. : GRIST
62
Confident. : SURE
63
___ Marquises, in the South Pacific. : ILES
64
Bitter plums. : SLOES
65
Demands. : ASKS
66
Seats. : PEWS
Down
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Model. : POSE
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Top. : APEX
3
Entrechat, in ballet. : LEAP
4
Au courant. : INFORMED
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Outer bark of certain plants. : CORTEX
6
Time. : AGE
7
Bondman. : SERF
8
Noted name in the electrical field. : TESLA
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Piece of furniture. : ARMOIRE
10
Magna ___. : CHARTA
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To you: Lat. : TIBI
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Unified. : ONED
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Walk-on, for one. : ROLE
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As ___. : ARULE
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Extravagant. : ULTRA
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Gamester. : DICER
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Work of art. : MURAL
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A "deed without a name." : CRIME
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"Quo ___?" : VADIS
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End. : CLOSE
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Regulated the tone of. : KEYED
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Areas on the moon. : SEAS
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Shave. : PARE
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Harvests. : REAPS
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Asiatic grackle. : MYNAH
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Rainy day concomitant. : HARDSHIP
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Culls. : SELECTS
42
Sharp and clear. : CRISP
44
Suitcase. : VALISE
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Official decrees. : UKASES
48
Man of marches. : SOUSA
50
Drolls. : WAGS
51
Fling. : HURL
52
Miscellany. : OLIO
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Wildebeests. : GNUS
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Influx of the Ubangi. : UELE
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Varsity eight. : CREW
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Dame Myra. : HESS
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Trouble. : IRK

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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