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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Friday, March 23, 1951

48-Across : Anoint: Obs.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 642
Across
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Victim of unsolved million-dollar robbery, 1950. : BRINK
6
Hero's drowned swimmer. : LEANDER
13
TV musical program. : REVUE
14
The Rock, in San Francisco Bay. : ALCATRAZ
16
Contents of the pay envelope. : SALARY
17
Joan of "September Affair." : FONTAINE
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Smooths. : EVENS
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Corncobs. : PIPES
20
Public ways: Abbr. : STS
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75-mm. recoilless rifle, for instance. : GUN
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Washes out. : ELUTES
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Proofreader's direction. : STET
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Useless fragments. : ORTS
27
Symbols of industry. : ANTS
28
Tinker Bell, for instance. : FAIRY
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Out of the corner of the eye. : ASKANCE
31
Sailing vessels of the Levant. : SAICS
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Washington Square landmark. : ARCH
33
Nursery rhyme vessel. : PAIL
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Isolated hill with steep precipitous sides. : BUTTE
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St. ___, Canada's Prime Minister. : LAURENT
39
Czechoslovakia's great president. : BENES
40
Term of address to a king. : SIRE
41
Union payments. : DUES
43
Woeful word. : ALAS
44
Places to sleep on a train. : UPPERS
46
Falling weight of a pile driver. : TUP
47
502. : DII
48
Anoint: Obs. : ANELE
49
All: Italian. : TUTTI
51
He's in the army now. : INDUCTEE
53
St. Louis Cards' manager. : MARION
54
Denizens of the upper pharynx. : ADENOIDS
55
One of the great modern dramatists. : IBSEN
56
Manners and bearing. : ADDRESS
57
Ivan and Peter. : TSARS
Down
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A florid, brilliant style of music. : BRAVURA
2
Becomes more compassionate. : RELENTS
3
One of the Brothers Karamazov. : IVAN
4
Member of A. N. C. : NURSE
5
Part of typewriter. : KEY
6
Pirate of the Gulf of Mexico. : LAFITTE
7
Travels to Gretna Green. : ELOPES
8
Skin afflictions. : ACNES
9
Mr. Goodwin and Mr. Cole. : NATS
10
New transport agency in Washington. : DTA
11
Controversial. : ERISTIC
12
Boisterous talkers. : RANTERS
15
Keenly enjoyable. : ZESTY
16
Kind of lily, state flower of Utah. : SEGO
19
Source of British humor. : PUNCH
23
Uhlan's weapon. : LANCE
24
Took the next boat. : SAILED
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Richard Button's footwear. : SKATES
28
N. Y. C. event, 1939-40. : FAIR
30
Grammar, logic and rhetoric, for instance. : ARTS
31
___ braten. : SAUER
33
Gay ___. : PAREE
34
Jane Wyman's Oscar-winning role. : BELINDA
35
Solo. : UNAIDED
36
Having a very thin mouth. : LIPLESS
37
More eccentric: Slang. : NUTTIER
38
Natives of Europe. : TEUTONS
39
Monastery: Italian. : BADIA
40
Breaks the traffic law. : SPEEDS
42
Weave. : SPIN
44
Loosen. : UNTIE
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Pierces. : STABS
48
Acidity. : ACOR
50
Astronomical bear. : URSA
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Sturm ___ Drang. : UND
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Institute in Cambridge. : MIT

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1 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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