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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Saturday, March 23, 1957

15-Across : Lesson taught by a fable.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,825
Across
1
Take it easy. : LAZE
5
Veritable. : REAL
9
Restrain. : CURB
13
One of Homer's heroes. : AJAX
14
Chief town of 52 Across. : APIA
15
Lesson taught by a fable. : MORAL
16
Majority whip in U. S. Senate. : MANSFIELD
18
Dumfound. : AMAZE
19
Definite. : PRECISE
20
Letter. : DOUBLEU
22
That is: Lat. : IDEST
24
Before duo. : UNO
25
Famous name in baseball. : WAGNER
28
Cause of suffering. : HARDSHIP
33
Rancher's concern. : HERD
34
Married person. : SPOUSE
36
Stout. : ALE
37
Panting. : AGASP
39
Relative of the osprey. : ERN
40
Determined. : RULED
42
1051. : MLI
43
Long-legged birds. : EGRETS
46
Feet: Suffix in zoology. : PODA
47
Miss from Cadiz. : SENORITA
49
Squabble: Slang. : HASSEL
51
Fray. : RUB
52
Island of Western Samoa. : UPOLU
54
Minority whip in U. S. Senate. : DIRKSEN
58
Cupidity. : AVARICE
62
Have ___ to pick. : ABONE
63
Substance used in perfumery. : AMBERGRIS
65
Of high repute. : FAMED
66
Defoe heroine. : MOLL
67
Wyatt ___. : EARP
68
Odd card. : TREY
69
Biblical name. : ENOS
70
Official: Abbr. : SECY
Down
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Headlight. : LAMP
2
Jangling. : AJAR
3
Author Grey. : ZANE
4
Cuts out. : EXSCINDS
5
Elevators. : RAISERS
6
Types of foils. : EPEES
7
Trouble. : AIL
8
Alan on the marquee. : LADD
9
Small groups of jazz players. : COMBOS
10
River of Europe. : URAL
11
Demolish. : RAZE
12
French color. : BLEU
15
Move in an aimless way. : MAUNDER
17
Bona ___. : FIDE
21
Pronoun. : OURS
23
Popular social critic of 19th cen. : THOREAU
25
Smashing exclamations. : WHAMS
26
Mother of the Graces. : AEGLE
27
Tiny bit. : GRAIN
29
Relative. : AUNT
30
Glories. : HALOS
31
___ France. : ILEDE
32
Treadle. : PEDAL
35
Forward. : PERT
38
Read. : PERUSED
41
Rises with a violent, sweeping motion. : UPSURGES
44
Jeer. : GIBE
45
Tools. : SHOVELS
48
Island group N of Scotland. : ORKNEY
50
Having wings. : ALAR
53
Casals. : PABLO
54
Silly. : DAFT
55
Type of girder. : IBAR
56
European capital. : ROME
57
Mention. : NAME
59
"Dies ___." : IRAE
60
About: Abbr. : CIRC
61
Catch sight of. : ESPY
64
Calendar abbreviation. : MON

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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