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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Monday, May 24, 1954

1-Across : Jacks, in cribbage.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,791
Across
1
Jacks, in cribbage. : NOBS
5
Defeat soundly. : DRUB
9
Stork's relative. : CRANE
14
Running track. : OVAL
15
Unnatural. : EERY
16
Gypsied. : ROVED
17
Time of the demi-gods of Greece or Rome. : HEROICAGE
19
Evergreen tree. : OLIVE
20
Oriental name. : ITO
21
Faction. : SIDE
22
Very precious. : GOLDEN
23
In single file. : TANDEM
25
Fair weather. : SHINE
27
Cycles. : ERAS
29
More than late. : OVERDUE
33
Landmark in Paris. : EIFFELTOWER
37
King, in Spain. : REY
38
Exclusively. : ONLY
39
Sharp tool. : AWL
40
Bazaar. : SALE
41
Question on an application. : AGE
42
Tannhaeuser was one. : MINNESINGER
46
Video, for instance. : NEWWORD
48
Piece of mischief. : DIDO
49
Hibernian. : IRISH
51
A pretty thing of little value. : GEWGAW
55
Candidates for the ducking stool. : SCOLDS
58
Mountain near Catania. : ETNA
60
River in the south Urals. : UFA
61
City in Gov. Murray's state. : TULSA
62
Congress is. : INSESSION
64
Synthetic fabric. : ORLON
65
Burr in wood. : KNAR
66
Plow the long furrow. : PLOD
67
Sprout or sapling. : PLANT
68
Spikes on maize. : EARS
69
Philippine Negrito. : AETA
Down
1
Rare kind of ball game. : NOHIT
2
Lady in the Cabinet. : OVETA
3
Magnate. : BARON
4
Truncated traffic sign. : SLO
5
Progressing by tens. : DECIMAL
6
Register. : READ
7
Goads on. : URGES
8
Hole left unplayed, in golf. : BYE
9
Eddie Fisher, for example. : CROONER
10
Part of a window shade. : ROLLER
11
Greedy. : AVID
12
Snow on a glacier. : NEVE
13
Man at a conference table. : EDEN
18
Grenoble's river. : ISERE
22
Provide information: Slang. : GIVE
24
Throw down the gauntlet. : DEFY
26
Roared like the wind. : HOWLED
28
Bleachers. : STANDS
30
Influence: Slang. : DRAG
31
Influx of the Ubangi River. : UELE
32
Looker-on. : EYER
33
Dawnlike. : EOAN
34
Noted playwright. : INGE
35
Waved in the air. : FLEW
36
Hold by right. : OWN
40
A winter, as a period of time. : SNOW
42
Sarcastic. : MORDANT
43
Flowering flag. : IRIS
44
John Hancock and others. : SIGNERS
45
Plans. : IDEAS
47
Pentagon leader. : WILSON
50
Kind of redhead. : HENNA
52
Crafty conduct. : GUILE
53
In progress. : AFOOT
54
Musician Landowska. : WANDA
55
Series of organ pipes. : STOP
56
Frizz. : CURL
57
Spanish kettle. : OLLA
59
Feodor I. : TSAR
62
Passenger on the Columbine. : IKE
63
Saratoga Springs. : SPA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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