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Kay Sullivan
Kay Sullivan

New York Times, Monday, May 4, 1981

38-Across : Govt. agency

Author:
Kay Sullivan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Kay Sullivan has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,500
Across
1
"___ in the hand ... " : ABIRD
6
Tangle : MAT
9
___ Loeveberg, Norwegian soprano : AASE
13
Street show : RAREE
14
Den : LAIR
15
Companion of dry : DRIP
16
Runway : STRIP
17
Earth goddess : ERDA
18
Evil : VILE
19
Small villages : HAMLETS
21
Imagine : IDEATE
23
Great temple of Athena : PARTHENON
25
Make amends : ATONE
27
Choice, as a wine : VINTAGE
31
Part of a carrousel : HORSE
32
Catkin or idiot : AMENT
34
Moo : LOW
35
Indian of the Great Lakes region : ERIE
36
Smart : STING
37
Challenge : DARE
38
Govt. agency : FTC
39
Feelings : MOODS
40
Pair of socks : MATES
41
"Winner ___" : TAKEALL
43
Fed up : SATED
44
Henry Moore's forte : SCULPTURE
47
Kind of window or arch : LANCET
50
Digresses : RAMBLES
53
Sector : AREA
54
Kaminska and Lupino : IDAS
56
Talks like a child : LISPS
58
Cinch : SNAP
59
Chances : ODDS
60
Weariness of the bored : ENNUI
61
"You Can't Get There From ___": Ogden Nash : HERE
62
Kind of impressionist : NEO
63
What they project, you might expect : SEERS
Down
1
"___ gratia artis" : ARS
2
Tub rub : BATH
3
Singer Petina : IRRA
4
Levy anew : REIMPOSE
5
Get off at O'Hare : DEPLANE
6
Salt ___ (grassland beside the sea) : MARSH
7
Helping hand : AID
8
Boxer's prebout activity : TRAINING
9
Arrival : ADVENT
10
Springboard for Sills' trills : ARIA
11
Part of a delta : SILT
12
Fencer's need : EPEE
14
Inhabitant of a Baltic region : LETT
20
Before, to a poet : ERE
22
"___ tread on me" : DONT
24
Makes level : EVENS
25
Main artery : AORTA
26
Lobster ___ (night shift) : TRICK
28
Winged : ALATE
29
Like some skirts : GORED
30
Part of a flock : EWES
31
Influence; weight : HEFT
32
Bikini, e.g. : ATOLL
33
"___ pleasures and ... " : MID
36
Puzzle fan's goal : SOLUTION
37
This goes along the 180th meridian : DATELINE
39
Spiked club : MACE
40
Elgin ___ (from 23 Across) : MARBLES
42
Vamoose from a calaboose : ESCAPE
43
It goes with substance : SUM
45
Madrid's great museum : PRADO
46
Foreign news service : TASS
47
Pupil protector : LASH
48
Composer for Addison's "Rosamund" : ARNE
49
Approach : NEAR
51
Laborer in Ivanhoe's day : ESNE
52
Stimulus : SPUR
55
H.S.T. follower : DDE
57
Relative, for short : SIS

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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