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Kay Sullivan
Kay Sullivan

New York Times, Friday, May 7, 1982

31-Across : Kind of velvet

Author:
Kay Sullivan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 352 (avg 1.86)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Kay Sullivan has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,868
Across
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Serf : ESNE
5
Ziti, e.g. : PASTA
10
___-da-fé : AUTO
14
Closemouthed person : CLAM
15
Hungarian national hero : ARPAD
16
Author of "Strangers and Brothers" : SNOW
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Part of a horse collar : HAME
18
Ribbed cotton fabric : PIQUE
19
Pivot : SLUE
20
Superintendent : OVERSEER
22
Stills : QUIETS
24
"___ of My Dreams," 1927 song : GIRL
25
Venture : QUEST
26
Willows : OSIERS
29
"The ___ of mercy ... ": Shak. : QUALITY
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Kind of velvet : PANNE
32
Altogether : QUITE
33
Dawn goddess : EOS
35
Grass unit : TUFT
36
"The ___ Fellow," Behan play : QUARE
37
Very dry, as some champagne : BRUT
38
Old Indic lang. : SKR
39
Hypothetical particle : QUARK
40
Lorenzo di ___, Renaissance painter : CREDI
41
Result : SEQUENT
43
Shawl worn by Indian women : CHADOR
44
One of a famous five : QUINT
45
Feign : SHAM
46
Hackney, e.g. : EQUINE
48
Vex : ACERBATE
52
Roe or pudu : DEER
53
Finishing material for meubles : LAQUE
55
Boxer Firpo : LUIS
56
Actress Jackson : ANNE
57
Extols : LAUDS
58
Sea birds : ERNS
59
Tangles : MATS
60
Wipe out : ERASE
61
Basil's cousin : SAGE
Down
1
Radar reflection : ECHO
2
Czech or Croat : SLAV
3
Call : NAME
4
Arising unexpectedly : EMERGENT
5
The pumpkin ___ : PAPERS
6
Spirit in "The Tempest" : ARIEL
7
The Senate and the Roman people: Abbr. : SPQR
8
Fraternity letter : TAU
9
Acceptable but not remarkable : ADEQUATE
10
Celebrated town near Perugia : ASSISI
11
Ignorant : UNLETTERED
12
Ballyhoo : TOUT
13
Is behindhand : OWES
21
Beget : SIRE
23
Ubangi tributary : UELE
25
Peculiar trait : QUIRK
26
Chooses : OPTS
27
Algonquian group : SAUKS
28
Uncommon : INFREQUENT
29
One-eighth of a peck : QUART
30
"___ Something to Me," 1929 song : YOUDO
32
Mary ___, mini-skirt introducer : QUANT
34
Commotion : STIR
36
Dumpling of minced meat or fish : QUENELLE
37
Berry producers : BRAMBLES
39
Comb. form for a bitter tonic : QUIN
40
Burn : CHAR
42
Twenty of these make a ream : QUIRES
43
Port-Salut, e.g. : CHEESE
45
Glides along swiftly : SCUDS
46
Dutch treat : EDAM
47
City on the Nile : QENA
48
Word with fortis or pura : AQUA
49
Nimbus : AURA
50
Light ringing sound : TING
51
Being : ESSE
54
Swiss river : AAR

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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