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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Thursday, June 18, 1959
62-Across : Quips.
Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 G | 3 R | 4 R | 5 I | 6 C | 7 H | 8 S | 9 I | 10 G | 11 M | 12 A |
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13 M | A | R | U | 14 E | C | H | O | 15 E | N | R | O | L |
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16 E | L | O | N | 17 L | O | U | P | 18 S | N | A | R | E |
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19 S | T | A | N | 20 D | I | N | G | P | 21 A | T | 22 V | O | X |
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23 S | A | T | I | R | E | 24 S | I | N | E | 25 W | Y | |||
26 N | E | F | 27 F | 28 N | O | T | A | B | 29 L | 30 E |
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31 L | 32 O | 33 N | G | S | 34 L | 35 O | G | S | 36 L | O | U | T |
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37 A | T | O | M | S | 38 Y | U | M | 39 S | K | A | T | E |
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40 S | O | R | A | 41 V | I | T | A | 42 C | I | T | E | S |
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43 H | E | A | T | 44 H | E | N | 45 D | 46 A | R | N | ||||
47 B | E | I | N | G | 48 S | 49 R | A | G | 50 T | 51 A | 52 G |
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53 C | 54 H | A | 55 S | I | T | T | 56 I | N | G | B | U | L | L |
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57 H | A | Y | 58 E | S | 59 I | O | N | E | 60 A | L | T | O |
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61 I | R | E | N | E | 62 M | O | T | S | 63 S | L | A | W |
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64 P | E | S | T | S | 65 E | P | O | S | 66 S | E | R |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,625
Across
1
Department head: Abbr. : MGR
4
Valuable. : RICH
8
Greek letter. : SIGMA
13
Word on Japanese ship names. : MARU
14
Radio sound effect. : ECHO
15
Accept as a member. : ENROL
16
North Carolina college. : ELON
17
Wolf: Fr. : LOUP
18
Delusion's partner. : SNARE
19
Opposing change: Colloq. : STANDINGPAT
22
___ populi. : VOX
23
A Voltaire forte. : SATIRE
24
Like the Village Blacksmith. : SINEWY
26
Actress Hildegarde. : NEFF
28
Man of distinction. : NOTABLE
31
Hankers. : LONGS
34
Cordwood. : LOGS
36
Oaf. : LOUT
37
___ for Peace. : ATOMS
38
Eater's syllable of satisfaction. : YUM
39
Relative of the devilfish. : SKATE
40
Railbird. : SORA
41
Life: Lat. : VITA
42
Quotes. : CITES
43
Bret Harte's Ah Sin. : HEATHEN
45
Mended place. : DARN
47
Creatures. : BEINGS
49
Riffraff. : RAGTAG
53
Syllable of popular dance. : CHA
55
Little Big Horn victor. : SITTINGBULL
57
Nineteenth President. : HAYES
59
Bulwer-Lytton heroine. : IONE
60
Choir voice. : ALTO
61
"Good Night, ___." : IRENE
62
Quips. : MOTS
63
Salad. : SLAW
64
DDT victims. : PESTS
65
Heroic poetry. : EPOS
66
Indian weight. : SER
Down
1
Where Valletta is. : MALTA
2
Old fourpence. : GROAT
3
Question mark of 1960. : RUNNINGMATE
4
___ pitcher. : RELIEF
5
Churchly image. : ICON
6
Railroad sound effects. : CHUGS
7
Very, very angry. : HOPPINGMAD
8
Term in poetry. : SESTET
9
Tabard, for one. : INN
10
Dish. : GRAVYBOAT
11
Philippine native. : MORO
12
Writer Woollcott. : ALEX
13
How-de-do. : MESS
20
Gown. : DRESS
21
Years: Span. : ANOS
25
Boogie-woogie piano technique. : WALKINGBASS
27
What jets cut down on. : FLYINGTIME
29
Stringed instrument. : LUTE
30
Vous ___ (you are): Fr. : ETES
31
Eyewinker. : LASH
32
Indian. : OTOE
33
Old vaudeville singing star. : NORABAYES
35
Diamond call. : OUT
39
Lean person or animal. : SCRAG
41
I came: Lat. : VENI
44
"Mellerdrammer" sounds. : HISSES
46
Western star. : ARNESS
48
Brownstone front feature. : STOOP
50
Veil material. : TULLE
51
Nuptial place. : ALTAR
52
Warm feeling. : GLOW
53
Approach shot. : CHIP
54
Rodent. : HARE
56
Preposition. : INTO
58
Noun suffix. : ENT
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.