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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Thursday, July 25, 1957

36-Across : Spread.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,949
Across
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Gopher's habitation. : HOLE
5
Excited. : AGOG
9
Companion of 46 Down. : ROCK
13
Mohammedan religious teacher. : ALIM
14
Secy. Mitchell's department. : LABOR
16
Black. : EBON
17
Gather in. : REAP
18
For the time (being). : PROTEMPORE
20
Tower over. : DOMINATE
22
Grand ___, on Columbia River. : COULEE
23
Copious. : RICH
24
Job for a trouble man. : FLAT
25
Richardson novel, 1740. : PAMELA
28
Slapdash painting. : DAUBERY
31
Humble. : ABASE
32
Half boots. : PACS
33
Strongly felt. : DEEP
35
Filial one. : SON
36
Spread. : SCATTER
39
Bigwig in China. : MAO
40
Harbor boats. : TUGS
42
Mined products. : ORES
43
Fixed times. : HOURS
45
"___ human ... " : TOERRIS
47
Frozen dessert. : MOUSSE
48
Is drowsy. : NODS
49
Inclination. : BENT
50
Star: Fr. : ETOILE
53
Radio dial. : SELECTOR
57
Name in U. S. Senate's Hall of Fame. : LAFOLLETTE
59
Radames' beloved. : AIDA
60
Rumpus. : STIR
61
Let fly. : LOOSE
62
Omission. : SLIP
63
Picnic spread. : EATS
64
Utters. : SAYS
65
Camper's home. : TENT
Down
1
Unfeeling. : HARD
2
Butter's rival. : OLEO
3
Novelist O'Flaherty. : LIAM
4
Roman and others. : EMPIRES
5
Andean animal. : ALPACA
6
Character in "Middlemarch." : GARTH
7
An organ stop. : OBOE
8
Prepared. : GOT
9
Generally supposed. : REPUTED
10
Coin of Greece. : OBOL
11
Kernel. : CORE
12
Housemaid's ___. : KNEE
15
Solitary. : RECLUSE
19
Ancient kingdom near Dead Sea. : MOAB
21
City near Youngstown. : NILES
24
Matters of reality. : FACTS
25
Nation's history. : PAST
26
Here and there. : ABOUT
27
Fruit. : MANGO
28
Fruits. : DATES
29
Romulus twin. : REMUS
30
Age. : YEARS
32
He eloped with Helen. : PARIS
34
Attitude. : POSE
37
___ Hull. : CORDELL
38
Arles's river. : RHONE
41
Certain students. : SENIORS
44
Waif. : OUTCAST
46
See 9 Across. : ROLL
47
Battles royal. : MELEES
49
Golfer Rawls. : BETSY
50
Or ___! : ELSE
51
Bye-bye. : TATA
52
"Think nothing ___." : OFIT
53
Colonnade on the agora. : STOA
54
Wall material. : TILE
55
His steed is Sleipnir. : ODIN
56
Completely absorbed. : RAPT
58
Aurora of Greek mythology. : EOS

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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