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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Wednesday, August 1, 1956

20-Across : Italian title: Abbr.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,591
Across
1
Idle story. : FABLE
6
Supervise, as a journalist. : EDIT
10
Dogie. : CALF
14
Be of use (to). : AVAIL
15
Czech name for Brünn. : BRNO
16
Untrustworthy one. : LIAR
17
John Ridd married her. : LORNA
18
Needles. : RACEHORSE
20
Italian title: Abbr. : SIG
21
Front end of an airship. : PROW
23
Deprive (of). : DIVEST
24
Ancient name of Urfa. : EDESSA
26
Assuage. : SLAKE
28
Fiber for ropes. : HEMP
30
Harmony. : ONENESS
34
Was in a fury. : RAVED
37
Homeric works. : EPICS
39
Promise of fidelity. : VOW
40
Needing irrigation. : ARID
41
Yahoo in "Gulliver's Travels." : BRUTE
42
12-point type. : PICA
43
Taste. : SIP
44
Method of cooking. : SAUTE
45
Lustrous. : SILKY
46
Piece of furniture. : HASSOCK
48
Partner of 61 Across. : RAKE
50
Salad vegetables: Slang. : CUKES
52
Shoe sizes. : WIDTHS
56
Harry. : HARASS
59
Serve. : TEND
61
"The Man with the ___." : HOE
62
$64,000 booth. : ISOLATION
64
Waggish. : DROLL
66
Foremost position. : LEAD
67
4th inning score. : OOOO
68
Thrush. : OUSEL
69
Striplings. : LADS
70
Young seals. : PUPS
71
Complies with. : OBEYS
Down
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Mistaken. : FALSE
2
Shirk. : AVOID
3
Gondola. : BARGE
4
Chinese writer Yutang. : LIN
5
Passed. : ELAPSED
6
Saragossa's river. : EBRO
7
Stalemates. : DRAWS
8
Business abbreviation. : INC
9
Pirouette. : TOEDANCE
10
Divided into two parts. : CLOVEN
11
Tributary of the Aisne. : AIRE
12
Bonny bairn. : LASS
13
Decorative carving or openwork. : FRET
19
Boy Scout specialty. : HIKES
22
Batter. : RAM
25
Lean-to. : SHED
27
Dilly-dally. : LOITER
29
Covering for a baldpate. : PERUKE
31
Unlucky. : EVIL
32
Clout. : SOCK
33
Dance movement. : SWAY
34
Harum-scarum. : RASH
35
Roberta Peters' rendition. : ARIA
36
Personages: Slang. : VIPS
38
Offer for decision. : PUT
41
Baseball necessity. : BACKSTOP
42
Variegated. : PIED
44
Noted bandmaster. : SOUSA
45
Go away: Slang. : SKIDDOO
47
Uses boiling water on. : SCALDS
49
Beard on oats. : AWN
51
Veranda. : STOOP
53
Plural pronoun. : THOSE
54
Descriptive of schweizerkase. : HOLEY
55
Parts with for a price. : SELLS
56
Alabama Senator. : HILL
57
Somewhere on the briny. : ASEA
58
Highway. : ROAD
60
Biblical name. : ENOS
63
Debt symbol. : IOU
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Grate. : RUB

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

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