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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Wednesday, August 17, 1955

23-Across : ___ a time.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,241
Across
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Lorelei had a golden one. : COMB
5
Flows back. : EBBS
9
Achilles' vulnerable spot. : HEEL
13
German river. : ODER
14
Actor Lloyd. : NOLAN
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Earth goddess. : ERDA
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Mythical herb of magic powers. : MOLY
18
"___ what he can do till he tries." : NOONEKNOWS
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Medieval crossbow. : ARBALEST
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Indian title. : PANDIT
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___ a time. : ONEAT
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Glossy cotton fabric. : SATEEN
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Grooved, as some pillars. : FLUTED
27
Showy flower. : TULIP
28
Melody. : AIR
29
Plane or freighter. : SHIP
31
Church image: Var. : EIKON
35
Dog: Latin. : CANIS
38
Beaver State: Abbr. : ORE
39
Wading bird. : SNIPE
40
E. C. Bentley's detective. : TRENT
41
Promise. : WORD
43
Tio's wife. : TIA
44
Delicate. : FRAIL
46
Click beetle. : ELATER
49
Treat with scorn. : DERIDE
51
Descriptive of the porcupine. : SPINY
52
Gulch. : RAVINE
53
Properly. : BYRIGHTS
56
Heroine of Acadian exile. : EVANGELINE
58
Take it easy. : LAZE
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Met impresario. : BING
60
Sulu natives. : MOROS
61
Welsh man's name. : EWAN
62
South African fox. : ASSE
63
Says further. : ADDS
64
Old Indic language: Abbr. : SKRT
Down
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Stupor. : COMA
2
Garlic's forte. : ODOR
3
Site of 1956 Olympic games. : MELBOURNE
4
He wrote "Thanatopsis," at the age of 18. : BRYANT
5
Groups of nine. : ENNEADS
6
Favorable advances. : BOOST
7
Stigma. : BLOT
8
___ Antonio. : SAN
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Explorer of the Upper Mississippi. : HENNEPIN
10
Eat away. : ERODE
11
Gov. Johnson of Colorado. : EDWIN
12
Form for shaping a shoe. : LAST
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Where Everest is. : NEPAL
19
Relatives of Kit and Kittie. : KATIES
21
Virginia name. : LEE
24
Very fine: Colloq. : SUPER
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Truth. : FACT
26
Unreliable one. : LIAR
27
Alpine region. : TIROL
30
Diminutive of a man's name. : HOWIE
32
Memorable scene of 1903 event. : KITTYHAWK
33
18th cent. English painter. : OPIE
34
At hand. : NEAR
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Break, as a law or agreement. : INFRINGE
37
Cord of a viol. : STRING
42
Discourage. : DEPRESS
45
Revoke, as a grant. : ADEEM
47
Weeks in a year. : LII
48
Points of view. : ANGLES
49
President of the Confederacy. : DAVIS
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Actor Maurice. : EVANS
51
Church council. : SYNOD
52
Biblical name. : REBA
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Scientists' name for artificial satellite. : BIRD
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Obsolete ruler: Var. : TZAR
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Caused to go. : SENT
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Mauna ___. : LOA

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

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