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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Wednesday, September 13, 1967

20-Across : Native of Darmstadt.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J K }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,605
Across
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Censure. : BLAME
6
Hockey goal. : CAGE
10
Fish duck. : SMEW
14
Boston's airport. : LOGAN
15
Have ___ to grind. : ANAX
16
___ to (stopped): Naut. : HOVE
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Seaman's term. : AVAST
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Regarded as perfect. : IDEALIZED
20
Native of Darmstadt. : HESSIAN
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Relative of the piña. : ANANAS
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Iroquoians. : ERIES
25
Scrap of news. : ITEM
26
Colored crayon. : PASTEL
29
Gains, in a way. : COMESBY
32
Before: Lat. : ANTE
33
Trailing branch of a plant. : STOLON
35
Noun suffix. : ION
37
Traffic jam. : SNARL
39
School course: Abbr. : ENG
40
Hat. : TOQUE
42
Annoyed exclamation. : TUT
43
Medicinal root. : IPECAC
46
Prickly seedcases. : BURS
47
Supple. : LISSOME
49
Best fitted. : ABLEST
51
Numerical prefix. : OCTO
52
South Pacific island group. : SAMOA
54
Scornful expressions. : SNEERS
56
Grotesque fish. : SEATOAD
60
Flags. : STANDARDS
62
___ Janeiro. : RIODE
63
River into the Seine. : EURE
64
Except. : SAVE
65
Contributor. : DONOR
66
Namesakes of one of the "Little Women." : AMYS
67
___ were. : ASIT
68
Catches. : SNAGS
Down
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Nonsense: Slang. : BLAH
2
Cherish. : LOVE
3
Eastern titles. : AGAS
4
Jaw muscle. : MASSETER
5
Unbroken. : ENTIRE
6
Mine sweeper of fiction. : CAINE
7
Moreover. : AND
8
Earth as a goddess: Gr. myth. : GAEA
9
From the heart: Lat. : EXANIMO
10
Beams. : SHINES
11
Tanzania's neighbor. : MOZAMBIQUE
12
Poetic times. : EVES
13
Unite closely. : WED
19
Not in sight. : LATENT
21
Troubles. : AILS
24
Bracket candlesticks. : SCONCES
26
Completed. : PAST
27
Blot out. : ANNUL
28
Fixed. : STATIONARY
30
Girl's name. : OLGA
31
Double possessive. : YOURS
34
Abound. : TEEM
36
Snuggery. : NEST
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Catalogued. : LISTED
41
Religious offering. : OBLATION
44
___ church mouse. : POORASA
45
Appeared. : CAME
48
Pictures. : SCENES
50
Two-by-fours. : BOARDS
53
Education, for one. : ASSET
54
Unfermented grape juice. : STUM
55
Ladies from Sevilla. : SRAS
57
A Chaplin. : OONA
58
___'s age. : ADOG
59
Origins of words: Abbr. : DERS
60
Heavy swell. : SEA
61
Year in Theodoric's time. : DVI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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