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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Friday, January 12, 1951
36-Down : He wrote "The 13 Clocks."
Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 326 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Grid has duplicate clues.
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 L | 4 T | 5 A | 6 O | 7 L | 8 A | 9 F | 10 B | 11 A | 12 C | 13 H |
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14 A | P | A | R | A | 15 N | A | I | L | 16 E | C | H | O |
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17 S | O | M | E | R | 18 S | E | T | M | A | 19 U | G | H | A | M |
20 T | R | I | M | 21 T | I | E | 22 C | R | E | E | S | E |
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23 S | T | A | B | 24 B | E | D | 25 S | K | I | T | ||||
26 L | E | V | A | 27 N | T | 28 A | S | 29 H | 30 U | 31 R |
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32 E | 33 F | 34 F | E | T | E | 35 O | A | 36 T | H | 37 O | R | E |
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38 B | A | L | D | 39 N | 40 E | I | G | H | 41 S | O | D | A |
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42 O | M | A | 43 A | S | P | S | 44 U | 45 S | E | F | U | L |
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46 N | E | P | 47 A | L | 48 H | Y | 49 B | R | I | D | ||||
50 Z | I | 51 T | A | 52 A | B | R | A | 53 H | 54 A | 55 M |
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56 M | 57 I | 58 K | A | D | O | 59 S | H | E | 60 T | O | B | Y |
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61 E | R | O | L | A | N | 62 D | H | A | R | 63 R | I | M | A | N |
64 T | A | K | E | 65 G | U | A | M | 66 O | V | E | T | A |
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67 A | N | O | A | 68 S | O | Y | A | 69 C | E | R | E | S |
© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 572
Across
1
Impregnable island, World War II. : MALTA
6
Heir to Norway's crown. : OLAF
10
Great name in music. : BACH
14
Three-banded armadillo. : APARA
15
Make secure. : NAIL
16
Nymph who pined away for love. : ECHO
17
Author who acts in his own movies. : SOMERSETMAUGHAM
20
Shipshape. : TRIM
21
Ascot. : TIE
22
Dagger having a serpentine blade. : CREESE
23
Pierced. : STABBED
25
Part of a revue. : SKIT
26
Oscar of the piano. : LEVANT
28
Chief deity of the Assyrians. : ASHUR
32
Exhausted of energy. : EFFETE
35
Current cause of schism in educational circles. : OATH
37
Metal-bearing rock. : ORE
38
Unadorned. : BALD
39
Horse's voice. : NEIGH
41
Ice cream ___. : SODA
42
He battles Charles tonight. : OMA
43
Cobras used by snake charmers. : ASPS
44
Handy. : USEFUL
46
Buffer state between Tibet and India. : NEPAL
48
Offspring of two different plants. : HYBRID
50
Former empress of Austria. : ZITA
52
Nancy Hanks' son. : ABRAHAM
56
Popular comic opera. : MIKADO
59
Rider Haggard's novel. : SHE
60
Small jug shaped like a fat man, viz. Winston Churchill. : TOBY
61
President of the American National Red Cross. : EROLANDHARRIMAN
64
Capture. : TAKE
65
U. S. island in the Pacific. : GUAM
66
Mrs. Hobby, former head of W. A. C. : OVETA
67
Small wild ox. : ANOA
68
Legume with valuable beans. : SOYA
69
Corn and earth goddess. : CERES
Down
1
London is called City of ___. : MASTS
2
On the left side of a ship. : APORT
3
Title of a poem by Keats. : LAMIA
4
Shook with fear. : TREMBLED
5
Swiss river. : AAR
6
Lake in central New York. : ONEIDA
7
Far advanced in time. : LATE
8
Object. : AIM
9
U. S. Ambassador to Poland. : FLACK
10
Procreates. : BEGETS
11
Common head symptom. : ACHE
12
Mr. Addams of the "Monster Rally." : CHAS
13
Refrain of John Howard Payne's song. : HOME
18
Rise of the Met. : STEVENS
19
Mr. Wickfield's thieving clerk. : URIAH
24
Stake. : BET
25
"The ___ at eve." : STAG
27
Vociferous. : NOISY
29
Dance: Colloq. : HOOF
30
Hindustani. : URDU
31
Unfeigned. : REAL
32
Very black. : EBON
33
Hall of ___ of New York University. : FAME
34
Part of an envelope. : FLAP
36
He wrote "The 13 Clocks." : THURBER
40
Hebrew dry measure of corn. : EPHA
41
Pain assuager. : SEDATIVE
43
Girl's name. : ALIDA
45
Olivier's title. : SIR
47
Pinkster flower. : AZALEA
49
___ Island, N. E. of Cuba. : BAHAMA
51
Iceman's implement. : TONGS
53
Senator Ferguson. : HOMER
54
Let up. : ABATE
55
Common birds of Asia, often taught to talk. : MYNAS
56
Girl's name. : META
57
Persia. : IRAN
58
The Lord High Executioner: see 56 Across. : KOKO
59
Light open carriage. : SHAY
62
Instrumental duet. : DUO
63
Sindbad's high flyer. : ROC
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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