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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Wednesday, January 28, 1959
25-Down : U.S. jet plane.
Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 H | 2 I | 3 L | 4 T | 5 E | 6 A | 7 C | 8 H | 9 B | 10 O | 11 G | 12 U | 13 S |
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14 A | S | I | R | 15 M | I | L | O | 16 O | R | A | L | E |
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17 N | E | R | O | 18 P | R | E | Y | 19 M | I | L | N | E |
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20 K | E | R | C | 21 H | I | E | F | 22 C | A | E | S | A | R |
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23 H | E | R | D | 24 W | O | R | N | |||||||
25 S | 26 E | 27 S | E | L | I | 28 P | R | A | C | T | 29 I | 30 C | 31 E |
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32 A | L | L | 33 M | C | 34 M | L | I | X | 35 A | R | A | S |
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36 B | L | A | 37 T | S | 38 E | A | T | 39 S | L | A | P | S |
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40 R | E | N | E | 41 E | R | N | E | 42 S | T | 43 T | E | A |
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44 E | N | T | R | 45 A | N | C | E | 46 P | A | 47 P | E | R | Y |
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48 R | U | D | Y | 49 C | L | I | O | |||||||
50 R | 51 A | 52 P | I | D | S | 53 P | H | A | N | T | 54 A | 55 S | 56 Y |
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57 A | L | I | B | I | 58 F | L | A | Y | 59 T | R | I | O |
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60 S | M | E | L | T | 61 E | A | S | E | 62 L | I | N | K |
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63 H | A | D | E | S | 64 D | Y | E | D | 65 E | D | G | E |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,484
Across
1
Handle. : HILT
5
Apiece. : EACH
9
Spurious. : BOGUS
14
Part of Saudi Arabia. : ASIR
15
Venus of ___. : MILO
16
Pope's ceremonial veil. : ORALE
17
Stout's stout sleuth. : NERO
18
Quarry. : PREY
19
Creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. : MILNE
20
Bandanna. : KERCHIEF
22
Early dictator. : CAESAR
23
Drove. : HERD
24
Exhausted. : WORN
25
Meadow saxifrage: Bot. : SESELI
28
Do. : PRACTICE
32
Solely. : ALL
33
This year. : MCMLIX
35
Parrots. : ARAS
36
Cries, as a calf. : BLATS
38
Dine. : EAT
39
Buffets. : SLAPS
40
___ Coty. : RENE
41
Senator Gruening. : ERNEST
43
Social function. : TEA
44
Carry away with delight. : ENTRANCE
46
Thin as onionskin. : PAPERY
48
___ Vallee. : RUDY
49
One of the Muses. : CLIO
50
Ausable Chasm feature. : RAPIDS
53
Product of imagination. : PHANTASY
57
Excuse. : ALIBI
58
Censure harshly. : FLAY
59
Duet's rival. : TRIO
60
Small fish. : SMELT
61
Quiet. : EASE
62
Couple. : LINK
63
Pluto's abode. : HADES
64
Imbued thoroughly. : DYED
65
Margin. : EDGE
Down
1
Skein. : HANK
2
Conversational phrase. : ISEE
3
125-year-old railroad: Abbr. : LIRR
4
Medicinal lozenge. : TROCHE
5
Based solely on experiment. : EMPIRIC
6
Ventilated. : AIRED
7
Musical symbol. : CLEF
8
Hog-driving call. : HOY
9
Air Force ground-to-air missile. : BOMARC
10
Eastern. : ORIENTAL
11
Contents of a hogshead: Abbr. : GALS
12
Cubitus. : ULNA
13
Predictor. : SEER
21
Steering wheels. : HELMS
22
Cajole. : COAX
24
Draw up or draft. : WRITE
25
U.S. jet plane. : SABRE
26
Lochinvar's lady. : ELLEN
27
Bevel. : SLANT
28
___ geometry. : PLANE
29
Incensed. : IRATE
30
Skip or jump. : CAPER
31
Literary product. : ESSAY
34
Clemency. : MERCY
37
Simply awful. : TERRIBLE
39
Impart color to. : STAIN
41
Closes. : ENDS
42
Spread out. : SPLAYED
45
Jobs for a C.P.A. : AUDITS
47
Two-quart tankard. : POTTLE
49
Salmon P. ___. : CHASE
50
Ill-considered. : RASH
51
Soprano Gluck. : ALMA
52
Mottled. : PIED
53
Act. : PLAY
54
Unproductive. : ARID
55
Chant. : SING
56
See 62 Across. : YOKE
58
Nurtured. : FED
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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