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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Wednesday, January 4, 1967

23-Down : Room to swing ___.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,353
Across
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Golf star. : LEMA
5
Sew. : BASTE
10
Blows on. : FANS
14
With: Fr. : AVEC
15
Celestial body. : ORION
16
Got down. : ALIT
17
Shift. : VEER
18
Eyed with eagerness. : GAZED
19
One of the Nugents. : LUCI
20
Fermi. : ENRICO
22
Garden latticework. : ESPALIER
24
Marquand's sleuth. : MOTO
26
City in Peru. : ICA
27
Celestial sight. : AURORABOREALIS
34
Strasbourg's river. : RHINE
35
Set up. : ERECT
36
Downy covering. : NAP
38
Surfeit. : CLOY
39
Indian. : BRAVE
40
French town. : STLO
41
Enjoyed. : HAD
42
Native of North Island. : MAORI
43
Personage of a sort. : BARON
44
Illusory existence. : NEVERNEVERLAND
47
Globular body. : ORB
48
Height: Abbr. : ELEV
49
Multiply. : INCREASE
54
Rouses. : AWAKES
58
Cutlets. : MEAT
59
Ship's crane. : DAVIT
61
Cat nap. : DOZE
62
Macadamize. : PAVE
63
Pointed arch. : OGIVE
64
Plant pods. : OKRA
65
River of myth. : STYX
66
Coleslaw. : SALAD
67
Stray. : ROAM
Down
1
Flow along. : LAVE
2
Placid. : EVEN
3
Sea: Ger. : MEER
4
Sharpness of language. : ACRIMONY
5
Capital of Colombia. : BOGOTA
6
Macaw. : ARA
7
Giant or jumbo. : SIZE
8
"And bells on her ___." : TOES
9
Tailboard, for one. : ENDPIECE
10
Useless piece of finery. : FALLAL
11
His: Fr. : ALUI
12
Delightful. : NICE
13
Be up and about. : STIR
21
Nucleus. : CORE
23
Room to swing ___. : ACAT
25
Folklore king. : OBERON
27
Roguish. : ARCH
28
Hussar's cousin. : UHLAN
29
___ Janeiro. : RIODE
30
To pray: It. : ORARE
31
Enliven. : REVIVE
32
Within: Lat. : INTRA
33
Gallery. : SALON
37
Walden, for one. : POND
39
West Indies island. : BARBADOS
40
Central American republic (with "El"). : SALVADOR
42
Nothing more than. : MERE
43
Concoct. : BREW
45
Eddy. : VORTEX
46
Cock-a-hoop. : ELATED
49
Folk tale people. : IMPS
50
Not slipshod. : NEAT
51
Guinea pig. : CAVY
52
Long tale. : SAGA
53
Malefic. : EVIL
55
Yum-Yum's guardian. : KOKO
56
Book after the Chronicles. : EZRA
57
Juncture. : SEAM
60
Salt marsh plant. : IVA

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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