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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Wednesday, October 2, 1963

10-Down : Echo and others.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, 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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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,176
Across
1
Sharpness. : BARB
5
Parts of a monkey wrench. : JAWS
9
Waterfowl. : COOTS
14
Jewish month. : ELUL
15
Great Barrier Reef of N. Z. : OTEA
16
Ship's deck. : ORLOP
17
Home of 26 Across. : ASIA
18
Cereal product. : BRAN
19
Vaquero's lariat. : REATA
20
Then: Fr. : DONC
21
Literary genius. : BARDOFAVON
23
Have or hold. : KEEP
25
Mess item. : SPUD
26
Kalmuck. : TATAR
28
Supped. : ATE
29
About. : SOME
33
Machinist's aid. : OILER
34
Strand. : SHORE
36
McCone's concern. : CIA
37
Important aspect of defense. : NAVALOPERATIONS
40
Part of Switzerland. : URI
41
Get going! : SCRAM
42
Set free. : UNTIE
43
Caroled. : SANG
45
Coal scuttle. : HOD
46
Revoke, in law. : ADEEM
47
___ près (nearly): Fr. : APEU
49
Assert. : AVER
50
When to "come and get it." : SUPPERTIME
54
Volcano rock. : TUFA
58
Part of a church. : CRYPT
59
Doctrines. : ISMS
60
Horse of a certain color. : GRAY
61
Shoelace tip. : AGLET
62
Shipshape. : NEAT
63
Cutting tool. : ADZE
64
Thin or piping. : REEDY
65
The cheek: Lat. : GENA
66
Pleads. : SUES
Down
1
Part of a gun sight. : BEAD
2
As well. : ALSO
3
Undoing. : RUIN
4
Souchong. : BLACKTEA
5
Type of business man. : JOBBER
6
Set ___ for. : ATRAP
7
Clothes, as men's ___. : WEAR
8
Desert phenomenon. : SANDSTORM
9
Ionian island. : CORFU
10
Echo and others. : OREADS
11
Norway's monarch. : OLAV
12
Dog in Oz tales. : TOTO
13
Team of oxen. : SPAN
22
___ comique. : OPERA
24
Peers. : EARLS
26
Head decoration. : TIARA
27
Dark of baseball. : ALVIN
28
Winning. : AHEAD
30
Mexican pine. : OCOTE
31
Droplet. : MINIM
32
Naturalness. : EASE
33
Blame. : ONUS
34
Growing rapidly. : SPROUTING
35
Musical study. : ETUDE
38
Pigment. : OCHER
39
Neon or xenon. : INERTGAS
44
Breached. : GAPPED
46
Sacred writings of Persia. : AVESTA
48
Trifling. : PETTY
49
Jordan's capital. : AMMAN
50
Rocky place. : SCAR
51
Exhort. : URGE
52
Famous Ernie. : PYLE
53
Conversational cliché. : ISEE
55
Language of Pakistan. : URDU
56
Disturb: Colloq. : FAZE
57
"The ___ have it." : AYES

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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