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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Thursday, October 21, 1954

30-Down : Twaddle.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,941
Across
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Christmas-tree ornament. : STAR
5
Island about the size of Pennsylvania. : CUBA
9
Cold. : GELID
14
Stupendous. : HUGE
15
Particular things. : ONES
16
Popular wall color. : IVORY
17
Décor for a cake. : ONECANDLE
19
Quay. : LEVEE
20
Earn by service. : DESERVE
21
Ever-young. : AGELESS
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Actress Gale. : STORM
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Petal of a daisy. : RAY
26
Deep-sea: Naut. : DIPSEY
29
He was cast by Nebuchadnezzar into a fiery furnace. : ABEDNEGO
34
Archangel, "Regent of the Sun." : URIEL
35
Composer Handy's forte. : BLUES
36
Karel Capek's robot play. : RUR
37
Well-disposed. : KIND
38
Either side of an army. : FLANK
39
Where corn is stored. : CRIB
40
Id ___. : EST
41
Earthenware vessel. : CROCK
42
Large ruminant. : MOOSE
43
See 29 Across. : SHADRACH
45
Deluded. : MISLED
46
Bardic "even." : EEN
47
Golden images in Babylon. : IDOLS
49
See 29 and 43 Across. : MESHACH
53
Prohibited. : ILLEGAL
57
Plans of action. : IDEAS
58
Mme. Schumann-Heink. : ERNESTINE
60
Lou, Eleanor, Bess, ___. : MAMIE
61
Droll fellows. : WAGS
62
Very black. : EBON
63
Eastern nobles. : EMIRS
64
Locate. : SPOT
65
Snuggeries. : DENS
Down
1
Wearing brogues. : SHOD
2
Music to the ear. : TUNE
3
Lincoln "belongs to the ___." : AGES
4
Took time out. : RECESSED
5
Battleships, cruisers, corvettes, etc. : CONVOY
6
Falling short of. : UNDER
7
Temple of ___ in Babylon. : BEL
8
Out with the fleet. : ASEA
9
Biblical Mount and region. : GILEADS
10
Brother of Alec Waugh. : EVELYN
11
Term of endearment. : LOVE
12
Makes angry. : IRES
13
Cochineal and indigo. : DYES
18
Russian cooperative. : ARTEL
22
Native of Corinth. : GREEK
24
Book of the Old Testament. : MALACHI
26
Ellington and Snider. : DUKES
27
___ Sea, part of the Atlantic. : IRISH
28
Caravel of 1492. : PINTA
30
Twaddle. : BUNK
31
Actor Flynn. : ERROL
32
Outward aspect. : GUISE
33
Round. : ORBED
35
Political group. : BLOC
38
European money. : FRANC
39
Treated as a pet. : COSSETED
41
Folds. : CREASES
42
Processing centers for grains. : MILLS
44
Depilate. : DEHAIR
45
Harass. : MOLEST
48
Australian wild dog. : DINGO
49
Buffoon. : MIME
50
Cheese. : EDAM
51
Half: Prefix. : SEMI
52
Hacks. : HEWS
54
Taunt. : GIBE
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Before long. : ANON
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Monocle. : LENS
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Say sharply (with "out"). : RAP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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