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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Thursday, November 14, 1963

19-Down : Symbol of strength.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,219
Across
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Wealth. : GOLD
5
Piece of music. : DUET
9
Purse part. : CLASP
14
Where Sandusky is. : OHIO
15
Olav's capital. : OSLO
16
Italian city. : AOSTA
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Big name in football lore. : YOST
18
"___ Lefty." : WAITINGFOR
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Where the wake is. : ASTERN
22
Relative of a carnelian. : SARD
23
Common suffix. : IVE
24
Droops. : LOPS
26
Revel noisily. : ROISTER
28
___ yard wide. : ALLWOOLANDA
31
___ turn (exactly). : TOA
32
Archipelago of the Philippines. : SULU
33
Shining. : AGLOW
37
Noun suffix. : ANCE
39
Sunders. : RENDS
42
Without: Lat. : SINE
43
Virginia and others. : REELS
45
Omani. : ARAB
47
Dry fruit. : NUT
48
"They say ___ company." : MISERYLOVES
52
Hit and rebounded. : CAROMED
55
Bowsprit. : SPAR
56
See 1 Across. : ORO
57
Cyma molding. : OGEE
59
Line on a weather map. : ISOBAR
63
Omen. : PROGNOSTIC
66
___ Minor. : URSA
67
Ouida's real name. : RAMEE
68
Choral bit. : SOLO
69
Wagon, old style. : WAIN
70
Helpers: Abbr. : ASSTS
71
Shortly. : ANON
72
State: Abbr. : SDAK
Down
1
Great name in art. : GOYA
2
Exclamations. : OHOS
3
Roll. : LIST
4
You don't say so! : DOTELL
5
End of drought. : DOWNPOUR
6
Patriotic monogram. : USA
7
Site of the Augean stables. : ELIS
8
Mahogany pine of New Zealand. : TOTARA
9
Shaw play. : CANDIDA
10
Yule symbol. : LOG
11
___ as a fiddle. : ASFIT
12
Range. : STOVE
13
Kitchen gadget. : PARER
19
Symbol of strength. : IRON
21
Squabbles. : ROWS
25
Filet de ___. : SOLE
27
Drifts to leeward. : SAGS
28
Superior: Colloq. : AONE
29
Appliqué material. : LACE
30
Of the moon. : LUNAR
31
Coal ___. : TAR
34
Short note. : LINE
35
Obligation. : ONUS
36
Opponent of 40 Down. : WET
38
Man's name. : ELMO
40
Prohibitionists. : DRYS
41
Culinary mixture for canapes. : SALPICON
44
Actress Signoret and namesakes. : SIMONES
46
Tippets of a sort. : BOAS
49
Utah's lily. : SEGO
50
Modern Urfa. : EDESSA
51
Dutch women. : VROUWS
52
Source of coconut oil. : COPRA
53
Tapestry. : ARRAS
54
Sign on a brownstone front. : ROOMS
58
Thames town. : ETON
60
Nail. : BRAD
61
___ Minor. : ASIA
62
High degree. : RANK
64
Realize. : GET
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World labor group. : ILO

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

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