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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Wednesday, February 27, 1963

41-Down : Genus of the grape vine.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J M Q Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,964
Across
1
Burn partly. : CHAR
5
Building material. : ADOBE
10
Sound from a satellite. : BEEP
14
Under the ___ (in secret). : ROSE
15
Of the ends of the earth. : POLAR
16
Car part. : AXLE
17
Fire ___. : OPAL
18
Like a monkey's tail. : PREHENSILE
20
Dark-red apple. : WINESAP
22
Dance. : TWOSTEP
23
Concert piece. : VALSE
25
Speed. : HIE
26
Twin city. : STPAUL
29
Turncoat. : APOSTATE
34
Cutup's trick. : PRANK
35
The sea: Slang. : BRINY
36
Pasture. : LEA
37
Conical kiln. : OAST
38
Some person. : ONE
39
Burberry. : COAT
40
Exclamation of vexation. : TCH
41
Meadow mice. : VOLES
43
Pickled food. : SOUSE
44
Fulmars, petrels, etc. : SEABIRDS
46
Wish to know. : WONDER
47
French season. : ETE
48
Menu specialty. : TROUT
50
Cyrano de Bergerac, for one. : DUELIST
54
Job for a footboy. : ERRANDS
58
Confused. : INDISTINCT
60
Swamphen. : COOT
61
Well-judged. : SAGE
62
Israeli port. : ELATH
63
General effect. : TONE
64
Musical symbol. : CLEF
65
Soldier of the Indian Mutiny. : SEPOY
66
Twist. : SKEW
Down
1
Barnyard sound. : CROW
2
Pueblo Indian. : HOPI
3
Wise ___ owl. : ASAN
4
To the point. : RELEVANT
5
Shock. : APPALL
6
South African villages. : DORPS
7
Aficionado's cheer. : OLE
8
About a nickel in Bangkok. : BAHT
9
Samuel Butler's utopia. : EREWHON
10
Hunting dog. : BASSET
11
Theater sign. : EXIT
12
French pronoun. : ELLE
13
Look slyly. : PEEP
19
Vociferous. : NOISY
21
River in Minnesota. : SAUK
24
Not playful. : EARNEST
26
In ___ (at intervals). : SPOTS
27
Outline. : TRACE
28
Former title in Egypt. : PASHA
30
Menu specialties. : PIES
31
Audibly. : ALOUD
32
Goad. : TEASE
33
Knife-and-fork man. : EATER
35
Daring. : BOLD
39
Persons serving as go-betweens. : CONTACTS
41
Genus of the grape vine. : VITIS
42
Friend of Pylades. : ORESTES
43
Acrid. : SOUR
45
Trust. : BELIEF
46
Estimable. : WORTHY
49
Printer's term. : RECTO
50
Roundlet. : DISC
51
Single. : UNAL
52
Move gradually. : EDGE
53
Wall decor. : TILE
55
Hideaway. : NOOK
56
Through. : DONE
57
Hotchpotch. : STEW
59
Forty winks. : NAP

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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