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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Friday, February 3, 1956
4-Down : Bottom of the sea.
Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 A | 3 U | 4 B | 5 S | 6 C | 7 R | 8 A | 9 M | 10 M | 11 A | 12 R | 13 K |
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14 E | L | S | E | 15 H | O | U | S | E | 16 E | L | A | N |
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17 E | D | E | N | 18 A | N | T | A | R | 19 C | T | I | C | A |
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20 P | O | R | T | 21 E | N | T | S | 22 C | U | T | T | E | R |
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23 H | I | D | E | 24 C | A | R | L | |||||||
25 P | 26 A | 27 R | O | D | Y | 28 B | A | T | T | E | 29 R | 30 E | 31 D |
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32 A | M | U | S | E | 33 G | I | N | O | 34 D | I | D | O |
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35 P | I | N | 36 R | 37 E | U | T | E | R | 38 S | 39 V | I | C |
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40 E | G | G | 41 S | 42 B | I | T | S | 43 C | 44 R | A | C | K |
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45 R | O | S | E | 46 B | U | D | S | 47 V | A | U | L | T | S |
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48 R | A | R | E | 49 L | A | N | D | |||||||
50 A | 51 S | 52 T | E | R | N | 53 B | E | S | T | O | 54 W | 55 A | 56 L |
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57 R | O | U | N | D | E | 58 L | A | Y | S | 59 L | A | V | A |
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60 M | U | T | E | 61 A | O | R | T | A | 62 P | R | I | M |
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63 S | P | U | R | 64 N | O | T | E | R | 65 H | Y | D | E |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,411
Across
1
Rudely executed painting. : DAUB
5
Go away! : SCRAM
10
General Clark. : MARK
14
In addition. : ELSE
15
435 legislators. : HOUSE
16
Eagerness for action. : ELAN
17
Top Conservative. : EDEN
18
Site of "Operation Deep-Freeze." : ANTARCTICA
20
Ominous signs. : PORTENTS
22
Coast Guard vessel. : CUTTER
23
Keep secret. : HIDE
24
Curtis of Nebraska. : CARL
25
Satirical imitation. : PARODY
28
Mauled. : BATTERED
32
Beguile. : AMUSE
33
Signor Prato. : GINO
34
Sportive trick. : DIDO
35
Make fast. : PIN
36
British news agency. : REUTERS
39
Old ___ Theatre. : VIC
40
Candied ___. : EGGS
42
Smithereens. : BITS
43
Sudden noise. : CRACK
45
Debutantes. : ROSEBUDS
47
Pole jumps. : VAULTS
48
Not abounding. : RARE
49
Region. : LAND
50
Where the wake is. : ASTERN
53
Giving. : BESTOWAL
57
Short and lively rural strains. : ROUNDELAYS
59
Basaltic ___. : LAVA
60
Sourdine. : MUTE
61
Great artery. : AORTA
62
Affectedly nice. : PRIM
63
Mountain ridge. : SPUR
64
Perceiver. : NOTER
65
Park on the Hudson. : HYDE
Down
1
Not easily fathomed. : DEEP
2
Actor Ray. : ALDO
3
Employer. : USER
4
Bottom of the sea. : BENTHOS
5
Sterne's hero. : SHANDY
6
Short story. : CONTE
7
Tracks. : RUTS
8
___ matter of fact. : ASA
9
Famous Flemish geographer. : MERCATOR
10
High-spirited. : METTLED
11
Came down. : ALIT
12
Field day event. : RACE
13
Burr in wood. : KNAR
19
Abrupt. : CURT
21
Duck. : EIDER
24
Malacca and rattan. : CANES
25
School assignment. : PAPER
26
Friend from Mejico. : AMIGO
27
Rounds of a ladder. : RUNGS
28
Posts for tying hawsers. : BITTS
29
Emulate. : RIVAL
30
Royal order. : EDICT
31
Waterways between piers. : DOCKS
33
Conductor. : GUIDE
37
Made of ivory. : EBURNEAN
38
Not full. : SCANT
41
Calmer. : SERENER
44
Animal of popular song. : RUDOLPH
46
Poet and singer. : BARD
47
Poughkeepsie's college. : VASSAR
49
Philippine island. : LEYTE
50
Present ___. : ARMS
51
Borsch. : SOUP
52
Ballerina's dancing skirt. : TUTU
53
Rank below a baron: Abbr. : BART
54
Not foolhardy. : WARY
55
Keenly eager. : AVID
56
Not sound or efficient. : LAME
58
Card game. : LOO
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later.
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