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S. A. Kay
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.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,411
Across
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Rudely executed painting. : DAUB
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Go away! : SCRAM
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General Clark. : MARK
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In addition. : ELSE
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435 legislators. : HOUSE
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Eagerness for action. : ELAN
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Top Conservative. : EDEN
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Site of "Operation Deep-Freeze." : ANTARCTICA
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Ominous signs. : PORTENTS
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Coast Guard vessel. : CUTTER
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Keep secret. : HIDE
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Curtis of Nebraska. : CARL
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Satirical imitation. : PARODY
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Mauled. : BATTERED
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Beguile. : AMUSE
33
Signor Prato. : GINO
34
Sportive trick. : DIDO
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Make fast. : PIN
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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
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Not easily fathomed. : DEEP
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Actor Ray. : ALDO
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Employer. : USER
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Bottom of the sea. : BENTHOS
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Sterne's hero. : SHANDY
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Short story. : CONTE
7
Tracks. : RUTS
8
___ matter of fact. : ASA
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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
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Rounds of a ladder. : RUNGS
28
Posts for tying hawsers. : BITTS
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Emulate. : RIVAL
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Royal order. : EDICT
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Waterways between piers. : DOCKS
33
Conductor. : GUIDE
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Made of ivory. : EBURNEAN
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Not full. : SCANT
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Calmer. : SERENER
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Animal of popular song. : RUDOLPH
46
Poet and singer. : BARD
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Poughkeepsie's college. : VASSAR
49
Philippine island. : LEYTE
50
Present ___. : ARMS
51
Borsch. : SOUP
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Ballerina's dancing skirt. : TUTU
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Rank below a baron: Abbr. : BART
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Not foolhardy. : WARY
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Keenly eager. : AVID
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Not sound or efficient. : LAME
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Card game. : LOO

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1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later.

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