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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Tuesday, March 31, 1953

47-Down : Place under necessity.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { H J X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,381
Across
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Middle name of a Cabinet member. : TAFT
5
Ensign of a ship. : FLAG
9
Describing college walls. : IVIED
14
Kitchen staple. : OLEO
15
Siegfried or Maginot. : LINE
16
Sierra ___. : MADRE
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Office and function of a Cabinet member. : PORTFOLIO
19
Ordinary speech or language. : PROSE
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Cape north of Boston. : ANN
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Irritate. : ROIL
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Advertised by outcry. : CALLED
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Heightened the taste of. : ZESTED
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Irregular, as if gnawed away. : EROSE
27
Looked at. : EYED
29
Inventor in the camera field. : EASTMAN
33
Symbol on the Great Seal of United States. : SPREADEAGLE
37
Azurite, for instance. : ORE
38
A double sulfate. : ALUM
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Elizabethan or Victorian. : AGE
40
One of a famous trio. : BONE
41
Metered product. : GAS
42
What Mt. Everest is, so far. : UNCONQUERED
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Portia's husband's friend. : ANTONIO
48
Makings of a song hit. : TUNE
49
Proclamation of intended marriage. : BANNS
51
Regard. : ESTEEM
55
Maugham, to his friends. : WILLIE
58
Eucalyptus or monkey puzzle. : TREE
60
Gov. Dan McCarthy's state: Abbr. : FLA
61
Shun. : AVOID
62
Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest's home in Utah. : BOUNTIFUL
64
Relative of a lighter. : BARGE
65
The common adversary. : EVIL
66
Where the Riviera is. : MIDI
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Resulted. : ENDED
68
Assert differently. : DENY
69
Look through a keyhole. : PEEK
Down
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Birthstone for November. : TOPAZ
2
Supportless. : ALONE
3
Bracken plants. : FERNS
4
Pram passenger. : TOT
5
Overwhelmed with an abundance of something. : FLOODED
6
Leslie Caron's role. : LILI
7
Old-womanish. : ANILE
8
Man's name: Abbr. : GEO
9
Blind alley. : IMPASSE
10
Rascal of the good old days. : VARLET
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Lauded and laureled object. : IDOL
12
Gaelic. : ERSE
13
Important paper. : DEED
18
Norse goddess of love and beauty. : FREYA
22
Shipment from West Virginia. : COAL
24
Be stocked to overflowing. : TEEM
26
Emir Abdul Illah's role in Iraq. : REGENT
28
Episcopal officer. : DEACON
30
Native of Barbary. : MOOR
31
Composer of "Rule, Brittania." : ARNE
32
Lack. : NEED
33
Old seafarer's tale. : SAGA
34
Have in mind. : PLAN
35
Symbol of inactivity. : RUST
36
In past time. : AGO
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Ingredient in borsch. : BEET
42
Synonym for 2 Down. : UNAIDED
43
Number of days for a wonder. : NINE
44
Like H. R. H. : QUEENLY
45
Vague in purpose. : UNSET
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Place under necessity. : OBLIGE
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Range. : STOVE
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Little Euphemia. : EFFIE
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Slip away. : ELUDE
54
Member of Russian Foreign Office. : MALIK
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"Did gyre and gimble in the ___." : WABE
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Man's name. : IVAN
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Mary ___, U. S. member of U. N. : LORD
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Defeat. : RUIN
62
Piece of furniture. : BED
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Gremlin. : IMP

Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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