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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Thursday, March 8, 1956

39-Down : Symbol of luxury.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, 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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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,445
Across
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Pondered. : MUSED
6
Drivers. : BUSMEN
12
Fit as a fiddle. : INTRIM
14
He describes Queen Mab. : MERCUTIO
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Predicament. : SCRAPE
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Come up with. : OVERTAKE
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Biblical name. : ELI
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Flavor. : TASTE
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Sheer. : UTTER
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Chock-full. : REPLETE
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Part of the ear. : LOBE
26
Indo-European. : ARYAN
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Unexpected. : ABRUPT
32
Shrine city in Saudi Arabia. : MECCA
35
Award-winning picture. : MARTY
37
Reine's husband. : ROI
38
Wildly agitated. : AMOK
39
Disconcerts: Colloq. : FAZES
40
Semblance. : NAME
41
Cant. : TIP
42
Quarrel: Colloq. : RUNIN
43
Tanker. : OILER
44
Shake. : TREMOR
46
Natives of the Barbary states. : MOORS
48
Part of the globe. : EAST
50
Brings a true bill. : INDICTS
54
Short-billed rails. : SORAS
57
Ghostly. : EERIE
59
Light upon. : HIT
60
Evangelists. : APOSTLES
62
Imitation gold leaf. : ORMOLU
64
They sailed the Spanish Main. : GALLEONS
65
Approached. : NEARED
66
Time of greatest vigor. : HEYDAY
67
Plumage. : DRESS
Down
1
Silas Marner, for example. : MISER
2
Relative. : UNCLE
3
Gaza ___. : STRIP
4
Period of years. : ERA
5
Group of insects, including the housefly. : DIPTERA
6
Sloping surface. : BEVEL
7
River in Yorkshire. : URE
8
Small and mean. : SCRUBBY
9
Speak low. : MUTTER
10
State: Fr. : ETAT
11
Army's guided missile. : NIKE
13
Substantial. : MEATY
14
Bon ___. : MOT
15
Bard's "over." : OER
20
Bluejacket. : SEAMAN
23
Complete absence. : LACK
25
Farm crop. : OATS
27
Military viceroy, in India. : NAZIM
29
Orsk's river. : URAL
30
Fruit. : POME
31
Part of a grandstand. : TIER
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New Testament book: Abbr. : MATT
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Turbaned noble. : EMIR
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Long mantle worn over an alb. : COPE
36
French painter. : RENOIR
39
Symbol of luxury. : FURS
40
Unless: Lat. : NISI
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Heated to excess. : ROASTED
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Decreed. : ORDERED
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Cousin of 8 Down. : MEASLY
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Ingredient of soubise sauce. : ONION
49
Very small. : TEENY
51
Small job. : CHORE
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Flooring material. : TILES
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James T. Farrell's hero. : STUDS
54
Cause to give way. : SAG
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Large spotted fish of the Atlantic. : OPAH
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See 35 Across. : ROLE
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Letter. : ESS
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Mauna ___. : LOA
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Calendar abbreviation. : MAR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later.

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