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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Thursday, March 8, 1956
6-Down : Sloping surface.
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.
1 M | 2 U | 3 S | 4 E | 5 D | 6 B | 7 U | 8 S | 9 M | 10 E | 11 N | ||||
12 I | N | T | R | I | 13 M | 14 M | E | R | C | U | T | I | 15 O |
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16 S | C | R | A | P | E | 17 O | V | E | R | T | A | K | E |
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18 E | L | I | 19 T | A | 20 S | T | E | 21 U | T | T | E | R |
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22 R | E | P | 23 L | E | T | E | 24 L | 25 O | B | E | ||||
26 A | R | Y | A | 27 N | 28 A | B | R | 29 U | 30 P | 31 T |
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32 M | 33 E | 34 C | C | A | 35 M | A | 36 R | T | Y | 37 R | O | I |
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38 A | M | O | K | 39 F | A | Z | E | S | 40 N | A | M | E |
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41 T | I | P | 42 R | U | N | I | N | 43 O | I | L | E | R |
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44 T | R | E | 45 M | O | R | 46 M | O | 47 O | R | S | ||||
48 E | A | S | 49 T | 50 I | N | D | I | 51 C | 52 T | 53 S |
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54 S | 55 O | 56 R | A | S | 57 E | 58 E | R | I | E | 59 H | I | T |
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60 A | P | O | S | T | 61 L | E | S | 62 O | R | 63 M | O | L | U |
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64 G | A | L | L | E | O | N | S | 65 N | E | A | R | E | D |
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66 H | E | Y | D | A | Y | 67 D | R | E | S | S |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,445
Across
1
Pondered. : MUSED
6
Drivers. : BUSMEN
12
Fit as a fiddle. : INTRIM
14
He describes Queen Mab. : MERCUTIO
16
Predicament. : SCRAPE
17
Come up with. : OVERTAKE
18
Biblical name. : ELI
19
Flavor. : TASTE
21
Sheer. : UTTER
22
Chock-full. : REPLETE
24
Part of the ear. : LOBE
26
Indo-European. : ARYAN
28
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
32
New Testament book: Abbr. : MATT
33
Turbaned noble. : EMIR
34
Long mantle worn over an alb. : COPE
36
French painter. : RENOIR
39
Symbol of luxury. : FURS
40
Unless: Lat. : NISI
42
Heated to excess. : ROASTED
43
Decreed. : ORDERED
45
Cousin of 8 Down. : MEASLY
47
Ingredient of soubise sauce. : ONION
49
Very small. : TEENY
51
Small job. : CHORE
52
Flooring material. : TILES
53
James T. Farrell's hero. : STUDS
54
Cause to give way. : SAG
55
Large spotted fish of the Atlantic. : OPAH
56
See 35 Across. : ROLE
58
Letter. : ESS
61
Mauna ___. : LOA
63
Calendar abbreviation. : MAR
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later.
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