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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Thursday, May 31, 1962

57-Down : In any degree.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,703
Across
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Disconcert. : ABASH
6
School course. : MATH
10
Mandrills. : APES
14
Greek sorceress. : MEDEA
15
State. : OHIO
16
Sound. : HALE
17
French pronoun. : ELLES
18
Conversely. : VICEVERSA
20
Glenn's pick-up ship. : NOA
21
Barracuda. : SPET
23
___ a pin. : NEATAS
24
Woven in ribs. : TWILLED
26
Ornithoid. : BIRDY
27
Poetic contraction. : OER
28
Flying prefix. : AERO
29
Roll, as of paper money. : WAD
32
Town near Caen. : STLO
35
Man's nickname. : DOUG
37
Asian statesman. : NEHRU
39
Man in his fifties. : QUINQUAGENARIAN
42
Neighbor of Quemoy. : MATSU
43
Partly: Prefix. : SEMI
44
___ dixit. : IPSE
45
Relative of div. : INT
46
Asian title. : AMIR
48
Letter. : VEE
50
George and others. : LAKES
52
Blithe. : GAYSOME
56
Hit the ceiling. : SEERED
58
Office holder. : FILE
59
Managed. : RAN
60
Judge's dictum. : OVERRULED
62
___ on. : ONAND
64
Leningrad's river. : NEVA
65
Marketed. : SOLD
66
Baseball term. : FUNGO
67
Color. : GRAY
68
With competence. : ABLY
69
Fury. : ANGER
Down
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Catkin. : AMENT
2
On the earth. : BELOW
3
U. N. name. : ADLAI
4
Note. : SEE
5
Melee of a sort. : HASSLE
6
Pulled up stakes. : MOVED
7
Make ___ (be successful). : AHIT
8
Twitching. : TIC
9
Norse god. : HOENIR
10
In first place. : AHEAD
11
Sen. Humphrey's role. : PARTYWHIP
12
Opera heroine. : ELSA
13
High ___. : SEAS
19
Shakespearean setting. : VERONA
22
In hiding. : PERDU
25
Water birds. : LOONS
26
Adorn with jewels. : BEGEM
28
Boring tool. : AUGER
30
Border river of Iran. : ARAS
31
Sand pile. : DUNE
32
640 acres: Abbr. : SQMI
33
Malayan title. : TUAN
34
Heroine of American classic. : LITTLEEVA
36
Desert spot. : OASIS
38
Friends of the Senecas. : ERIES
40
William Penn, for one. : QUAKER
41
Abounding in snow. : NIVAL
47
Gorgon. : MEDUSA
49
___ needle. : EYEOFA
51
Deck out. : ARRAY
52
Frivolous. : GIDDY
53
Manlike ape. : ORANG
54
Canine ailment. : MANGE
55
Biblical place. : ENDOR
56
Dance's partner. : SONG
57
In any degree. : EVER
58
Cut down. : FELL
61
Tennis stroke. : LOB
63
Sister. : NUN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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