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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Friday, June 11, 1954

27-Down : Erroneously.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,809
Across
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Challenge. : DARE
5
Confession of faith. : CREED
10
Counterfeit. : SHAM
14
Object of admiration. : IDOL
15
Coin replaced by the franc. : LIVRE
16
Social prohibition. : TABU
17
Gilbert and Sullivan forte. : COMICOPERA
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Certain persons. : ONES
20
Before. : ERE
21
Part of a range. : OVEN
22
Waste time. : DAWDLE
24
Forty winks. : SNOOZE
26
Groups of bridge players. : TABLES
28
A smaller amount. : LESS
30
Went back on a promise: Slang. : WELSHED
33
Area drained by a river. : BASIN
36
Money for Florentines. : LIRAS
38
City artery: Abbr. : AVE
39
Poetic preposition. : UNTO
40
French landscape painter. : COROT
41
Pachyderm's specialty. : SKIN
42
Man's nickname. : STU
43
Poetic bird. : RAVEN
44
Senator from W. Virginia. : NEELY
45
Wild herb, called poison tobacco. : HENBANE
47
Actor Peck. : GREG
49
Oppressive ruler. : TYRANT
51
Self-centered one. : EGOIST
55
G. I. grumbler. : GRIPER
57
Besides. : ELSE
59
Bony pike. : GAR
60
Girl's name. : LISA
61
Office of a sheriff. : SHRIEVALTY
64
Noun suffixes. : ISTS
65
Facilitated. : EASED
66
Myrna and others. : LOYS
67
Catfish Row girl. : BESS
68
Former Queen of Italy. : ELENA
69
Cleveland or Chicago. : PORT
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Checkers. : DICES
2
Beautify. : ADORN
3
He slew Tybalt in a duel. : ROMEO
4
Biblical name. : ELI
5
Garlic bulbs. : CLOVES
6
Kind of old age. : RIPE
7
Result. : EVENT
8
Go astray. : ERR
9
All tired out: Colloq. : DEADBEAT
10
In-laws of the Beechers. : STOWES
11
Symbol of a closed deal. : HANDSHAKE
12
Man's name. : ABEL
13
Source of inspiration. : MUSE
18
Defraud in a paltry way. : COZEN
23
Beginning of a Shakespeare title. : ALLS
25
Cousin of salmagundi. : OLIO
27
Erroneously. : AWRONG
29
One carelessly dressed. : SLOVEN
31
Destructive. : EVIL
32
Speak against. : DENY
33
Senator from Connecticut. : BUSH
34
Feed the kitty. : ANTE
35
Flag-pole sitters and human flies. : STUNTISTS
37
Indignation. : IRE
40
Indian who lived on Long Island. : CANARSEE
41
Utah's lily. : SEGO
43
Seldom used. : RARE
44
Israel's desert. : NEGEV
46
Detour. : BYPASS
48
Color of the mignonette flower. : RESEDA
50
Not wordy. : TERSE
52
Air-cooled home. : IGLOO
53
Sylvan deity. : SATYR
54
Appointment to meet. : TRYST
55
Facile or fluent. : GLIB
56
Spring up. : RISE
58
Security for payment. : LIEN
62
Wallis of Hollywood. : HAL
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Mountain. : ALP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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