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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Tuesday, June 16, 1953

3-Down : P. T. Barnum's favorite singer.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 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. 1,458
Across
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Once-powerful rulers in India. : RAJAS
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Impartial. : EVEN
10
Diplomatic asset. : TACT
14
Amateurish. : INEPT
15
Tyrant who died by his own hand. : NERO
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___ podrida, a Spanish stew. : OLLA
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Something past recovery. : GONER
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Homer with bases loaded. : GRANDSLAM
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Alben Barkley's stepdaughter. : ANN
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Holder of two Olympic records, since 1936. : OWENS
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150-mile river in France. : ISERE
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City in Washington. : YAKIMA
26
Weighed heavily (with "on"). : PREYED
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Polo stick. : MALLET
29
Produced. : BRED
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Et ___ (and others): Lat. : ALII
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Larger than life. : HEROIC
34
Title often acquired in June. : MRS
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Five words indicating total disagreement. : CANTSEEEYETOEYE
40
Purpose in view. : END
41
Gesture of affection. : CARESS
42
Vividness of color. : GLOW
43
Verse sent with a nosegay. : POSY
44
Cards used by fortune tellers. : TAROTS
46
Field of activity. : SPHERE
49
Ate ravenously. : WOLFED
51
Old Mother Hubbard. : CRONE
52
Bacchant deity with horns. : SATYR
53
Shipment from Jamaica. : RUM
56
Ike's vacationing spot. : AUGUSTAGA
58
Incensed. : IRATE
60
Single. : UNAL
61
Large water jug. : EWER
62
One of Santa's team. : COMET
63
Shut in. : PENT
64
Milwaukee Braves' Pafko. : ANDY
65
Reduce in rank. : ABASE
Down
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Gulf of the Baltic Sea. : RIGA
2
Shortly. : ANON
3
P. T. Barnum's favorite singer. : JENNYLIND
4
Zoo boarder. : APE
5
Member of a varsity eight. : STROKE
6
Cover with jewels. : ENGEM
7
Girl's name. : VERNA
8
Historic periods. : ERAS
9
Negative prefix. : NON
10
Flipped. : TOSSED
11
Part of a tennis court. : ALLEY
12
Michigan Congressman Hoffman. : CLARE
13
Brought under control. : TAMED
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Straight. : DIRECT
22
How the man on the flying trapeze operated. : WITHEASE
25
Came down. : ALIT
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Suitable for a clergyman. : PRIESTLY
27
Ornamental staff of office. : MACE
28
Pres. Arthur's middle name. : ALAN
29
___ Town, in Gov. Crosby's state. : BOYS
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Conducive to cold creeps. : EERY
33
Arikara Indian. : REE
34
Offering on the screen. : MELODRAMA
35
Tenant farmer of India. : RYOT
36
Tacks. : SEWS
38
Runs. : SCORES
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Giant. : OGRE
43
Next to the last syllable of a word. : PENULT
45
Land of many colonies. : AFRICA
46
Species of duck. : SCAUP
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Relative of a sourpuss. : PRUNE
48
Winner of the Pan-American Open, 1953. : HOGAN
49
Carried on. : WAGED
50
Any eared seal. : OTARY
52
Crosscut. : SAWN
54
They fought the Comanches. : UTES
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Distribute (with "out"). : METE
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White-flowered evergreen plant. : TEA
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Man's nickname. : ROB

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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