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S. A. Kay
New York Times, Tuesday, August 26, 1958
5-Down : Hardhearted.
Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 R | 4 B | 5 O | 6 F | 7 U | 8 S | 9 L | 10 A | 11 M | 12 B |
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13 U | V | E | A | 14 B | O | R | E | 15 M | U | R | A | L |
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16 F | E | L | T | 17 D | O | N | Q | 18 U | I | X | O | T | E |
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19 F | R | E | T | 20 F | U | L | 21 U | N | S | E | A | T | S |
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22 G | E | A | R | 23 M | E | A | T | 24 R | Y | S |
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25 C | 26 H | A | R | T | A | 27 I | S | L | E | 28 T | ||||
29 H | U | T | 30 S | T | 31 I | L | T | 32 R | I | 33 C | 34 K | 35 Y |
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36 O | M | E | 37 R | 38 E | L | D | E | 39 R | 40 P | O | N | E |
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41 U | P | S | E | 42 T | 43 L | E | R | O | 44 T | 45 L | A | W |
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46 D | H | 47 O | W | S | 48 S | A | 49 V | O | R | S |
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50 P | 51 G | 52 A | 53 E | M | I | T | 54 I | L | E | S | ||||
55 A | R | T | 56 E | M | I | S | 57 K | N | E | S | S | 58 E | 59 T |
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60 R | A | B | B | I | T | H | 61 O | L | E | 62 T | E | A | R |
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63 L | I | A | R | S | 64 E | R | A | S | 65 E | U | R | O |
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66 E | N | T | O | 67 R | A | N | S | 68 E | M | L | Y |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,346
Across
1
Part of a fishhook. : BARB
5
"There is so much good in the worst ___ ... " : OFUS
9
Baahling. : LAMB
13
Part of the eye. : UVEA
14
Hollow part of a tube. : BORE
15
Wall painting. : MURAL
16
Hat material. : FELT
17
Symbol of the idealistic but unpractical man. : DONQUIXOTE
19
Peevish. : FRETFUL
21
Deposes. : UNSEATS
22
Cogwheel. : GEAR
23
Solid food. : MEAT
24
Common carriers: Abbr. : RYS
25
Magna ___, 1215. : CHARTA
27
Relative of an atoll. : ISLET
29
Small cabin. : HUT
30
Long-legged bird. : STILT
32
One of the Nelsons. : RICKY
36
Hebrew measure. : OMER
38
Senior. : ELDER
40
Corn bread. : PONE
41
Defeat unexpectedly. : UPSET
43
Dormouse. : LEROT
45
Act. : LAW
46
Ships of the Indian Ocean. : DHOWS
48
Particular tastes. : SAVORS
50
Golfers' association: Abbr. : PGA
53
Give forth. : EMIT
54
See 27 Across. : ILES
55
Apollo's twin. : ARTEMIS
57
Israel's parliament. : KNESSET
60
Entrance to Wonderland. : RABBITHOLE
62
Lachrymal drop. : TEAR
63
Double-talkers. : LIARS
64
Times. : ERAS
65
Combining form for a continent. : EURO
66
Inner: Comb. form. : ENTO
67
Also ___. : RANS
68
"Little" Dickens character. : EMLY
Down
1
Brownish yellow. : BUFF
2
Assert. : AVER
3
Banishes (to) : RELEGATES
4
Waffle mixture. : BATTER
5
Hardhearted. : OBDURATE
6
Stewed fruit with cream. : FOOL
7
Decorative vessel. : URN
8
Set apart. : SEQUESTER
9
De ___ (sumptuous). : LUXE
10
Bellowing. : AROAR
11
Little Martha. : MATTY
12
Make happy. : BLESS
15
Title of address. : MISTER
18
Not dual. : UNAL
20
Certain foods. : FATS
23
Most soothing. : MILDEST
25
___ En-lai. : CHOU
26
Camel's ___. : HUMP
28
Cant. : TIP
31
Enemy. : ILLWISHER
33
Famous Flavian structure. : COLOSSEUM
34
Burr in wood. : KNAR
35
Evergreen trees. : YEWS
37
Claret. : RED
39
Cheerful quality. : ROSINESS
42
Greek Titaness of justice. : THEMIS
44
Yarn. : TALE
47
Neglect. : OMIT
49
Garment related to a dickey. : VESTEE
50
Speak in French. : PARLE
51
Tiny bit. : GRAIN
52
Up, on the diamond. : ATBAT
56
Tortosa's river. : EBRO
57
Ku-Klux. : KLAN
58
Peer. : EARL
59
Ancient city of Asia Minor. : TROY
61
Pray: Lat. : ORA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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