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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Tuesday, August 27, 1957

12-Down : Dissipate.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,982
Across
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Layers. : STRATA
7
Having a rounded form. : SPHERED
14
Palo Alto's eminent citizen. : HOOVER
15
Brandy: Fr. : EAUDEVIE
17
Attach. : APPEND
18
Swedish turnip. : RUTABAGA
19
Agnus ___. : DEI
20
English dandies. : TOFFS
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Ancient Egyptian ruler, 3400 B. C. : MENES
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Supplemented (with "out"). : EKED
25
Cyclist. : RIDER
27
In case. : LEST
28
Faced. : DARED
30
Water wheel. : NORIA
32
Sault ___ Marie. : STE
33
___ Chairman. : MADAM
35
Local tradesman. : GROCER
37
Nasser's military rank. : COLONEL
40
Ball club. : DODGERS
41
Supposer. : OPINER
42
Reduced. : PARED
43
Small: Noun suffix. : LET
44
Fashionable. : SMART
46
Buffer state between India and Tibet. : NEPAL
50
___ Scott Decision. : DRED
52
Eskimo's cousin. : ALEUT
54
Girl's name. : NORA
55
Took heed of: Dial. : WARED
57
Commingle. : IMMIX
59
Weave lace. : TAT
60
Antimalarial drug. : ATABRINE
62
Household. : MENAGE
64
Exchanged again. : RETRADED
65
Gov. Holmes' state. : OREGON
66
Food fish. : SEABASS
67
Lemming or jerboa. : RODENT
Down
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Varied slightly. : SHADED
2
Capital of the Sunflower State. : TOPEKA
3
More glutinous. : ROPIER
4
Fifth ___. : AVE
5
Big top. : TENT
6
Fire. : ARDOR
7
Bondage. : SERFDOM
8
Look-before-you-leap disciple. : PAUSER
9
Type of domicile. : HUT
10
Cheese hollandais. : EDAM
11
Confederate soldier. : REBEL
12
Dissipate. : EVANESCE
13
Make of abridgments. : DIGESTER
16
Church festivals. : EASTERS
21
Deciding. : FINAL
24
Person of great energy. : DEMON
26
Sternness. : RIGOR
29
Great ___. : DANES
31
Shakespearean setting. : ARDEN
34
Layer of skin. : DERMA
36
Railroad center in Utah. : OGDEN
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Type of conflict. : COLDWAR
38
Controls. : OPERATES
39
Educated. : LITERATE
40
Factual tidbit. : DATUM
42
Certain undergraduates: Colloq. : PREMEDS
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Arranges. : ALINES
47
Item on a French menu. : POTAGE
48
Where Saragossa is. : ARAGON
49
Dormant. : LATENT
51
Actress Paget. : DEBRA
53
Island of Indonesia. : TIMOR
56
Tawdry. : DRAB
58
Dry: Comb. form. : XERO
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Eisenhower's mother. : IDA
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Oxford Dictionary: Abbr. : NED

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

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