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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Wednesday, August 4, 1954

18-Down : Booth Tarkington's first name.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
S. A. Kay has 118 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,863
Across
1
Most desirable. : BEST
5
The ins: Colloq. : REPS
9
French painter of ballet dancers. : DEGAS
14
Roman Emperor, 936-973. : OTHO
15
Author Gardner. : ERLE
16
Irregular, as if gnawed away. : EROSE
17
Unprincipled fellow. : SCOUNDREL
19
Frosty. : GELID
20
Vacation spots. : SHORES
21
Omnia vincit ___ (love conquers all). : AMOR
23
Trygve's successor at U. N. : DAG
24
The most serenaded girl in history. : SWEETADELINE
27
Bankers' group. : ABA
30
Accustomed to man. : TAME
31
Business transaction. : DEAL
32
Man's name. : ROLLO
34
Run slowly, as a motor. : IDLE
36
Croaker. : TOAD
39
H.S.T.'s retired rank. : COLONEL
41
A thing for sale. : ARTICLE
43
Item in an album. : SNAP
44
Bubble. : BEAD
46
Braid made of yarn thread. : INKLE
47
Captain of the Nautilus. : NEMO
49
Sandbank under water. : FLAT
51
Full of woe. : SAD
52
Paul Bunyan's forte. : AMAZINGFEATS
56
Pal of 17 Across. : CAD
57
Arion played it well. : LYRE
58
Sits on the throne. : REIGNS
62
Commerce. : TRADE
64
Cousin of the concertina. : ACCORDION
66
Floating tanker. : OILER
67
Overwhelm. : STUN
68
Actress Logan. : ELLA
69
Highland flings. : REELS
70
Sounds for silence. : PSTS
71
Clinker. : SLAG
Down
1
Political party manipulator. : BOSS
2
Practice an art. : ETCH
3
Chase away. : SHOO
4
City on the Loire. : TOURS
5
Great trade route of Suez Canal. : REDSEA
6
Trip or slip. : ERR
7
64 Across is. : PLEATED
8
City in Alabama. : SELMA
9
Relative rank. : DEGREE
10
Before. : ERE
11
Nursery tale runaway. : GOLDILOCKS
12
Chinese. : ASIAN
13
Coarse grass. : SEDGE
18
Booth Tarkington's first name. : NEWTON
22
More bizarre. : ODDER
25
M. Zola. : EMILE
26
Ancient tongue. : LATIN
27
Rainbow curves. : ARCS
28
A welcome benefit. : BOON
29
One of Robin Hood's friends. : ALLANADALE
33
Manager of the Cleveland Indians. : LOPEZ
35
Scoop. : LADLE
37
Nazimova. : ALLA
38
Real estate document. : DEED
40
Durable wood. : EBONY
42
Laugh nervously. : TITTER
45
Stirs the emotions of. : AFFECTS
48
Landy, Bannister, Santee. : MILERS
50
___ rod, plant with flowers on a long stem. : AARONS
52
Member of ANTA. : ACTOR
53
Irving Berlin song. : MARIE
54
Comprehend. : GRASP
55
Contesting parties. : SIDES
59
Small liquid measure. : GILL
60
Song hit of yesteryear. : NOLA
61
Unforeseen obstacle. : SNAG
63
Its flower is the peach blossom: Abbr. : DEL
65
The fashion of a garment. : CUT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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