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S. A. Kay
S. A. Kay

New York Times, Friday, August 8, 1958

52-Down : Cozy.

Author:
S. A. Kay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, 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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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,328
Across
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Passport matter. : VISA
5
Excited. : AGOG
9
Part of a landing field. : STRIP
14
Oxfordshire. : OXON
15
Fruit center. : CORE
16
Sign. : TRACE
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Air in motion. : WIND
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Sect. : CULT
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St. Lawrence. : RIVER
20
Indian tribal chief. : SAGAMORE
22
Of the best. : FINEST
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Noisy. : LOUD
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Decayed wood. : PUNK
25
Island of Celtic myth. : AVALON
28
Cyrano de ___. : BERGERAC
32
Where Oshkosh is: Abbr. : WIS
33
Kipling's "___ & Co." : STALKY
35
Sousaphone. : TUBA
36
___ Dame. : NOTRE
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Mound on the links. : TEE
39
English poet. : BYRON
40
"Essays of ___." : ELIA
41
Not ornate. : CHASTE
43
Harriman. : AVE
44
Famous English prison. : DARTMOOR
46
Poplar trees. : ABELES
48
Heavy weights. : TONS
49
Jog. : TROT
50
Cotton fabric. : MUSLIN
53
Wife of Ananias. : SAPPHIRA
57
One of the Oakleys. : ANNIE
58
Man: Lat. : HOMO
59
Object of devotion. : IDOL
60
Trapeze act, for example. : STUNT
61
"Adeste Fideles." : HYMN
62
___ sandwich. : CLUB
63
Wet. : SOGGY
64
Times. : DAYS
65
Six: Comb. form. : SEXI
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Promises of fidelity. : VOWS
2
Plant of the iris family. : IXIA
3
Roundelay. : SONG
4
One ___ (everybody). : ANDALL
5
Financial statement. : ACCOUNT
6
Calabash. : GOURD
7
Heraldic bearing. : ORLE
8
Acquire. : GET
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Cord. : STRING
10
Trivial. : TRINKETY
11
Talk wildly. : RAVE
12
Desserts. : ICES
13
Bold. : PERT
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Hunter's big game. : MOOSE
22
Storm of anger. : FURY
24
Lapdogs: Colloq. : PEKES
25
Bearded, like oats. : AWNED
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Sebastian's twin sister. : VIOLA
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On the move. : ASTIR
28
Misty or dim. : BLEAR
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Not urban. : RURAL
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Superior to. : ABOVE
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Bamboo stems. : CANES
34
One of D'Artagnan's friends. : ATHOS
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Lively. : RATTLING
39
Jitterbug's favorite. : BEBOP
41
Where New London is: Abbr. : CONN
42
Florida coast fish. : TARPONS
45
About a half. : MOIETY
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Moral philosophy. : ETHICS
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Debbie Reynolds' favorite song. : TAMMY
50
___ meeting. : MASS
51
Poetic preposition. : UNTO
52
Cozy. : SNUG
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Useful bean. : SOYA
54
Doing nothing. : IDLE
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Mixture for thickening gravy, soup, etc. : ROUX
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City in S France. : ALBI
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Hogshead: Abbr. : HHD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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