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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Tuesday, April 22, 1958

28-Down : Tribunal.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,220
Across
1
Maverick. : CALF
5
Vacuum tube. : DIODE
10
Willie of the Giants. : MAYS
14
Irish Rose's man. : ABIE
15
Nullified. : UNDID
16
Spoken. : ORAL
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Kissing game. : POSTOFFICE
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Ankle: Comb. form. : TALI
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Exceptionally good. : SUPERFINE
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Appear suddenly. : BOBUP
22
Up hill and down ___. : DALE
23
Misses the truth. : ERRS
24
Britain's flyers. : RAF
27
Individuality. : SELF
29
Drumbeat. : RATTAT
32
Dos-___ (back to back). : ADOS
34
Declivity. : DOWNGRADE
36
Pointer. : CLUE
37
Eagle's nest. : AERIE
38
"___ an ancient Mariner ... " : ITIS
39
Unassisted score, in baseball. : EARNEDRUN
41
Nuisance. : PEST
42
Screened. : SIFTED
43
___ Lisa. : MONA
46
Timid. : SHY
47
Lubricants. : OILS
48
Dampens (flax, timber, etc.). : RETS
50
Weaving machines. : LOOMS
52
City of W. Spain. : SALAMANCA
57
Commune near Padova, Italy. : ESTE
58
Industrial group. : LABORUNION
59
Small deep valley. : GLEN
60
Jar or cup for water, oil, etc. : CRUSE
61
552. : DLII
62
Classify. : SORT
63
Fixed in time. : DATED
64
Shout. : YELL
Down
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Mortarboards. : CAPS
2
"___ ben Adhem." : ABOU
3
Speech sound. : LISP
4
Regaled. : FETED
5
Coarse woolen cloth: Var. : DUFFLE
6
Baseman or shortshop. : INFIELDER
7
One-eyed god. : ODIN
8
Cut up. : DICE
9
Netherlands commune. : EDE
10
One kind of vacation. : MOTORTRIP
11
Near Eastern League. : ARABSTATES
12
Korean border river. : YALU
13
Blunder. : SLIP
18
Old English moneys of account. : ORAS
21
Bluster. : BRAG
23
Sea bird. : ERNE
24
Speed trials. : RACES
25
First name of Cleveland's V. P. : ADLAI
26
48-inch item. : FOURFOOTER
28
Tribunal. : FORUM
30
"___ for the gods." : ADISH
31
Snappish. : TESTY
33
Feeling. : SENTIMENT
35
One way or the other: Colloq. : WINORLOSE
37
Appends. : ADDS
40
Piscatory wrigglers. : EELS
44
Approached. : NEARED
45
Egyptian sun god. : ATMU
49
Pale reddish-yellow. : SANDY
50
Supports. : LEGS
51
Norwegian capital. : OSLO
52
Relative of Sally. : SARA
53
Adjoin. : ABUT
54
Thebes' river. : NILE
55
Wind spirally. : COIL
56
Indigo. : ANIL
58
Mathematical number: Abbr. : LCD

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

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