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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Thursday, February 10, 1955
27-Across : Sharpens.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 47.5
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 T | 3 A | 4 R | 5 S | 6 S | 7 I | 8 S | 9 L | 10 E | 11 R | ||||
12 S | T | O | P | U | P | 13 B | I | L | L | E | T | E | 14 D |
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15 H | O | R | A | C | E | 16 A | L | L | I | A | N | C | E |
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17 A | R | T | 18 K | N | 19 I | T | T | E | D | 20 E | O | N |
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21 S | T | U | 22 B | 23 D | R | A | Y | 24 M | A | R | Y |
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25 T | I | R | E | 26 S | I | T | 27 G | 28 R | I | N | D | S |
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29 A | N | E | N | 30 T | 31 S | A | 32 V | I | O | R | ||||
33 G | R | E | A | 34 S | E | 35 A | L | W | A | 36 Y | 37 S | |||
38 F | R | O | S | 39 T | S | 40 S | N | O | O | 41 P |
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42 R | 43 A | 44 C | I | N | G | 45 A | S | 46 S | 47 D | U | C | E |
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48 A | L | I | T | 49 E | T | A | L | 50 A | N | I | S |
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51 G | E | R | 52 D | 53 O | G | T | R | O | 54 T | 55 G | A | T |
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56 E | X | C | 57 H | A | N | G | E | 58 P | O | 59 W | E | L | L |
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60 S | I | L | E | N | C | E | R | 61 E | N | I | S | L | E |
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62 S | E | E | K | E | R | 63 D | I | T | T | Y |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,053
Across
1
Shower of ___. : STARS
6
Name in baseball's Hall of Fame. : SISLER
12
Obstruct. : STOPUP
13
Quartered. : BILLETED
15
Noted educator, ___ Mann. : HORACE
16
Coalition. : ALLIANCE
17
Man's nickname. : ART
18
Interlaced. : KNITTED
20
Years on end. : EON
21
Piece of a ticket. : STUB
23
Heavy wagon. : DRAY
24
Nursery rhyme girl. : MARY
25
Grow weary. : TIRE
26
Repress (with "on"). : SIT
27
Sharpens. : GRINDS
29
With regard to. : ANENT
31
Redeemer. : SAVIOR
33
Ingredient in clown white. : GREASE
35
Irving Berlin composition. : ALWAYS
38
Harbingers of winter. : FROSTS
40
Busybody. : SNOOP
42
State source of revenue. : RACING
45
Ninnyhammer. : ASS
47
Chief, in Italy. : DUCE
48
Came to earth. : ALIT
49
And others: Abbr. : ETAL
50
Blackbirds. : ANIS
51
A language: Abbr. : GER
52
Kind of pace. : DOGTROT
55
Channel. : GAT
56
Heart of Wall Street. : EXCHANGE
58
Jane, Dick, or William. : POWELL
60
Firearm attachment. : SILENCER
61
Isolate. : ENISLE
62
Diogenes was one. : SEEKER
63
A short, simple song. : DITTY
Down
1
Parliament of Norway. : STORTING
2
Relic of the Inquisition. : TORTURER
3
Border river of Paraguay. : APA
4
Common run of persons or things. : RUCK
5
Squanders. : SPENDS
6
Describing murky waters. : SILTY
7
He: Latin. : ILLE
8
Skidded. : SLID
9
Grassy field. : LEA
10
Like a volcano. : ETNEAN
11
Congressional tome. : RECORD
12
Second largest dam in the U. S. : SHASTA
13
Sweet potato: Sp. : BATATA
14
Patron saint of France: Var. : DENYS
19
Handsome flowering plants. : IRISES
22
A special theatrical performance. : BENEFIT
24
Willie of the Orioles. : MIRANDA
27
Man's nickname. : GIL
28
Squabbles. : ROWS
30
Mountain lake. : TARN
32
Where Sarah Blanding is President. : VASSAR
34
Muddy ground: Dial. : SOG
36
Baby. : YOUNGEST
37
In companionable fashion. : SOCIALLY
39
Shred. : TATTER
41
Pharmacist's implement. : PESTLE
42
Storms angrily. : RAGES
43
One of the acting Smiths. : ALEXIS
44
Coterie. : CIRCLE
46
Inclined. : SLOPED
49
Tent caterpillar's relative. : EGGER
52
Moist and chilly. : DANK
53
As soon as. : ONCE
54
Girl's nickname. : TONI
57
Part of a bray. : HEE
59
Humorist. : WIT
Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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