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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

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New York Times, Sunday, September 7, 1947

25-Across : Where wort is made.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 162, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 674 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 158, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 60, Grid flow: 52.6
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Jim Horne notes:

33 Across: "When I gave you an inch, you took an ___."—Heywood. : ELL

In his 1546 book, A Dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the englishe tongue, John Heywood recorded the phrase:

"Give him an inch and he'll take an ell."

An ell is an archaic unit of measurement used primarily for cloth. While its length varied by country (the English ell was approximately 45 inches), the core of the proverb remains the same: if you yield even a small amount to a greedy or ambitious person, they will take advantage of your generosity and seize much more.

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© 1947, The New York TimesNo. 291
Across
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"Tom Brown at Oxford." : SCHOLAR
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Miscreants. : RASCALS
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Dance step. : CHASSE
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"City of the Big Shoulders."—Sandburg. : CHICAGO
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Turkish. : OTTOMAN
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Sole clue in ancient mystery. : SLIPPER
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He is buried alive for treason. : RADAMES
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Where wort is made. : BREWERY
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It and prussic acid come from cassava root. : TAPIOCA
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Times. : ERAS
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Beatrix Potter's characters. : RABBITS
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Rims. : EDGES
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Siamese coins. : ATTS
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"When I gave you an inch, you took an ___."—Heywood. : ELL
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What Endymion was on Mt. Latmus. : ASLEEP
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Noted London theatre. : ADELPHI
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Vic's sincere purchase: "The Hucksters." : TIE
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Wine, hot water, sugar, nutmeg and lemon juice. : NEGUS
40
India: Poetic. : IND
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Hebrew prophetess: Book of Judges. : DEBORAH
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Celtic giant with the blighting eye. : BALOR
45
Classifying. : SORTING
47
Language of Venezuelean Indians. : PUME
48
Inhabitants. : DENIZENS
50
Doyle's "Speckled ___." : BAND
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Fundamental. : BASILAR
54
A class of ctenophores. : NUDA
55
Author of "Cavalcade." : COWARD
58
Disarranged. : CLUTTERED
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Owen Davis' Beautiful Cloak Model. : NELLIE
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Egyptian Hades. : AMENTI
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Daughter of Eurytus. : IOLE
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She hastened to befriend Pinocchio. : SNAIL
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Kernels. : MEATS
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"The mountains Britain boasts."—Meredith. : MEN
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Marco Polo's way. : EASTWARD
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Our spelling of third word of "Canterbury Tales." : APRIL
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Egg on. : ABET
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Browning's "___ in the 'Scutcheon." : BLOT
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Kind of tide. : NEAP
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She loves "Jude the Obscure." : SUE
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Mexican dollar. : PESO
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Small rail. : SORA
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City in Battle Born state. : RENO
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Chair: Italian. : SEDIA
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Surgical blade. : EXSECTOR
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Worn by Gibson girl. : RAT
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Dante's home. : ITALY
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He wrote in shorthand. : PEPYS
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Don Diego's is green: "Don Quixote." : COAT
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Tapering. : TERETE
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Squared stone. : ASHLAR
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When Presidential elections take place. : LEAPYEARS
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Hardens. : INURES
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Arrow poison. : INEE
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Heard in the Rue Morgue. : SHRIEKS
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"The Empire of the ___": Wells. : ANTS
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Side guards. : FLANKERS
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Purposes. : ENDS
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Recipient of a bequest. : LEGATEE
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Describing Cyrano's nose. : LARGE
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Peter Ibbetson's affliction. : MADNESS
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The sea: Fr. : MER
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George Borrow's subject. : GYPSY
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Joseph Lincoln's "Cap'n ___." : ERI
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People in "Tale of Two Cities." : EMIGRES
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Set apart. : DEVOTE
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I am: Dial. : ISE
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Labyrinth. : MAZE
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Tidal inflow. : INSET
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Do away with. : ABOLISH
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Turkish chiefs. : AGAS
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Faithful wife of Posthumus. : IMOGENE
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Eskimo. : AMERIND
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Targets in "The Pioneers."—Cooper. : TURKEYS
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Descriptive of "The Village Blacksmith." : SINEWED
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Miss Dietrich. : MARLENE
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Property owner by transfer. : ALIENEE
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Listener. : HEARER
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Scoffed. : SNEERED
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Fish-lures. : TEASERS
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Stage prop, Act 3, "Lady Windermere's Fan." : SCREEN
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Dickens' Mr. Darnay. : CHARLES
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Spanish title. : HIDALGO
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Wood sorrels. : OCAS
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Loom lever. : LAM
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Machines used in dyeing. : AGERS
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She masquerades as Ganymede. : ROSALIND
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This Robin Hood did. : ROBBED
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Just hove clear, as an anchor. : ATRIP
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Let it stand. : STET
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Herded by "The Virginian."—Wister. : COWS
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Soul: French. : AME
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City on the Rio Grande. : LAREDO
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Secy. of the Treasury. : SNYDER
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Conflict. : CLASH
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Haunch. : HIP
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Sadie Thompson's destination: "Rain." : APIA
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Dot. : SPOTTLE
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Paragraph. : SECTION
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Rubber offers. : ERASERS
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He was stoned to death. : STEPHEN
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Devil: Gypsy. : BENG
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What Pollyanna was. : GLAD
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Moon goddess. : ASTARTE
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White poplars. : ABELES
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In the same place: Latin. : IBIDEM
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Pope at time of First Crusade. : URBAN
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Worn by Gibson girls. : DUSTERS
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Send forth. : EMIT
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Pinkster flowers. : AZALEAS
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Tiger Lily's people: "Peter Pan." : INDIANS
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"The Second Mrs. Tanqueray." : PAULA
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Teller of a Canterbury Tale. : NUN
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Peashooters. : BLOWPIPES
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Wild buffalo. : ARNA
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What the Cheshire cat does. : REAPPEARS
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Ancient Wales. : CAMBRIA
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Egg dishes. : OMELETS
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The mother of Hiawatha. : WENONAH
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"The ___."—A. J. Cronin. : CITADEL
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Commands. : DIRECTS
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Status of Sancho Panza. : LABORER
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Repeat. : ITERATE
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Places in Thackeray's "Henry Esmond." : ESTATES
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Ko-Ko has a famous one. : LIST
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Ooze. : SEEP
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Payable. : DUE
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For which Kidd was hanged. : LOOTING
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Heard in "The Nine Tailors." : TOLLING
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Surpasses. : EXCEEDS
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Nurse: India. : AYAH
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Saturates. : SOAKS
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Payment for a lease: Rare. : RENTAGE
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Mark Twain's Hartford man. : YANKEE
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Causes of lost week-ends. : SPREES
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Rip's gun is. : RUSTY
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Arikara. : REE
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Chinese weights. : YINS
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Befurred. : ERMINED
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Airship. : AEROSTAT
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Nationality of Rubens. : FLEMISH
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City in Wyoming. : LARAMIE
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Where Hoover Dam is. : ARIZONA
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Droops. : SAGS
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Italian author and painter. : LEVI
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Foreign. : EPIGENE
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One who tries. : ESSAYER
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What Alice's adventures are. : DREAMS
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Tennis player. : NETMAN
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Scored at pinochle. : MELDED
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Gives assent. : YESSES
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Bret Harte character. : MINER
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He wrote "Go and Catch a Falling Star." : DONNE
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Distant region. : THULE
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Elbe tributary. : EGER
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Penny: Scot. : ARLE
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Coffin. : BIER
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Maori trees. : AKES
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Sheep. : EWE
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Sooner than. : ERE
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Narrow inlet. : RIA

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3 unique to this puzzle, 57 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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