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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Tuesday, January 19, 1954
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 45.6
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 O | 3 O | 4 B | 5 A | 6 D | 7 D | 8 R | 9 E | 10 A | 11 M | ||||
12 A | U | R | O | R | A | 13 R | E | A | D | E | 14 R | |||
15 C | U | T | B | A | C | K | 16 A | B | R | A | H | A | 17 M |
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18 I | N | S | 19 S | H | O | 20 T | G | U | N | 21 A | R | A |
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22 S | T | I | 23 N | T | 24 T | U | N | S | 25 T | R | E | S |
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26 C | O | D | E | 27 B | A | B | E | 28 B | R | I | S | K |
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29 O | N | E | W | 30 A | Y | 31 A | T | 32 H | E | I | S | T | S |
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33 G | O | E | 34 S | 35 S | U | L | U | |||||||
36 A | 37 R | 38 K | A | N | S | A | 39 S | 40 G | A | M | 41 B | 42 I | 43 T |
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44 R | E | N | T | E | 45 T | A | 46 M | S | 47 P | O | N | E |
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48 O | P | I | E | 49 A | U | R | A | 50 C | H | U | R | N |
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51 M | E | T | 52 A | R | R | A | Y | 53 A | L | 54 N | O | T |
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55 A | L | T | 56 A | R | E | D | 57 O | N | E | 58 I | D | A | S |
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59 S | E | L | I | N | A | 60 R | E | A | R | E | D | |||
61 D | E | L | A | Y | 62 S | T | R | A | D | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,666
Across
1
Words of commiseration. : TOOBAD
7
A vision of beauty. : DREAM
12
"Rosy-fingered" goddess. : AURORA
13
Emlyn Williams, for instance. : READER
15
Football maneuver. : CUTBACK
16
Mr. Lincoln. : ABRAHAM
18
Ones elected. : INS
19
Short-range weapon. : SHOTGUN
21
Southern constellation. : ARA
22
Task to do. : STINT
24
Big wine vessels. : TUNS
25
Very: French. : TRES
26
Wigwag. : CODE
27
Mrs. Zaharias. : BABE
28
Keen and energetic. : BRISK
29
Traffic sign. : ONEWAY
31
Unbelievers. : ATHEISTS
33
Disappears. : GOES
35
Great Pacific archipelago. : SULU
36
Governor Cherry's state. : ARKANSAS
40
Chess opening. : GAMBIT
44
Annual income in France. : RENTE
45
Caps. : TAMS
47
Corn bread. : PONE
48
___ Read, humorist of the Gay Nineties. : OPIE
49
Nimbus. : AURA
50
Beat up. : CHURN
51
Bing's bailiwick. : MET
52
Drawing up; marshaling. : ARRAYAL
54
Particle of negation. : NOT
55
Having a sacrificial table. : ALTARED
57
Iroquoian Indians. : ONEIDAS
59
Girl's name meaning heaven. : SELINA
60
Fostered. : REARED
61
Procrastinate. : DELAY
62
Short for precious old violins. : STRADS
Down
1
City in Massachusetts. : TAUNTON
2
The utmost limit. : OUTSIDE
3
Globe. : ORB
4
Indulge in tall talk. : BOAST
5
Roguish. : ARCH
6
Sioux Indian. : DAKOTA
7
Sweeping snares on TV. : DRAGNETS
8
Puzzle. : REBUS
9
Acquire. : EARN
10
City in Oklahoma. : ADA
11
Dromedaries used by French Army in Algeria. : MEHARIS
14
Most excellent. : RAREST
15
Whitefish of the Great Lakes. : CISCO
17
Mardi Gras equipment. : MASKS
20
Bass saxhorn. : TUBA
23
Historic London prison. : NEWGATE
25
First word in a Churchill title. : TRIUMPH
27
Short farewells. : BYES
28
Actor Lugosi. : BELA
30
Top rating at Lloyd's. : AONE
32
Keeps close to. : HUGS
34
Christmas, 1954. : SATURDAY
36
Spicy odor. : AROMA
37
Is resistant to. : REPELS
38
Made a cardigan. : KNITTED
39
Frances Burnett heroine. : SARA
41
Vaulted. : BOUNDED
42
Forays. : INROADS
43
Mountaineers' shelters. : TENTS
46
City officials. : MAYORS
49
Amphitheatre. : ARENA
50
No smog, no smaze, no smurk. : CLEAR
52
Seed covering. : ARIL
53
Old word for dill. : ANET
56
Comrade of cakes. : ALE
58
Author Wolfert. : IRA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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