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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Wednesday, January 8, 1964
21-Down : Series of thirty masses, in Roman Catholic churches.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 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 L | 2 O | 3 A | 4 D | 5 G | 6 O | 7 N | 8 G | 9 S | 10 H | 11 U | 12 S | 13 H |
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14 O | R | C | A | 15 O | M | O | O | 16 W | I | N | C | E |
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17 C | O | R | N | 18 E | T | I | S | T | 19 A | D | M | A | N |
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20 A | N | E | C | D | O | T | E | 21 T | R | E | A | T | S |
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22 L | O | S | E | S | 23 A | R | D | O | R | |||||
24 R | E | 25 V | 26 O | 27 L | V | E | 28 U | R | 29 G | 30 A |
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31 I | 32 F | 33 S | 34 L | A | T | E | E | N | 35 T | I | R | O |
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36 M | O | T | 37 S | 38 R | I | A | N | T | 39 S | E | A | N |
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40 P | R | E | Y | 41 D | O | N | G | A | 42 S | 43 D | Y | E |
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44 S | T | A | B | 45 E | S | T | E | L | L | 46 A | ||||
47 M | A | 48 R | N | E | 49 A | B | 50 A | 51 F | 52 T |
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53 C | 54 O | B | R | A | S | 55 C | 56 H | 57 I | N | A | S | E | A |
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58 A | R | O | I | D | 59 G | O | I | N | G | D | O | W | N |
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60 P | L | A | T | A | 61 B | A | L | K | 62 A | L | E | S |
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63 P | E | T | E | R | 64 S | T | A | Y | 65 N | A | R | Y |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,274
Across
1
Weight. : LOAD
5
Signal bell. : GONG
9
Silence! : SHUSH
14
Killer whale. : ORCA
15
Sequel to "Typee." : OMOO
16
Shrink. : WINCE
17
Member of the band. : CORNETIST
19
Madison Avenue worker. : ADMAN
20
Emcee's opening gambit. : ANECDOTE
21
Negotiates. : TREATS
22
___ one's head. : LOSES
23
Spirit. : ARDOR
24
Turn. : REVOLVE
28
Mongolian city. : URGA
31
Suppositions. : IFS
34
Kind of sail. : LATEEN
35
Novice: Var. : TIRO
36
Quips. : MOTS
38
Laughing. : RIANT
39
Ireland's Mr. Lemass. : SEAN
40
Quarry. : PREY
41
Ravines of South Africa. : DONGAS
43
Color. : DYE
44
Try: Colloq. : STAB
45
Girl in "Great Expectations." : ESTELLA
47
River in France. : MARNE
49
Nautical term. : ABAFT
53
Mongoose's prey. : COBRAS
55
Part of the Pacific. : CHINASEA
58
Plant of the arum family. : AROID
59
Elevator man's dictum. : GOINGDOWN
60
Silver, in Spain. : PLATA
61
Frustrate. : BALK
62
Pub sign. : ALES
63
Arno, for one. : PETER
64
Nautical term. : STAY
65
Not a one. : NARY
Down
1
Type of train. : LOCAL
2
Site of University of Maine. : ORONO
3
Landed property. : ACRES
4
Terpsichore. : DANCER
5
"___ the ant, thou sluggard." : GOTO
6
Neglect. : OMIT
7
Cyrano's burden. : NOSE
8
Received. : GOT
9
Turf. : SWARD
10
Refuges of a sort. : HIDEOUTS
11
Single. : UNMARRIED
12
Get going! : SCAT
13
Pullets. : HENS
18
One of the Fords. : EDSEL
21
Series of thirty masses, in Roman Catholic churches. : TRENTAL
23
Requite. : AVENGE
25
Family in "Barnaby Rudge." : VARDENS
26
Idle. : OTIOSE
27
Inclined. : LEANT
29
English poet. : GRAY
30
Top rating at Lloyd's. : AONE
31
Gremlins. : IMPS
32
Dodge or Duquesne. : FORT
33
The Robert E. Lee. : STEAMBOAT
37
Lover of luxury. : SYBARITE
42
Popular cant. : SLANG
46
Oil port on Persian Gulf. : ABADAN
48
Airport equipment. : RADAR
50
City in Lombardy. : ASOLA
51
Not so many. : FEWER
52
Strong-smelling plant. : TANSY
53
Current cartoonist. : CAPP
54
Narrow fillet, on a shaft. : ORLE
55
Parka. : COAT
56
"Eyes" of beans: Bot. : HILA
57
Black. : INKY
59
Shavian initials. : GBS
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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