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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Thursday, October 14, 1954
38-Across : Bar BQ, for instance.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q V W X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 28.6
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 F | 2 A | 3 I | 4 R | 5 S | 6 L | 7 I | 8 A | 9 R | 10 S | 11 H | 12 O | 13 E |
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14 A | F | O | U | L | 15 A | N | D | A | 16 P | A | U | L |
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17 S | A | L | M | A | 18 G | U | N | D | I | 19 A | N | Z | U |
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20 T | R | A | I | T | O | R | S | 21 L | 22 O | A | D | E | D |
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23 N | I | N | A | 24 B | R | I | T | T | L | E |
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25 G | 26 O | 27 B | A | N | G | 28 A | L | O | N | Z | O | |||
29 A | L | O | N | G | 30 C | L | O | A | K | 31 H | 32 A | 33 L |
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34 M | I | S | T | 35 B | L | I | N | D | 36 M | A | R | Y |
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37 P | O | T | 38 B | R | A | N | D | 39 C | O | N | G | O |
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40 O | 41 T | I | O | S | E | 42 L | O | N | D | O | N |
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43 B | 44 A | N | A | N | A | S | 45 B | O | N | G | ||||
46 U | N | B | R | E | D | 47 S | E | A | S | O | 48 N | 49 A | 50 L |
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51 G | N | U | S | 52 E | 53 N | T | O | M | O | L | O | G | Y |
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54 G | I | L | A | 55 N | E | O | N | 56 R | I | D | E | R |
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57 Y | E | L | L | 58 S | U | P | E | 59 T | A | S | S | E |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,934
Across
1
State and county events. : FAIRS
6
Ananias. : LIAR
10
Loafer. : SHOE
14
In a collision or a tangle. : AFOUL
15
"Three acres ___ cow." : ANDA
16
King of Greece since 1947. : PAUL
17
Potpourri. : SALMAGUNDI
19
Korean apricot. : ANZU
20
Faithless ones. : TRAITORS
21
Weighted. : LOADED
23
Actress Foch. : NINA
24
Crisp candy. : BRITTLE
25
Japanese checkerboard game. : GOBANG
28
Football's Stagg. : ALONZO
29
Lengthwise. : ALONG
30
Disguise. : CLOAK
31
Baseball's Mr. Newhouser. : HAL
34
Cloud under Niagara. : MIST
35
Window lattice. : BLIND
36
Former Queen. : MARY
37
___ roast. : POT
38
Bar BQ, for instance. : BRAND
39
Leopoldville's river. : CONGO
40
Indolent. : OTIOSE
42
Where Hyde Park is. : LONDON
43
Relatives of plantains. : BANANAS
45
Bell sound. : BONG
46
Unmannerly. : UNBRED
47
Periodic. : SEASONAL
51
African antelopes. : GNUS
52
Study of insects. : ENTOMOLOGY
54
Coolidge Dam's river. : GILA
55
Glow tube gas. : NEON
56
Lone Ranger or Tonto. : RIDER
57
Touchdown jubilation. : YELL
58
Extra actor: Colloq. : SUPE
59
Cup: French. : TASSE
Down
1
Unfading, as colors. : FAST
2
At a distance. : AFAR
3
City in Kansas. : IOLA
4
Buffalo or camel, for instance. : RUMINANT
5
Roofing. : SLATING
6
Vera Caspary's heroine. : LAURA
7
Taverns. : INNS
8
Find a sum. : ADD
9
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe. : RAILROAD
10
Former U. S. Air Force Chief of Staff. : SPAATZ
11
At close quarters. : HANDTOHAND
12
European blackbird. : OUZEL
13
Baffle. : ELUDE
18
Prize ring adjunct. : GONG
22
Sound effect from the pigpen. : OINK
24
Flaxen. : BLOND
25
Sairey of "Martin Chuzzlewit." : GAMP
26
Hodgepodge. : OLIO
27
Small dog. : BOSTONBULL
28
Girl's name. : ALINE
30
Seminar. : CLASS
32
Name of an ancient ship. : ARGO
33
Actor Ben. : LYON
35
Makes wider. : BROADENS
36
Land of pastoral nomadism. : MONGOLIA
38
Tendril. : BINE
39
Status of Duke of Edinburgh. : CONSORT
41
Pertaining to the ankle. : TARSAL
42
Rich, dark soil. : LOAM
43
Country doctor's vehicle. : BUGGY
44
Girl in an old song. : ANNIE
45
"I'd rather see than ___!" : BEONE
47
Sojourn. : STOP
48
Drowses. : NODS
49
Generations. : AGES
50
Homer's legendary instrument. : LYRE
53
Recent: Ger. : NEU
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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