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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Tuesday, October 26, 1954

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 57.7 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,946
Across
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Proverbial door approacher. : WOLF
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Where Britons gather. : PUBS
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One of three famous ships. : PINTA
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River into Tatar Strait. : AMUR
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Man's name. : ELIA
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Neutral. : INERT
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Actress Turner. : LANA
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The heath aster. : TANGLEFOOT
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Peninsula province of China. : SHANTUNG
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Atonement. : AMENDS
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Heed: Poet. : HARKEN
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Librettist Hammerstein. : OSCAR
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Main theme. : MOTIF
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Giant trophy. : PENNANT
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Hubbub. : ADO
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Fenced. : RAILED
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Tract. : AREA
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Skater Henie. : SONJA
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Gazelle. : GOA
40
"Luck and Pluck" author. : ALGER
41
Girl's nickname. : ETTA
42
Harmonic triads. : CHORDS
44
Noun suffixes. : ERS
45
Dept. of Sanitation vehicle. : ASHCART
47
Underworld figure. : SATAN
49
Old Mr. Kringle. : KRISS
51
Well-known TV name. : MILTON
54
He married Amy. : LAURIE
57
Place a value on. : APPRAISE
59
Word scorned by a real optimist. : IMPOSSIBLE
61
___ goose. : SNOW
62
Rope loop. : NOOSE
63
Legato effect in music. : SLUR
64
Part of England. : KENT
65
Units of force. : DYNES
66
Stitches. : HEMS
67
Enzymes. : ASES
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One in Baseball's Hall of Fame. : WALSH
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City opposite Council Bluffs. : OMAHA
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Astronomer's time unit. : LUNARMONTH
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Bandmaster Goldman's middle name. : FRANKO
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Funnel-shaped flower. : PETUNIA
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Polish lancer: Var. : ULAN
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Political issue in New York. : BINGO
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Bend in the middle. : SAG
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Nursery rhyme character. : PIEMAN
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Devilish. : INFERNAL
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Glow tube gas. : NEON
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Trampled. : TROD
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Thai coins. : ATTS
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Woven together. : LACED
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Four: Comb. form. : TETRA
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Asparagus stalks. : SPEARS
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TV specialties. : FIGHTS
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People of the pampas. : ARGENTINES
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Poetic contraction. : NEER
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Bluejackets. : TARS
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On a cruise. : ASEA
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Freckles. : DOTS
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Card game. : LOO
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General Jacqueminot. : JACKROSE
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Up and about. : ASTIR
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"Fresh roasted peanuts!" and "Hot dogs!" : CRIES
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Furnace valves. : DAMPERS
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Presents itself. : ARISES
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Where Point Barrow is. : ALASKA
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Valuable fur. : SABLE
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Chemical compound. : OSONE
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Small salamanders. : NEWTS
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Swedish Nightingale. : LIND
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Red port near Quemoy. : AMOY
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Put ___ (victimized). : UPON
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Choice object. : PLUM
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Belonging to: Suffix. : ISH

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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