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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Monday, November 16, 1953

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 41.2
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,611
Across
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She starred in "Mata Hari." : GARBO
6
Ready to sail. : ABOARD
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Vocal part of a comic strip. : BALLOON
14
Coarser. : CRUDER
15
Keep apart. : ISOLATE
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Captain Hornblower. : HORATIO
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Point. : NIB
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Hamlet's father, Banquo, et al. : SHADOWS
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Warp yarn. : ABB
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Grown up. : ADULT
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1200, Army-Navy time. : NOON
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Utter taunting words. : GIBE
26
Depend. : RELY
27
Extra. : ODD
28
"Oft in the ___ night ... " : STILLY
30
River at Nieuport, Belgium. : YSER
31
Peace price winner of 1912. : ROOT
33
Musical concomitant of moonlight. : ROSES
34
Pahlevi's domain. : IRAN
36
Service group organized in 1942. : WAAC
38
City on the Mohawk river. : UTICA
41
433d asteroid. : EROS
43
Eyes: Poetic. : ORBS
47
Jacob ___, former Russian actor. : BENAMI
49
Some Grand Rapids furniture. : OAK
50
Patron of many "operas." : SOAP
51
City on the Oka river. : OREL
52
Part of a bridge. : SPAN
54
County in Montana. : TOOLE
55
Opposite of "lv." : ARR
56
Kind of cake. : GRIDDLE
58
Bering ___. : SEA
59
In name only. : TITULAR
61
Barkeeper. : TAPSTER
63
Ruth's sister. : EILEEN
64
Loses color. : WHITENS
65
Badgerlike animals. : RATELS
66
Single portion of food. : ORDER
Down
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Bubble. : GLOBULE
2
Quite. : ALL
3
Barbecue. : ROAST
4
Equally. : BOTH
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Two. : ONEANDONE
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Gesundheit! : ACHOO
7
Major League team going to Baltimore. : BROWNS
8
Pronoun. : OURS
9
City in Oklahoma. : ADA
10
Sells over the counter. : RETAILS
11
Maneuver at basketball. : DRIBBLE
12
Double. : BINARY
13
Actors' spoken thoughts. : ASIDES
17
Is guided by. : OBEYS
20
Extinct bird. : DODO
23
Expressing feelings in emotional language. : LYRICAL
25
Lively: Music. : GIOCOSO
27
Pray: Latin. : ORA
29
Musical refrain syllable. : TRA
32
Four. : TWOANDTWO
35
Strike against with great force. : RAM
37
Make applications. : ASK
38
The Deutschland of 1916. : UBOAT
39
Kerry blue. : TERRIER
40
Disinclination to act. : INERTIA
42
Corduroy ___. : ROAD
44
Weathervane figure. : ROOSTER
45
Whalebone. : BALEEN
46
Asparagus tips. : SPEARS
48
Where Ben-Zvi presides. : ISRAEL
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Bobbins. : PIRNS
54
Lukewarm. : TEPID
56
Part song. : GLEE
57
Zany comedian. : LAHR
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In the last month: Abbr. : ULT
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Title for Genevieve of Paris: Abbr. : STE

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

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