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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Saturday, November 15, 1958

29-Across : Dance step.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.53, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 100, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,427
Across
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Scientist's instrument. : TELESCOPE
10
Overgrown with a certain plant. : IVIED
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Estranger. : ALIENATOR
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Actress Oberon. : MERLE
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Famous track star. : BANNISTER
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Unseated dictator. : PERON
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Native of: Suffix. : OTE
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Talk idly. : CHAT
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City in Belgium. : ANS
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Exclamations. : OHS
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Earth-bound birds. : KIWIS
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Marsh growth. : SEDGE
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Indonesian. : EASTINDIAN
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Dance step. : PAS
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Financial officers: Abbr. : TRS
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Issue from. : EMANATE
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On terra firma. : ASHORE
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Talks nonsense. : PRATES
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Machine tools. : SHAPERS
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___ canto, a style of singing. : BEL
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Publisher's aides: Abbr. : EDS
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Heptagonal. : SEVENSIDED
43
Outcome. : EVENT
44
Small: Fr. : PETIT
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Auxiliary verb. : MAY
49
Perch. : SIT
50
Philippine breadfruit. : RIMA
51
Oklahoma city. : ADA
52
Swedish island. : OLAND
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Footballer out of the game: Colloq. : SIDELINER
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Pilot. : FLIER
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Having matched borders. : EVENEDGED
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Resembling a fulled cloth. : FELTY
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Laboratories. : TESTROOMS
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Prohibited. : TABOO
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Port on the Gulf of Aqaba. : ELATH
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Reins. : LINES
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Poetic time of day. : EEN
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Small cut. : SNICK
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Issuers of ignominious discharges. : CASHIERERS
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Canadian tribe. : OTTAWAS
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"A ___ born, not made." : POETIS
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Be wrong. : ERR
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Little demon. : IMP
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Neckline shape. : VEE
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Shine upon. : IRRADIATE
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Stretched out. : ELONGATED
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Compactness. : DENSENESS
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Sault ___ Marie. : STE
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Complication. : SNARL
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Actress Best. : EDNA
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Obstruction. : IMPEDIMENT
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Ceases. : PASSESOFF
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City on Blue Ridge plateau. : ASHEVILLE
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Second lieutenant: Slang. : SHAVETAIL
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Third longest river of England. : TRENT
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Disengaged. : OPEN
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Taste. : SIP
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Comes to pass. : BETIDES
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Take origin. : DERIVE
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German dollar. : TALER
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Pickled muskmelon. : MANGO
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In law, revoke. : ADEEM
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Enclosures. : YARDS
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Snare. : NET
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Thirsty. : DRY
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Collection. : SET
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Phrase of agreement. : IDO

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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