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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Friday, February 25, 1955

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 33.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,068
Across
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Ready. : PROMPT
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Pyramidal temple. : PAGODA
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House in Fontainebleau. : CHATEAU
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Parish of Louisiana. : ORLEANS
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Crew member on a passenger plane. : HOSTESS
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Musical hit of yesteryear. : RIORITA
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Inactive: Abbr. : RET
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Indians. : DAKOTAS
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Actor Ayres. : LEW
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Cape Horn natives. : ONAS
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Sheep. : EWE
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Full of thorns. : SPINY
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Small quantity. : MITE
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Land: Latin. : AGER
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President Coty. : RENE
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Describing a type of heat-giving radiation. : EXTRARED
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TV comedian. : CAESAR
34
Toll road. : PIKE
35
Demand. : CALL
36
Highway cabin groups. : MOTELS
39
Characters in "Peter Pan." : DARLINGS
43
Premonitory sign. : OMEN
44
Striking and sharp. : BOLD
45
Japanese suffix to ships' names. : MARU
46
Cisco Kid's rope. : REATA
48
Constellation. : ARA
49
Intercept in transit. : STOP
50
Alcohol: Abbr. : ALC
51
Hobgoblin. : BUGABOO
55
___ age. : ICE
56
Variety of potherb. : SEACOLE
58
Town north of Boston. : ANDOVER
60
Fruit-filled pastry dessert. : STRUDEL
61
Sports officials. : SCORERS
62
Emphasis. : STRESS
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False doctrine. : HERESY
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Gov. McFarland's capital. : PHOENIX
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Steel center in Baden, Germany. : RASTATT
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Baseball's Mel. : OTT
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Poetic reward. : MEED
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Raisin: Span. : PASA
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World-known institute in Alabama. : TUSKEGEE
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Composer and lyricist. : PORTER
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"Celeste Aida." : ARIA
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Sheen. : GLOSS
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Poet's preposition. : OER
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Newspapers. : DAILIES
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TV adjunct. : ANTENNA
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Alloy used on automobiles. : CHROME
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Truman Cabinet member. : SAWYER
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Was under obligation. : OWED
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Symbol on the caduceus. : SERPENT
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Certain boxing contests: Slang. : PRELIMS
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Huge boats. : ARKS
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Trouble. : AIL
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Printed announcement. : CARD
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Apiece, in tennis. : ALL
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Jimmy Durante's mythical Mrs. : CALABASH
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Perplexing state of affairs. : MORASS
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Chef's specialty. : OMELETS
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Movable piece of furniture. : TEACART
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Girl's name. : DORA
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Sakini and friends in the "Teahouse." : NATIVES
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Market. : GROCERY
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Apartment building V. I. P's. : SUPERS
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Bakery product. : BAGELS
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Lodgment. : ABODE
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Rubber trees. : ULES
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Beginning of many tales. : ONCE
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Redolence. : ODOR
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Pound occupant. : CUR
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Great Lakes shipment. : ORE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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