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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Monday, February 25, 1957
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 28.1
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 L | 2 A | 3 P | 4 P | 5 S | 6 A | 7 B | 8 L | 9 E | 10 C | 11 H | 12 A | 13 P |
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14 A | R | I | E | L | 15 T | O | U | R | 16 H | A | D | A |
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17 M | A | N | S | E | 18 S | T | A | T | E | 19 A | R | I | D |
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20 A | S | Y | O | U | W | E | R | E | 21 O | R | D | E | R |
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22 S | T | A | N | D | 23 G | R | A | B | L | E |
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24 C | 25 A | 26 P | 27 H | Y | D | E | 28 W | A | C | O | ||||
29 A | C | R | 30 E | 31 A | R | 32 G | E | N | T | I | 33 N | 34 A |
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35 S | T | E | P | 36 H | 37 E | N | 38 A | N | G | E | L | I | C |
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39 A | S | S | A | U | L | T | 40 E | D | 41 R | E | N | E |
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42 S | U | L | K | 43 L | A | 44 V | 45 A | 46 D | A | S |
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47 S | 48 C | U | L | L | S | 49 A | B | A | T | 50 E | ||||
51 C | A | R | E | S | 52 S | P | O | I | L | A | 53 B | 54 L | 55 E |
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56 O | M | I | T | 57 I | N | S | U | L | A | T | I | O | N |
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58 W | E | N | T | 59 B | E | E | T | 60 S | E | T | T | O |
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61 L | O | G | E | 62 N | E | S | S | 63 T | R | E | S | S |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,799
Across
1
"Midnight Sun" people. : LAPPS
6
Competent. : ABLE
10
Young fellow. : CHAP
14
African gazelle. : ARIEL
15
Circuit. : TOUR
16
"Mary ___ little lamb ... " : HADA
17
Male adulthood. : MANSESTATE
19
Barren. : ARID
20
Military command. : ASYOUWERE
21
Any command. : ORDER
22
Position. : STAND
23
Actress Betty. : GRABLE
24
Baseball's Mr. Anson. : CAP
27
Park in London. : HYDE
28
Site of Baylor U. : WACO
29
Parcel of land. : ACRE
31
Where Rosario is. : ARGENTINA
35
Grandson of William the Conqueror. : STEPHEN
38
Heavenly. : ANGELIC
39
Attacked. : ASSAULTED
41
Coty of France. : RENE
42
Nurse a grievance. : SULK
43
Source of basalt. : LAVA
46
That: Ger. : DAS
47
Oars. : SCULLS
49
Subside. : ABATE
51
Loves (with "for"). : CARES
52
Likely to decay. : SPOILABLE
56
Fail to mention. : OMIT
57
What asbestos is used for. : INSULATION
58
Proceeded. : WENT
59
Garden vegetable. : BEET
60
Quarrel: Colloq. : SETTO
61
Theatre compartment. : LOGE
62
Headland. : NESS
63
Lock of hair. : TRESS
Down
1
Monk of Lhasa. : LAMA
2
Macaws. : ARAS
3
Redolent of cedar. : PINY
4
Cuban dollars. : PESOS
5
Detective. : SLEUTH
6
Bridesmaid. : ATTENDANT
7
Roomer. : BOARDER
8
Forerunner of the mandolin. : LUTE
9
Before. : ERE
10
Moral strength. : CHARACTER
11
Tough: Colloq. : HARDBOILED
12
Biblical name. : ADIEL
13
Spanish monk. : PADRE
18
Power. : SWAY
21
Bornean ape. : ORANG
23
Short for a girl's name. : GWEN
24
___ Grande, Arizona. : CASA
25
Deeds. : ACTS
26
Exerting compelling influence on. : PRESSURING
30
Shoulder ornament. : EPAULETTE
32
People "on the go." : GADABOUTS
33
One of the Warren girls. : NINA
34
Playing cards. : ACES
36
Calyxes of some fruits. : HULLS
37
Members of a brotherhood. : ELKS
40
Passes. : ELAPSES
44
Morse's aide in telegraph development. : VAIL
45
Finally. : ATLAST
47
Look angry. : SCOWL
48
Carved gem. : CAMEO
50
Consumer. : EATER
52
Snick and ___. : SNEE
53
Be caught, as by a trick. : BITE
54
Quantities. : LOTS
55
Adam's grandson. : ENOS
57
Son (of), in Arabian names. : IBN
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later.
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