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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Friday, April 2, 1954
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17, Grid flow: 13.0
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 R | 3 I | 4 D | 5 G | 6 E | 7 L | 8 A | 9 L | 10 A | 11 L | 12 A |
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13 R | U | N | I | N | S | 14 G | 15 U | I | L | E | F | U | L |
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16 A | B | A | C | U | S | 17 U | N | T | E | N | A | N | T |
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18 W | E | S | T | 19 A | 20 S | I | A | 21 V | I | R | E | O |
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22 M | A | 23 R | Y | M | A | R | 24 T | I | N | |||||
25 B | 26 R | U | T | E | 27 U | N | M | A | N | 28 B | 29 M | 30 T |
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31 L | U | C | I | A | 32 G | A | S | P | 33 S | L | O | E |
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34 A | S | H | O | R | 35 E | 36 S | 37 P | H | I | N | X |
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38 S | E | A | N | 39 W | 40 A | 41 C | 42 O | 43 L | I | N | D | A |
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44 E | S | S | 45 C | E | R | O | S | 46 A | N | D | E | S |
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47 P | O | S | T | U | L | 48 A | T | E | D | |||||
49 O | 50 R | 51 G | A | N | 52 I | R | O | N | 53 R | A | 54 R | 55 E |
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56 D | E | A | R | N | 57 E | S | S | 58 T | 59 A | U | T | E | N |
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60 I | N | I | T | I | A | T | E | 61 E | X | P | E | N | D |
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62 N | O | T | Y | E | T | 63 D | E | S | S | E | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,739
Across
1
George Washington ___. : BRIDGE
7
Voice training exercise. : LALALA
13
Petty spats. : RUNINS
14
Tricky. : GUILEFUL
16
Ancestor of the comptometer. : ABACUS
17
Dispossess occupants: Rare. : UNTENANT
18
Scene of many an adventure tale. : WEST
19
Where Lake Baikal is. : ASIA
21
Songbird. : VIREO
22
Star of Norman Krasna play. : MARYMARTIN
25
"Et tu, ___." : BRUTE
27
Dishearten. : UNMAN
28
Brooklyn-Manhattan subway. : BMT
31
She sings the "Mad Scene." : LUCIA
32
Wheeze. : GASP
33
Black haw. : SLOE
34
On terra firma. : ASHORE
36
Structure at El Giza, Egypt. : SPHINX
38
President O'Kelly. : SEAN
39
Site of Baylor U. : WACO
43
Actress Darnell. : LINDA
44
Letter. : ESS
45
Caribbean game fishes. : CEROS
46
Setting of Lake Titicaca. : ANDES
47
Assumed. : POSTULATED
49
Musical instrument. : ORGAN
52
Cattle brander. : IRON
53
A day in June, for instance. : RARE
56
Reciprocal affection. : DEARNESS
58
Draw tighter. : TAUTEN
60
Take the first step. : INITIATE
61
Use up. : EXPEND
62
"___, but soon." : NOTYET
63
French fashion designer. : DESSES
Down
1
Handsome; smart: Scot. : BRAW
2
Opposite of a city slicker. : RUBE
3
Seeing that. : INASMUCHAS
4
Business study course. : DICTATION
5
Ox-headed antelope. : GNU
6
Dissertation. : ESSAY
7
Illuminated. : LIT
8
Newly hatched salmon. : ALEVIN
9
Founder of the Comintern. : LENIN
10
Way off. : AFAR
11
Crescent-shaped figure. : LUNE
12
Voice. : ALTO
14
Region of South America. : GUIANA
15
Deprives of weapons. : UNARMS
20
Self-satisfied. : SMUG
23
Build. : REAR
24
Heel pieces. : TAPS
25
Satiated and bored. : BLASE
26
Tricks. : RUSES
28
Teen-age adventures. : BLINDDATES
29
World: French. : MONDE
30
One-twelfth of the area of U. S. : TEXAS
33
Housewives with floor wax. : SHINERUPS
35
Merinos. : EWES
37
Patch of ground. : PLAT
40
Peter Hurd, for instance. : ARTIST
41
Series. : COURSE
42
Where Nobel Institute is. : OSLO
45
Baseball's Mr. Mack. : CONNIE
47
A person, facetiously. : PARTY
48
Chipped in. : ANTED
49
Balder's father. : ODIN
50
Las Vegas rival. : RENO
51
Lope or trot. : GAIT
54
President Coty of France. : RENE
55
Rings down the curtain. : ENDS
57
Bore into. : EAT
59
Part of the fasces. : AXE
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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