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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Thursday, April 21, 1955

34-Across : Star of "Strategic Air Command."

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 31.7
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,123
Across
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Natural talent. : FLAIR
6
Part of a car. : HUBCAP
12
Star miler. : LANDY
13
Revealed. : UNROLLED
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Grew light. : DAWNED
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Adjective for a ghost story. : SHUDDERY
18
Giant. : OGRE
19
Edith Wharton's Mr. Frome. : ETHAN
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Shortly. : ANON
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Source of metal. : ORE
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Quisling. : TRAITOR
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Worth. : USE
26
French city. : NANCY
28
A form of "ones," in dialect. : UNS
29
Highest points. : ACMES
31
Applauding for more. : ENCORING
33
Time. : AGE
34
Star of "Strategic Air Command." : STEWART
35
Fished for sailfish. : TROLLED
39
Compass marking. : ENE
40
Pretend. : SIMULATE
41
Rule the ___. : ROOST
44
Important Malayan product. : TIN
45
One and all. : TOTAL
46
Public service organization. : ARC
47
Naps at noon. : SIESTAS
50
Swift-running bird. : EMU
51
Evidence. : DATA
53
Brown and gray butterfly. : SATYR
54
Waterless. : ARID
55
In the Muscovite manner. : ALARUSSE
57
Courteous and affable. : URBANE
59
Tax bureau man: Slang. : REVENUER
60
New Senator from Nevada. : BIBLE
61
Rods used in basketry. : OSIERS
62
Hoard up. : AMASS
Down
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Glaringly bad. : FLAGRANT
2
Mrs. A's stage name. : LAWRENCE
3
George VI's granddaughter. : ANNE
4
Chemistry suffix. : IDE
5
___ Cup, golf trophy. : RYDER
6
Stilling. : HUSHING
7
Removes the chapeau. : UNHATS
8
Conductor Walter. : BRUNO
9
North Atlantic catch. : COD
10
Actor Robert ___. : ALDA
11
Opposite of vacuum. : PLENUM
14
Irregular as a leaf edge. : EROSE
15
Units of force. : DYNES
16
Lorna's people. : DOONES
20
Mock. : TAUNT
23
Oppressors. : TYRANTS
24
Stews. : RAGOUTS
27
British yachting center. : COWES
30
Concert instrument. : CELLO
32
Wrath. : IRE
33
Pitcher's concern. : ARM
35
Overcolored, as a painting. : TINTY
36
Football passes. : LATERALS
37
Flag fabrics. : ETAMINES
38
Hoodwink. : DELUDE
40
The seven Pleiades. : SISTERS
41
Electronic detecting device. : RADAR
42
Papal collar. : ORALE
43
8vo. : OCTAVO
44
Puzzling problem. : TEASER
48
Outcome. : ISSUE
49
Dutch island of West Indies. : ARUBA
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Greek god. : ARES
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Father, in the East. : ABBA
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Numerical prefix. : UNI
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Wheel part. : RIM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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