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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Friday, April 24, 1953

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 98, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17, Grid flow: 27.2 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,405
Across
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Abounding with compliments. : PRAISEFUL
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Verb in the Commandments. : SHALT
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Apache horsemen. : REDRIDERS
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Potato. : TUBER
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Constant. : INVARIANT
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Bouquet. : AROMA
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Noah: Biblical. : NOE
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Bearish advice. : SELL
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Jane "With a Song in My Heart." : FROMAN
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Onetime outdoor stock market. : CURB
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South American monkey, : TITI
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Negative votes. : NAYS
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Within: Comb. form. : ENTO
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One of the Cyclades Islands. : MYKONOS
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Modern name for a dangerous rock on Messina Strait. : SCILLA
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Historic times. : ERAS
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Obscure. : DIM
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Radioing. : SENDING
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Mise ___ (stage setting): French. : ENSCENE
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Unit of work. : ERG
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Dutch name of the river Meuse. : MAAS
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Touch tenderly. : CARESS
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Put into a sphere. : ENGLOBE
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Musical composition. : OPUS
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Man's name meaning red earth. : ADAM
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Auxiliary verb. : WERE
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Author of "Giant." : FERBER
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Wood sorrels. : OCAS
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Mezzo-soprano Merriman. : NAN
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City in New York. : OLEAN
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Picturing in the mind. : IMAGINING
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Finnish island group in the Baltic. : ALAND
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Authority. : DOMINANCE
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Catchers' equipment. : MASKS
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Single at baseball. : ONEBAGGER
Down
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Designating a type of close-fitting beltless dress. : PRINCESSE
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One who repudiates. : RENOUNCER
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Referring to incidentally. : ADVERTING
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Lyricist Gershwin. : IRA
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Baronets' titles. : SIRS
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Girl's nickname. : EDIE
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Loyalty. : FEALTY
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Resembling a footed vase. : URNLIKE
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World War II invasion barge. : LST
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Name on the marquee. : STAR
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Indians of the Midwest. : HURONS
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Large snake of the tropics. : ABOMA
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Air Force General. : LEMAY
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Across: Prefix. : TRANS
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Budget business. : FINANCE
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Courageous. : BOLD
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Ripped. : TORE
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Executive. : MANAGER
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Giants heaped Pelion on it. : OSSA
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Draw a picture. : LIMN
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Dredging a river or harbor channel. : DEEPENING
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Hartford's specialty. : INSURANCE
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Courier. : MESSENGER
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Irritate. : GALL
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Infant's sound of joy. : CROW
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Son of Bathsheba. : SOLOMON
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Protect with a dike. : EMBANK
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Fitted, graced. : BECAME
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Bubbly. : AFOAM
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Perry Mason's secretary. : DELLA
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Regions. : AREAS
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Furthermost parts. : ENDS
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Character in "Arabian Nights." : AGIB
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Biblical mount: Var. : SINA
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Two words of assent. : IDO
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Small horse. : NAG

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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