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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Monday, April 6, 1959
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 71.1
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 O | 3 O | 4 N | 5 S | 6 S | 7 R | 8 T | 9 A | 10 B | 11 R | 12 A | 13 W |
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14 A | S | L | O | P | 15 O | U | R | S | 16 L | O | R | O |
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17 F | A | I | R | Y | 18 T | A | L | E | S | 19 O | Y | E | R |
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20 F | R | O | M | 21 O | N | E | M | A | 22 N | B | A | N | D |
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23 A | 24 G | E | D | 25 B | I | O | 26 L | A | Y |
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27 S | 28 P | 29 I | N | E | T | 30 A | L | L | B | 31 U | T | |||
32 H | O | R | S | E | H | 33 I | D | E | 34 S | P | I | 35 R | 36 T |
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37 A | R | O | W | 38 E | M | I | R | 39 S | 40 I | G | O | R |
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41 G | E | N | O | 42 A | 43 B | O | S | T | 44 O | N | E | S | E |
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45 S | E | V | 46 E | R | S | 47 A | S | T | R | A | Y |
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48 I | 49 S | M | 50 E | D | O | 51 W | I | T | H | |||||
52 S | H | I | 53 P | R | I | G | 54 G | E | R | 55 E | 56 I | 57 R | 58 E |
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59 T | E | T | E | 60 C | L | A | S | S | 61 M | A | T | E | S |
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62 L | A | H | R | 63 T | I | L | E | 64 V | I | S | I | T |
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65 E | R | S | T | 66 S | O | A | R | 67 P | R | A | D | O |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,552
Across
1
Old-time favors. : BOONS
6
Madrid Miss: Abbr. : SRTA
10
Good; fine: Scot. : BRAW
14
Full and running over. : ASLOP
15
Not theirs. : OURS
16
Monk parrot. : LORO
17
Fibs: Colloq. : FAIRYTALES
19
Court hearing: Law. : OYER
20
Out of. : FROM
21
Unique orchestra. : ONEMANBAND
23
What "aetatis" means. : AGED
25
Combining form, of living things. : BIO
26
Minstrel's song. : LAY
27
Precursor of the piano. : SPINET
30
Nearly. : ALLBUT
32
Leather. : HORSEHIDE
34
Gush: Var. : SPIRT
37
"And pretty maids all in ___." : AROW
38
Arabian nobles. : EMIRS
40
Hero of Russian epic. : IGOR
41
Port of Italy. : GENOA
43
English with an accent. : BOSTONESE
45
Parts. : SEVERS
47
Wandering. : ASTRAY
48
Cult. : ISM
50
Nigerian tribe. : EDO
51
Close to. : WITH
52
Worker with shrouds, ropes, etc. : SHIPRIGGER
55
Emerald Isle. : EIRE
59
Head: Fr. : TETE
60
Eisenhower, Bradley, Van Fleet. : CLASSMATES
62
Comedian Bert. : LAHR
63
Flooring material. : TILE
64
Sojourn. : VISIT
65
Long ago: Archaic. : ERST
66
Fly aloft. : SOAR
67
National museum in Madrid. : PRADO
Down
1
Golf stroke that hits the ground. : BAFF
2
Subglacial drifts, in geology. : OSAR
3
Hodgepodge. : OLIO
4
Reef on which the Hesperus was wrecked. : NORMANSWOE
5
Secret agent. : SPY
6
___-so. : SOAND
7
Criterion. : RULE
8
Quakers. : TREMBLERS
9
Attack. : ASSAIL
10
Small viscid drop. : BLOB
11
Great cat of Asia. : ROYALTIGER
12
Hippodrome. : ARENA
13
Verbose. : WORDY
18
___ line (follow orders strictly). : TOETHE
22
Jacks of trumps at cribbage. : NOBS
24
Letter. : GEE
27
Retrieve baseballs, in batting practice. : SHAG
28
Study. : PORE
29
Steel construction men. : IRONSMITHS
30
Form of farewell. : ADIOS
31
Not decided. : UPINTHEAIR
33
A complicated situation. : IMBROGLIO
35
Mrs. Steerforth's companion. : ROSA
36
Three, at dice. : TREY
39
Flight of steps. : STAIRS
42
Declare. : AVER
44
Hop kiln: Var. : OST
46
Decrees. : EDICTS
48
Agave fiber. : ISTLE
49
Clip. : SHEAR
51
River in Germany. : WESER
53
Lively. : PERT
54
Festival. : GALA
56
"___ Lovely Day Today." : ITSA
57
Designer of U. S. flag, 1818. : REID
58
Idaho's motto, "___ Perpetua." : ESTO
61
Baseball award: Abbr. : MVP
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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