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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Thursday, June 17, 1954

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { G J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 47.7 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,815
Across
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Vietnam's Chief of State. : BAODAI
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Chief university of Sweden: Var. : UPSALA
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Sugar candy. : FONDANT
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Bid at bridge. : NOTRUMP
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Radio-TV accessory. : ANTENNA
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Chucker-out. : BOUNCER
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Native of Indo-China. : LAO
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Trays. : SALVERS
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Actress Claire. : INA
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Containers. : TINS
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Haile Selassie, ___ of Judah. : LION
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Sea dogs. : SALTS
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Indians. : ERIES
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Palo ___. : ALTO
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Chimney part. : FLUE
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Ascertain one's bearings anew. : REORIENT
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Zenanas. : HAREMS
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Words of honor. : VOWS
37
French girl's name. : FIFI
38
New Orleans University. : TULANE
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Clasp pins. : BROACHES
45
Land of oil : IRAN
46
Out of the common. : RARE
48
Grow. : RAISE
49
Places of trade. : MARTS
51
Sibilant interjection. : SISS
53
Cobwebs. : NETS
54
Finis. : END
55
Singer who starred in "South Pacific." : EASTHAM
58
Map line: Abbr. : LAT
59
Medieval Italian hero. : RINALDO
61
Vie with. : EMULATE
63
Pressure cooker. : STEAMER
64
Thin fabric. : SATINET
65
Wandering. : ERRANT
66
Inclinations. : TRENDS
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Island of Dutch Curaçao. : BONAIRE
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San ___. : ANTONIO
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Chanted poem. : ODE
4
Dailey and Bucceroni. : DANS
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Recorded events of a year. : ANNAL
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De Gasperi, Einaudi, Pella. : ITALIANS
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Straight. : UNBENT
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Inadequate. : POOR
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Game like faro. : STUSS
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Governor in Topeka. : ARN
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Desi's lady. : LUCILLE
12
Catkin. : AMENTUM
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Hesitate. : FALTER
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Varieties of leek-green quartz. : PRASES
20
Electric unit. : VOLT
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Family retainer. : SERVANT
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Native of Monrovia. : AFRICAN
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Hill in Jerusalem: Var. : SION
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Wheeling's river. : OHIO
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Jug. : EWER
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A long way off. : AFAR
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Most vigorous. : FRESHEST
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Prize-rings officials. : TIMERS
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Mineral group. : URANITE
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Well-known short-story writer. : LARDNER
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Young of the herring. : BRIT
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Upland region: Scot. : HIELAND
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Country places. : ESTATES
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Stanza of six lines. : SESTET
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Arrange in order. : ASSORT
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Alabama city. : SELMA
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Island near Leyte. : SAMAR
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Arabian seaport. : ADEN
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Silent. : MUTE
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Swiss river. : AAR
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Shade tree. : LIN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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