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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Tuesday, June 30, 1953

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 46.2 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. 1,472
Across
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Popular June ceremony. : BRIDAL
7
Sen. Butler's city. : OMAHA
12
Ground for hope. : PROMISE
13
Sacred book of 114 suras. : KORAN
14
Roads where the Monitor engaged the Merrimac. : HAMPTON
15
Shirley Jackson's famous story (with "The"). : LOTTERY
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Mrs. Sinatra. : AVA
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Southern California's football team. : TROJANS
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West of Broadway. : MAE
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A Scotsman. : SANDY
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College pep cries. : RAHS
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___ fide (in good faith). : BONA
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Girl's nickname. : EDIE
27
Banking game. : FARO
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Armored striking force. : TANKS
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Association football. : SOCCER
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Most chic. : SMARTEST
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Oriental name. : OMAR
35
Perched. : ALIT
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Yvars or Musial. : CARDINAL
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Spatter. : SPLASH
44
Satellite of Uranus. : ARIEL
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Nothing to brag about. : SOSO
47
Italian family. : ESTE
48
Political machine man. : BOSS
49
Full of life. : SPRY
50
"___ Is Born." : ASTAR
51
Fumed ___. : OAK
52
Eschewed. : SHUNNED
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Soldiers' mail expediter: Abbr. : APO
55
One of the Andrews sisters. : TRIPLET
57
Wes Santee's new record, 4:02.4. : ONEMILE
59
Girl's name meaning my delight. : NAOMI
60
Actress Del Rio. : DOLORES
61
Pick up leavings. : GLEAN
62
Tage Erlander's people. : SWEDES
Down
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Bluff and bluster. : BRAVADO
2
One of the great languages. : ROMANIC
3
"Dennis the Menace." : IMP
4
Short song. : DITTY
5
Ten-stringed Hebrew instrument. : ASOR
6
Girl's name. : LENORA
7
Mickey Mantle's home. : OKLAHOMA
8
Jupiter has eleven. : MOONS
9
The Frick Collection. : ARTS
10
Ten-gallon item. : HAT
11
Sea animal resembling a flower. : ANEMONE
12
Stages in a cycle. : PHASES
16
Ensign, Major, Admiral, etc. : RANKS
17
Brewer's necessity. : YEAST
20
Conflicts. : JARS
23
Deciphers. : DECODES
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Verdun and Vicksburg. : BATTLES
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One of a TV trio. : FRAN
28
Vacation sortie. : TRIP
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Olympic Games champion Zapotek. : EMIL
32
Besides. : ALSO
34
Evil genius of Czar Nicholas II. : RASPUTIN
36
Prominent name in Boston. : CABOT
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Resounding with 24 Across. : AROAR
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Hazarding. : RISKING
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Bereft. : LORN
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Star of "Royal Wedding," "Easter Parade," etc. : ASTAIRE
42
U-shaped fasteners. : STAPLES
43
Members of the 8th Army. : HEROES
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Churchly bodies. : SYNODS
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First word of Jewish liturgy. : SHEMA
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Sister of 41 Down. : ADELE
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The blackthorn. : SLOE
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"Oh, Wilderness were Paradise ___!" : ENOW
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Term for Joey. : PAL
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Annual Scottish congress. : MOD

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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