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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Monday, July 30, 1956

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 42.7 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,589
Across
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Main stories. : PLOTS
6
City on the Brazos river. : WACO
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Tin Wedding presents. : PANS
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Fastening device. : RIVET
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Darling. : IDOL
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Desolation. : RUIN
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Too busy. : OVERACTIVE
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Where Nobel Institute is. : OSLO
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Game of poker. : PENNYANTE
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In pursuit of. : AFTER
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Pintail duck. : SMEE
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Car gear. : REVERSE
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Degrees. : BAS
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Handle: French. : ANSE
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Type of endorsement. : VISA
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"Green Mountain" Allen. : ETHAN
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Bill on a Parcel Service delivery. : SALESSLIP
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Hold, enough! : STOP
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Southwestern U. S. natural wonders. : MESAS
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River of Picardy. : OISE
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Taken unawares. : SURPRISED
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Eurasian boundary range. : URALS
43
12th Jewish month. : ELUL
44
Flexible, as leather. : LIMP
46
Relative of a snood. : NET
47
Boxer-wrestler Tony ___. : GALENTO
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Roadside stand sign. : EATS
52
Dramatist Clifford ___. : ODETS
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By leaps and bounds. : POSTHASTE
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6th Jewish month. : ADAR
59
Mid-town New York in the Gay Nineties. : TENDERLOIN
60
Sweetheart. : LOVE
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Yard of a brownstone front. : AREA
62
Sheeplike. : OVINE
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Snick and ___. : SNEE
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Mrs. Jack Benny. : MARY
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Factory. : WORKS
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Stage piece. : PROP
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Bright. : LIVE
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Ceramist's requisite. : OVEN
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Gull-like birds. : TERNS
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Winesap apple. : STAYMAN
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Spectators. : WITNESSES
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Tunnel to a mine. : ADIT
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Stamp collector's specialty. : COVER
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Comedian Olsen. : OLE
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Artificial fly with gray speckled wings. : PROFESSOR
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Hoad or Hartwig. : AUSTRALIAN
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City in Ohio. : NILES
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Breathe harshly. : SNORE
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French D-Day city. : CAEN
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Girl's name. : AVIS
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Festive times in December. : EVES
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DuBose Heyward character. : BESS
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Island off Alaska. : ATTU
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Frederic Wakeman's first novel. : SHORELEAVE
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Tripod. : EASEL
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"In the shade of the old ___." : APPLETREE
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Special event at the ballpark. : LADIESDAY
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Capri. : ISLE
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Nuisance. : PEST
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Fish sperm. : MILT
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Objective at baseball. : RUNS
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Cast or lift aloft. : UPTHROW
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Ship's officer. : MATE
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Objective at hockey. : GOALS
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Append. : ADDON
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Composition. : OPERA
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Artillery salute. : SALVO
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Top-notcher. : ONER
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Evening in Paris. : SOIR
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Sound of a plucked banjo string. : TINK
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Chemical suffixes. : ENES
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Harry Lauder's old hat. : TAM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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