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Thomas Meekin
Holiday Diversion
New York Times, Sunday, July 4, 1948
94-Down : Wind instrument.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 144, Blocks: 73, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 557 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 118, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 47, Grid flow: 27.3
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 V | 2 E | 3 R | 4 O | 5 N | 6 A | 7 M | 8 A | 9 R | 10 K | 11 O | 12 A | 13 S | 14 P | 15 E | 16 C | 17 T | ||||
18 T | I | N | A | M | O | U | 19 A | D | A | I | R | 20 U | T | O | P | I | A | 21 N |
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22 H | O | G | W | A | R | D | 23 D | A | Y | A | K | 24 S | E | D | I | L | I | A |
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25 A | L | L | 26 N | A | I | 27 V | E | 28 A | N | N | 29 A | T | E | S | 30 I | N | K |
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31 L | E | I | 32 S | 33 T | O | L | 34 U | 35 G | E | B | I | R | 36 F | A | T | E |
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37 I | N | S | T | 38 A | 39 R | 40 L | I | N | 41 D | 42 Y | U | N | S | 43 I | T | E | R |
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44 A | T | H | E | N | A | 45 E | N | T | R | 46 U | S | T | 47 B | R | A | D | S |
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48 P | O | K | 49 E | 50 E | R | A | S | 51 B | 52 O | A | T | |||||||||
53 C | 54 A | 55 S | H | M | E | R | 56 E | 57 U | V | A | 58 L | 59 R | I | C | H | 60 A | 61 R | 62 D |
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63 A | L | L | E | Y | 64 E | N | 65 A | T | E | 66 I | 67 R | I | S | H | 68 M | E | O |
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69 N | O | U | N | 70 S | M | I | T | H | 71 H | A | U | T | E | 72 P | A | I | R |
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73 A | N | N | 74 C | H | I | D | E | 75 H | O | R | T | A | 76 C | O | N | G | E |
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77 R | E | G | 78 A | L | I | A | 79 S | 80 O | O | T | 81 S | I | 82 D | E | L | I | N | E |
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83 M | A | N | N | 84 W | I | S | 85 P | 86 N | U | D | A | |||||||||
87 G | 88 A | 89 P | E | D | 90 S | 91 U | N | S | P | O | 92 T | 93 K | A | R | 94 O | 95 S | 96 S |
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97 I | V | A | N | 98 C | 99 H | I | P | 100 T | U | L | E | 101 E | R | I | C | A | L |
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102 B | O | N | D | 103 L | U | L | L | 104 S | 105 R | E | E | 106 F | 107 S | A | R | A |
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108 B | I | D | 109 B | A | S | T | I | L | 110 E | 111 A | M | I | 112 S | 113 H | 114 R | O | N |
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115 O | D | O | 116 R | O | U | S | 117 F | E | L | 118 I | X | 119 R | E | A | 120 D | I | N | G |
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121 N | E | R | I | S | S | A | 122 T | E | S | T | E | 123 S | T | R | I | N | G | Y |
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124 D | A | N | C | E | R | 125 S | K | E | O | S | 126 T | H | O | M | A | S |
© 1948, The New York TimesNo. 334
Across
1
Scene of a Shakespearean comedy. : VERONA
7
The Serbian national hero. : MARKO
12
Appearance. : ASPECT
18
Quail-like bird. : TINAMOU
19
Iowan county. : ADAIR
20
Visionary. : UTOPIAN
22
Swineherd. : HOGWARD
23
Bornean: Var. : DAYAK
24
Seats in the chancel. : SEDILIA
25
___ American. : ALL
26
Artless. : NAIVE
28
Churchly benefice. : ANNATES
30
The cuttlefish's defense. : INK
31
Mementoes of Diamond Head. : LEIS
33
A balsam. : TOLU
35
Legendary prince, probably namer of Gibraltar. : GEBIR
36
Goddess of destiny. : FATE
37
Stud with gems. : INSTAR
40
P. T. Barnum's star, 1850–52. : LIND
42
Members of Laos tribes. : YUNS
43
Appian Way. : ITER
44
Creator of the olive tree. : ATHENA
45
Commit. : ENTRUST
47
Small nails. : BRADS
48
Forty-niner's gold-dust holder. : POKE
50
Times. : ERAS
51
Often tossed from Dover to Calais. : BOAT
53
Himalayan wool. : CASHMERE
57
Grapelike. : UVAL
59
Victor over Saladin, 1191. : RICHARD
63
Sally's milieu. : ALLEY
64
Growing out. : ENATE
66
Shavian stock. : IRISH
68
One of a Hindu caste. : MEO
69
Substantive. : NOUN
70
Founder of Virginia. : SMITH
71
___ Savoie. : HAUTE
72
Poker hand. : PAIR
73
___ Arbor, Mich. : ANN
74
Admonish. : CHIDE
75
Atlantic island airline stop. : HORTA
76
Curt dismissal. : CONGE
77
Kingly rights. : REGALIA
79
Chimney-sweep's haul. : SOOT
81
Byroad: Canada. : SIDELINE
83
Author of "Buddenbrooks." : MANN
84
Handful of hay. : WISP
86
A class of ctenophores. : NUDA
87
Goggled. : GAPED
90
Solar phenomenon. : SUNSPOT
93
South African native garment. : KAROSS
97
Predecessor and patron of Boris Godunov. : IVAN
98
Golf shot. : CHIP
100
Cattail. : TULE
101
Pertaining to an order of plants. : ERICAL
102
A binder: Brickwork. : BOND
103
Stills. : LULLS
105
Longfellow's "Norman's Woe." : REEF
107
___ Allgood, actress. : SARA
108
Make an offer. : BID
109
Castle razed at Porte St. Antoine, Paris. : BASTILE
111
A sect of Mennonites. : AMISH
114
Man's nickname. : RON
115
Redolent. : ODOROUS
117
George Eliot's Mr. Holt. : FELIX
119
City on the Schuykill River. : READING
121
Portia's clever waiting woman. : NERISSA
122
Witness: Law. : TESTE
123
Filamentous. : STRINGY
124
Isadora Duncan's profession. : DANCER
125
Shetlandic huts. : SKEOS
126
A Presidential candidate. : THOMAS
Down
1
Turbulent. : VIOLENT
2
Nationality of Virginia Dare. : ENGLISH
3
Undiluted. : RAW
4
Its capital is Muscat. : OMAN
5
Mrs. Thin Man. : NORA
6
Balance-sheet. : AUDIT
7
Heroine of Keats' "Eve of St. Agnes." : MADELINE
8
Idahoan county. : ADA
9
East Indian broadbill. : RAYA
10
Term used in southeast China for "river." : KIANG
11
Where Mainland is. : ORKNEYS
12
Site of University of Texas. : AUSTIN
13
Ranch stock. : STEERS
14
Legumes. : PODS
15
Finial. : EPI
16
An order of Infusoria. : CILIATA
17
Contaminated. : TAINTED
18
One of the three Graces. : THALIA
21
Kettledrums. : NAKERS
27
Meadow-mouse. : VOLE
29
Touch. : ABUT
32
Name meaning crown. : STEPHEN
34
Falsehood. : UNTRUTH
36
___ of Forth. : FIRTH
38
A miracle. : ANOMY
39
Croupier's lost-bets gatherer. : RAKE
41
Tributary of the Danube. : DRAVE
46
Where Dr. Malan is premier. : USA
47
Composer of the B Minor Mass. : BACH
49
Of deserts: Biogeography. : EREMIAN
51
Great ___. : BRITAIN
52
River in north France. : OISE
53
Ecuadoran province. : CANAR
54
Separate. : ALONE
55
Hurled. : SLUNG
56
Patient wife in Arthurian legend. : ENID
58
Ananias. : LIAR
60
Source of revenue: India. : AMANI
61
___ of Terror. : REIGN
62
A fish, the John Dory. : DOREE
65
Sweetsop. : ATES
67
Wagon trail. : RUTS
70
Climb. : SHIN
71
Sir Henry Percy (1364–1403). : HOTSPUR
72
Brightest star in Ursa Minor. : POLARIS
74
Dressed. : CLAD
75
Elevator. : HOIST
76
___ waxwing. : CEDAR
78
Make better. : AMEND
80
Acknowledge. : OWN
82
Wellington's title. : DUKE
85
Battle weapons. : POLEAXES
87
Author of "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." : GIBBON
88
Fought shy of. : AVOIDED
89
Prometheus' brother's wife. : PANDORA
90
Deposit. : SILT
91
Elevates. : UPLIFTS
92
Abound. : TEEM
94
Wind instrument. : OCARINA
95
Malayan garments. : SARONGS
96
Argotic. : SLANGY
98
Short sentence. : CLAUSE
99
Wearer of a busby. : HUSSAR
104
Well groomed. : SLEEK
106
Principal. : FIRST
109
Russet pear. : BOSC
110
Additional to. : ELSE
112
___ Low, former Mayor of New York. : SETH
113
Strait in Washington Sound. : HARO
116
Japanese coin. : RIN
118
Japanese statesman. : ITO
120
Semidark. : DIM
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 42 debuted here and reused later, 14 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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