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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Thursday, August 8, 1957

15-Across : Traffic directive.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 29.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,963
Across
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Pilgrim Father. : PURITAN
8
Greedy one: Slang. : GRABALL
15
Traffic directive. : ONELANE
16
Cole Porter title. : ROSALIE
17
Farmer's chore. : MILKING
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Commercial section of London. : EASTEND
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One ___ time. : ATA
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Veep's first name. : ALBEN
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Comedian. : WAG
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Code word in telegraphy. : DIT
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Victor at Gettysburg. : MEADE
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Wrath. : IRE
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Call forth. : EVOKE
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Watchword. : CRY
30
More secure. : SAFER
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Just a song at twilight. : SERENATA
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Nothing smaller. : NOLESS
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Marbles. : MIGS
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King with three fiddlers. : COLE
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Covered walk. : ARCADE
40
Highly proficient student. : HONORMAN
44
Soothes. : LULLS
45
Unnumbered years. : EON
46
Cudgel. : STAVE
47
Loser at Gettysburg. : LEE
48
Undeviating. : EXACT
50
Spidery trap. : NET
51
Land of the free. : USA
52
Moisten with morning mist. : BEDEW
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Paltry scrap. : ORT
54
Giver. : DONATOR
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Renovation. : RENEWAL
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Rival; contender. : EMULANT
61
Designating youth. : TEENAGE
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Spreads out for battle. : DEPLOYS
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Piloted. : STEERED
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Unguents. : POMADES
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Tending to combine. : UNITIVE
3
Teller of tales. : RELATOR
4
Family. : ILK
5
People of 6 Down. : TAI
6
Part of Vietnam. : ANNAM
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Disregards. : NEGLECTS
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Eager for wealth. : GREEDY
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County in Tennessee. : ROANE
10
Quadruped. : ASS
11
Club. : BAT
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Relative of the herring. : ALEWIFE
13
City in Spain. : LINARES
14
Books to keep. : LEDGERS
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Name from silent screen days. : BARA
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Mustafa Ataturk. : KEMAL
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Namesakes of Geraint's wife. : ENIDS
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Arias. : SOLOS
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Wide awake. : ALERT
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Generation. : AGE
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___ stop. : NON
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Events at Tanglewood, Marlboro, etc. : CONCERTS
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Referred (to). : ALLUDED
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Sorrowful: Poet. : RUESOME
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Hit a homer with bases loaded. : CLEANUP
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Player at Wimbledon. : HOAD
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Famous race horse. : MANOWAR
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Common run. : AVERAGE
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Irritated. : NETTLED
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Puts forth strength. : EXERTS
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Wood for black chessmen. : EBONY
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Birdlike note. : TWEET
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___ aboard! : ALL
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Road, in China. : TAO
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Born: Fr. : NEE
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Compass point. : ENE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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