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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Saturday, September 6, 1958
63-Across : Issue forth.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 B | 3 S | 4 O | 5 R | 6 B | 7 S | 8 S | 9 C | 10 H | 11 E | 12 M | 13 E | 14 R |
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15 F | I | L | L | O | U | T | 16 T | O | O | L | A | T | E |
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17 F | R | E | D | D | I | E | 18 U | N | L | A | C | E | D |
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19 A | D | E | S | 20 L | A | 21 U | D | E | D | 22 A | S | E |
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23 I | L | K | 24 A | D | D | L | E | 25 A | B | I | E |
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26 R | E | E | 27 F | S | 28 Y | E | N | 29 S | 30 T | R | A | M |
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31 S | T | R | A | I | 32 T | 33 S | T | E | 34 P | H | E | N | S |
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35 L | A | R | 36 S | 37 S | A | L | E | |||||||
38 F | 39 O | 40 O | T | N | O | T | 41 E | 42 T | E | N | 43 D | 44 E | 45 R |
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46 A | N | N | E | 47 D | A | M | 48 S | 49 A | S | I | D | E |
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50 R | E | A | R | 51 R | I | T | 52 A | S | 53 G | U | S |
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54 W | O | N | 55 F | 56 O | N | T | A | L | 57 P | I | C | O |
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58 E | N | D | 59 G | A | M | E | 60 M | A | 61 R | I | T | A | L |
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62 S | T | O | I | C | A | L | 63 E | M | A | N | A | T | E |
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64 T | A | N | N | E | R | S | 65 N | O | G | A | L | E | S |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,357
Across
1
Takes up one's full attention. : ABSORBS
8
Crafty one. : SCHEMER
15
Make complete. : FILLOUT
16
Cry of despair. : TOOLATE
17
Actor Bartholomew. : FREDDIE
18
Loosened, as shoes. : UNLACED
19
Fruit-flavored drinks. : ADES
20
Praised. : LAUDED
22
Ibsen character. : ASE
23
Family, class, etc. : ILK
24
Muddle. : ADDLE
25
Rose's man. : ABIE
26
Underwater chains of rocks. : REEFS
28
Longings: Slang. : YENS
30
Vehicle. : TRAM
31
The Narrows, for example. : STRAIT
33
Author of "The Crock of Gold." : STEPHENS
35
Scandinavian man's name. : LARS
37
Store event. : SALE
38
Reference below the text. : FOOTNOTE
42
Car attached to a steam locomotive. : TENDER
46
Princess of England. : ANNE
47
Reclamation project structures. : DAMS
49
Actor's spoken thought. : ASIDE
50
Bring up. : REAR
51
Namesakes of an Italian saint. : RITAS
53
Short for a man's name. : GUS
54
Triumphed. : WON
55
Of a spring or source. : FONTAL
57
Mountain peak: Span. : PICO
58
Concluding stage at whist. : ENDGAME
60
Connubial. : MARITAL
62
Not affected by feeling. : STOICAL
63
Issue forth. : EMANATE
64
Workers on leather. : TANNERS
65
City in Arizona or in Mexico. : NOGALES
Down
1
Matters of business. : AFFAIRS
2
Squab. : BIRDLET
3
More polished. : SLEEKER
4
Pioneer in automobile industry. : OLDS
5
Pole. : ROD
6
Construct. : BUILD
7
Reliable. : STEADY
8
Collegians. : STUDENTS
9
Nose ___. : CONE
10
Defend. : HOLD
11
Guido's note. : ELA
12
Gruesome. : MACABRE
13
Annual, as certain winds. : ETESIAN
14
Atones for. : REDEEMS
21
Rubber trees. : ULES
24
Oriental. : ASIAN
25
Capital of King Paul I. : ATHENS
27
Stumble. : FALTER
29
Membership. : SEAT
32
Walked. : TROD
34
Appeals. : PLEAS
36
European starlings. : STARNELS
38
Setting of popular TV plays. : FARWEST
39
City in New York. : ONEONTA
40
Without cessation. : ONANDON
41
Send forth. : EMIT
43
Of the fingers. : DIGITAL
44
Train. : EDUCATE
45
Mends shoes. : RESOLES
48
Flower part. : STAMEN
52
Shrine at San Antonio. : ALAMO
55
Countenance. : FACE
56
Oriental name. : OMAR
57
In Latin America, the pineapple. : PINA
59
Schnapps. : GIN
61
"Maple Leaf ___." : RAG
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.
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