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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Thursday, January 22, 1959

64-Across : Pacific island group.

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: 269 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,478
Across
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At a distance. : ALOOF
6
Good clean fun. : SPORT
11
Zenith. : TOP
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Share equally with. : HALVE
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Contend. : ARGUE
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Wartime agency. : OPA
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Shakespearean forest. : ARDEN
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Steeps in oil and vinegar. : MARINATES
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1825 canal. : ERIE
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Threateners. : MENACERS
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Poems set to music. : CANTATAS
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Once upon a time. : ONEDAY
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Chaffinch. : ROBINET
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Cold ___. : CUTS
29
Jack-in-the-pulpit. : ARUM
30
Bristly. : SETOSE
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Marble shooter. : TAW
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Spread abroad. : STREW
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Extinct bird. : MOA
38
Andrea ___. : DORIA
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Witch. : HAG
41
Old Turkish coins. : ASPERS
44
"___, dark and handsome." : TALL
45
Von Bismarck. : OTTO
46
Phenomenon of 1958. : SPUTNIK
48
Eight-legged animal. : SPIDER
51
Hybrids in the garden. : TEAROSES
52
Extended prospect. : PANORAMA
54
Distinguished person. : NAME
55
Vigilance. : ALERTNESS
57
Done for: Brit. slang. : NAPOO
60
Summons to the Four Horsemen. : WAR
61
Type of marble. : AGATE
62
Within: Lat. : INTRA
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Pistachio. : NUT
64
Pacific island group. : PELEW
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Anything of value. : ASSET
Down
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Cry of triumph. : AHA
2
Malay gibbon. : LAR
3
City in N Germany. : OLDENBURG
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Extra period in Giants-Colts game. : OVERTIME
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Legendary Irish hero. : FENIAN
6
___ Browne belt. : SAM
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Hyde Park gocarts. : PRAMS
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Relative of Cyclops. : OGRE
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Destructive. : RUINOUS
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Occupied. : TENANTED
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Carried: Colloq. : TOTED
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Popular radio music. : OPERA
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A part of Paris. : PASSY
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Tops of suits. : ACES
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Vous ___ (you are): Fr. : ETES
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Cloth for toweling. : CRASH
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Great arterial trunk. : AORTA
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In time: Mus. : ATEMPO
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Rough. : COARSE
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___ dancer. : TOE
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Parts of churches. : TRANSEPTS
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Scottish form of Alice. : AILIE
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Promenades. : WALKS
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Faucet. : WATERTAP
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Overstuffed footstools. : OTTOMANS
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Extraordinary. : STRANGE
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9 inches. : SPAN
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In good ___. : ODOR
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Goddess of astronomy. : URANIA
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Eggs of fishes. : SPAWN
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Another spelling of 64 Across. : PALAU
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Lifeless. : INERT
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Liking. : TASTE
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Repast. : MEAL
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Featherstitch. : SEW
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Mine product. : ORE
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Cereal grain. : OAT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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