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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Friday, October 16, 1953

12-Across : Arterial trunks.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.53, Missing: { F J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,580
Across
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Supreme Court Justice since 1937. : BLACK
6
Easily got. : CHEAP
11
Stock phrase. : CLICHE
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Arterial trunks. : AORTAS
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Dorothy's friend in Oz. : WOODMAN
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Slashed. : SLITTED
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Mountain: Comb. form. : ORO
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Empower. : ENTITLE
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Old salt. : TAR
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Where the Corso is. : ROMA
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Narrow ravine. : GULLY
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Start of a famous soliloquy. : TOBE
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Mournful sound. : KNELL
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System of ropes and pulleys on a sail. : CLEWLINES
29
Well-meaning but ineffective people: Slang. : SADSACKS
31
Beginning. : OUTSET
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World-wide word of approval. : OKAY
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Nickname for Snerd. : MORT
34
Extra parts. : SPARES
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State-owned underwater tract. : TIDELAND
41
Roof-truss supports. : PILASTERS
43
Hesitate. : DEMUR
44
Admiral Kirk. : ALAN
45
Truism. : AXIOM
47
Javanese carriage. : SADO
48
Palatial hill in San Francisco. : NOB
49
Fiscal figures. : INCOMES
51
One of the Van Winkles. : RIP
52
SRO sufferer. : STANDEE
54
Boiler sections under grates. : ASHPITS
56
Important Maine fishery. : SMELTS
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Full of vexations. : THORNY
58
Yawning gulf. : ABYSS
59
Photographers' fixing agents. : HYPOS
Down
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Caused to flourish. : BLOOMED
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Pressure cooker part. : LID
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Zenith. : ACME
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Ten ch'ih in China. : CHANG
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Alben Barkley's home state. : KENTUCKY
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Balmoral. : CASTLE
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Famous Boulevard. : HOLLYWOOD
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Water between Buffalo and Toledo. : ERIE
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Thai coin. : ATT
10
Types of U. S. heavy tanks. : PATTONS
11
Eclipse phenomenon. : CORONA
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U. S. Naval Air Base worker. : SEABEE
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Factory. : WORKS
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Accoutered: Poet. : DREST
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Misfortunes. : ILLS
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Behind the first three: Horseracing. : ALSORAN
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Jots. : TITTLES
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Chad, Louise, Van. : LAKES
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Attracted. : LURED
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Carmen clicks them. : CASTANETS
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Hater of mathematics. : MISOMATH
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Parts between two supports. : SPANS
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Gen. Weyland's men. : PILOTS
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Home of the Crimson Tide. : ALABAMA
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Andrews sisters. : TRIO
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Derivatives of oil of bitter almonds. : AMARINS
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Nakedness. : NUDITY
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Theatre curtains. : DROPS
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Superfluity. : EXCESS
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Netted. : MESHY
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Indolently. : IDLY
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Look for a bargain. : SHOP
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Gov. Crosby's state: Abbr. : NEB
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Golfer Hogan. : PRO

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