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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Wednesday, November 15, 1950

49-Across : To edge.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 514
Across
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The A in F. P. A. : ADAMS
6
Egyptian cobras. : ASPS
10
Culmination. : ACME
14
Of a fern spore. : SORAL
15
Dr. Syngman ___. : RHEE
16
Route U. S. 1. : ROAD
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Confession of faith. : CREDO
18
Author of "Dr. Faustus." : MANN
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Port near Hiroshima. : KURE
20
Dickens' "Cricket on the ___." : HEARTH
22
Chief dialect of China. : MANDARIN
24
Radio's F. F. Gosden. : AMOS
26
Makeshift sheds. : LEANTOS
27
Russian horsemen. : COSSACKS
31
"___ the Last Rose of Summer." : TIS
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Poem. : ODE
33
The makings of hamburger. : CHUCK
35
Street lights. : LAMPS
39
Seashore. : BEACH
41
Celtic Neptune. : LER
42
Belgian concert violinist (1858-1931). : YSAYE
43
An elephant: Kipling. : HATHI
44
Mold, as dough. : KNEAD
46
Rubber tree. : ULE
47
___ Munson, actress. : ONA
49
To edge. : EMBORDER
51
Participators. : SHARERS
55
Swing about. : SLUE
56
Its Prime Minister is Liaquat Ali Khan. : PAKISTAN
58
Receding. : EBBING
62
Tunes. : AIRS
63
Islands: Fr. : ILES
65
French politician, executed 1945. : LAVAL
66
Coagulate. : CLOT
67
Slashed. : SLIT
68
Russian stockade. : ETAPE
69
Desires: Colloq. : YENS
70
Newcastle's river, N. E. England. : TYNE
71
Intelligence. : SENSE
Down
1
Sholem, teller of tales. : ASCH
2
Famous French illustrator (1833-83). : DORE
3
Yard. : AREA
4
Third city of India. : MADRAS
5
One-arm bandits. : SLOTMACHINES
6
Kind of chair. : ARM
7
Counterfeit. : SHAM
8
Punitive. : PENAL
9
Small barracuda. : SENNET
10
Little Rock is its capital. : ARKANSAS
11
Where Vinson presides. : COURT
12
Italian man's name. : MARIO
13
Serene gardens. : EDENS
21
"Up with him!": German. : HOCH
23
Horserace parlays. : DAILYDOUBLES
25
Lurk. : SKULK
27
Seaport in Eire, formerly Queenstown. : COBH
28
Ancient Greek theatres. : ODEA
29
Bench. : SEAT
30
Stage setting. : SCENE
34
Town on the Danube near Vienna. : KREMS
36
Whittier's Miss Muller. : MAUD
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His biography is a bestseller. : PYLE
38
Prophet. : SEER
40
Background singers in opera. : CHORISTS
45
Qualified. : ABLE
48
Dufy's calling. : ARTIST
50
Money back. : REBATE
51
Roomy. : SPACY
52
___ Selassie, "Lion of Judah." : HAILE
53
Dirigible lost off Barnegat, 1933. : AKRON
54
Miss Rand. : SALLY
57
No: German. : NEIN
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Name for a Soviet soldier. : IVAN
60
Short sleeps. : NAPS
61
Merriment. : GLEE
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Saint: Abbr. : STE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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