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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Wednesday, February 15, 1956

39-Across : Wandered.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,423
Across
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Add a finishing touch. : TOPOFF
7
Fishing boat. : SMACK
12
Person hard to get rid of: Colloq. : BARNACLE
14
Stage. : PUTON
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Short operatic melodies. : ARIETTAS
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Cottonwoods. : ALAMOS
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Red ___. : SOX
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Spear-shaped. : HASTATE
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Greek letter. : ETA
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Levantine ketch. : SAIC
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Arab lateen-rigged vessel. : DHOW
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Algerian cavalryman. : SPAHI
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Mountain nymph. : OREAD
29
Most celebrated of the Hebrides. : IONA
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What hookey players are. : AWOL
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City of Moravia. : BRUNN
34
Mental status, in regard to confidence, etc. : MORALE
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Thing or affair: Slang. : SHEBANG
39
Wandered. : STRAYED
40
State in W. Mexico. : COLIMA
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Grounded. : BASED
42
Handle: French. : ANSE
43
Come ___ (meet by accident). : UPON
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Apply one's self to, as work. : GETAT
49
Equanimity. : POISE
51
Attaches. : ADDS
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Capital of Latvia. : RIGA
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Sea eagle. : ERN
55
Custodian, as of a school. : JANITOR
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Rummy game. : GIN
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Hickory cured. : SMOKED
61
The Helena and others. : CRUISERS
63
City in Chile. : ARICA
64
From a certain direction. : EASTERLY
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Woven in meshes. : NETTY
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Asparagus tips. : SPEARS
Down
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Star of the past, ___ Friganza. : TRIXIE
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Person. : ONE
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Trodden way. : PATH
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Series of eight. : OCTAD
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Sparkling. : FLASHING
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Curved hanging garland. : FESTOON
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Quarrel. : SPAT
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Lounging slippers. : MULES
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___ loss. : ATA
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Part or separate. : COMEAWAY
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Cavity in wood. : KNOTHOLE
12
Voice of Jerome Hines. : BASSO
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Booming. : AROAR
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Left port. : SAILED
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Bristle on barley. : AWN
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Taxi drivers. : CABBIES
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Cadet on review. : PARADER
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Small quantity. : DRAM
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Danish counties. : AMTS
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Two-toed sloth. : UNAU
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Where Mount Hood is: Abbr. : OREG
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Flower stalks. : SCAPES
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Outstanding college student. : HONORMAN
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Setting of "Hamlet." : ELSINORE
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Links hazard. : SANDTRAP
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Upper parts of dresses. : BODICES
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Spider. : PAN
46
Animals of Asia. : TIGERS
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"It's ___!" : AGIRL
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Strong-smelling plant. : TANSY
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Cast out. : EJECT
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Steep in pickle. : SOUSE
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"What is so rare as ___ in June?" : ADAY
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Miss Hayworth. : RITA
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Carson of the old West. : KIT
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Group of similar things: Abbr. : SER

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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