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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

PANORAMA

New York Times, Sunday, March 18, 1956

44-Across : Nurses.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 160, Blocks: 83, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 625 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 158, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,455
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Crown of K-2. : SNOWCAP
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After them a sea is named. : CARIBS
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Farmhouse, barns, etc. : GRANGE
20
Town on Lake Maggiore. : LOCARNO
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Type of café. : CABARET
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___ Sea. : ARABIAN
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Valedictory. : ORATION
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Where Black Mesa is. : ARIZONA
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Marked with stripes. : LINEATE
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Moslem saint. : PIR
27
Members of a football team. : BACKS
29
Lazybones. : DONOTHING
31
Kohinoor. : GEM
32
Athlete Zatopek. : EMIL
34
Camera part. : SHUTTER
36
Energized particles. : IONS
37
New Guinea tribe. : TAMI
38
Conferrer. : DONOR
40
Jar. : OLLA
41
In accord. : ATONE
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The Fates. : THREE
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Nurses. : NANAS
46
Avocation of many authors. : LECTURING
49
Arena sound effects. : GROANS
50
Embankment. : DIKE
52
Kitchen gadgets. : STONERS
53
Family group. : CLAN
54
Verging on the diabolic. : DEMONISH
58
Solemnity. : RITE
59
Dillydallied. : LOUNGED
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After a while. : ANON
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Improves by revision. : EMENDATES
66
Samara bearers. : ELMS
67
Sea: French. : MER
69
"Citizen ___." : KANE
70
Bales bound with hide. : SEROONS
71
___ War. : MANO
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Accustom. : INURE
75
Gen. Bradley and namesakes. : OMARS
77
Inclined ways. : RAMPS
78
Plaintive. : MINOR
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Purposive. : TELIC
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Unfinished statue. : TORSO
81
Helm position. : ALEE
82
Exclusive set. : COTERIE
84
Cousin of an arroyo. : WADI
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Initials of a relief society. : ARC
86
Wintry. : COLD
88
U. S. region. : SOUTHWEST
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Retain, in printing. : STET
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Supports for ships' masts. : SHROUDS
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Poi. : TARO
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Mass flight. : STAMPEDE
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Gulf of Greece. : ARTA
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Inclinations. : DESIRES
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Box cleverly. : SPAR
101
Professorships. : CHAIRS
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Something unusual. : CURIOSITY
106
Proclamation. : EDICT
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Greeting. : HELLO
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Ringlet. : TRESS
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Range. : ROAM
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Lake in Finland. : ENARE
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Present ___. : ARMS
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Loyal: Scot. : LEAL
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Sturgeon. : STERLET
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Mine car. : TRAM
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See 19 Down. : FOE
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Avant-courier. : HARBINGER
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Walls in. : MURES
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Bill or beak. : NIB
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Sheriff's equipment. : FIREARM
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"___ To Watch Over Me." : SOMEONE
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Say over again. : ITERATE
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Maroons. : ENISLES
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Caught. : TRAPPED
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Skilled music recorder. : NOTATOR
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Explanation. : REASON
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Was aware of. : SENSED
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Wild asses of Asia. : ONAGERS
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Inclined. : SLOPED
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Japanese covered litter. : NORIMON
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"Sweet potato." : OCARINA
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One of the Tylers. : WAT
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Structure for corn. : CRIB
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Small wild oxen. : ANOAS
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Vaquero's garment. : PONCHO
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Runabout. : CAR
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Dwell. : ABIDE
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Household instrument. : RAZOR
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Household appliance. : IRON
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Strong drink of P. I. : BENO
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Headquarters. : STATIONS
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Facial expressions. : GRINS
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Chimed. : RANG
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Mr. Lincoln. : ABE
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Indian word, "Thunder of Water." : NIAGARA
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Railway employes. : GATEMEN
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Adversaries. : ENEMIES
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Balmoral and others. : CASTLES
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Actress MacMahon. : ALINE
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Kill Van ___, in N. Y. Bay. : KULL
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Chinese trading house. : HONG
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Big Ben's audience. : LONDONERS
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Savoir-faire. : TACT
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Snowshoe strap. : THONG
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___ check. : RAIN
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Crest of a ridge. : ARETE
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Shaper of metal rims. : TIRESMITH
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Surveying instrument. : TRANSIT
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Heavens. : SKIES
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Temple gateways, in India. : TORANS
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Single parts. : UNITS
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Morose. : GLUM
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Hugo's unfortunate heroine. : ESMERALDA
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Artists. : COLORISTS
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Great Indian family. : DAKOTA
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Charms. : ENAMORS
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Reddish-brown butterfly. : MONARCH
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Forerunners. : HERALDS
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Namesakes of Poe's maiden. : LENORES
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Try to equal. : EMULATE
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Ridiculed. : DERIDED
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City on Norton Sound. : NOME
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Racetrack worthies. : DOPESTERS
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Tell in detail. : RECITE
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Once more. : ANEW
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Product of Canada. : NEWSPRINT
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Small city on the Rio Grande. : SOCORRO
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Certain securities, in finance. : MOTORS
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Rare art object. : CURIO
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Halting place: Fr. : ETAPE
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Defeated politicos. : OUTS
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Desert spring. : OASIS
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Coots and crakes. : RAILS
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Successful. : MADE
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Lord Byron and Mr. Chaworth. : DUELISTS
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Gaelic place name. : EIRE
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Blew violently. : STORMED
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Haggle over price. : CHAFFER
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The villain's quarry. : HEROINE
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Seaport of Spain. : ALMERIA
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Ten-footed sea denizen. : CRAB
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Part of Korea's border. : YALU
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Personified: Var. : CARNATE
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Quisling. : TRAITOR
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Conditions. : TERMS
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Soft yarn. : MERINO
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Dying coals. : EMBERS
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Village in Holland. : LAREN
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Oozes. : SEEPS
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Figurative use of words. : TROPE
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Range in Wyoming. : TETON
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Nimbus. : HALO
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Irish river. : NORE
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Government worker. : GMAN
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Silk: Italian. : SETA
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Letter. : ESS
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Calmer of TV. : NED
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Syncopation. : RAG

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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