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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Tuesday, March 25, 1958
63-Across : Equals.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
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. Grid has duplicate clues.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 F | 2 A | 3 S | 4 T | 5 S | 6 C | 7 U | 8 P | 9 J | 10 A | 11 B | 12 O | 13 T |
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14 L | U | T | E | 15 H | U | G | O | 16 A | L | O | N | E |
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17 A | D | A | P | 18 T | A | B | L | E | 19 P | O | N | T | A |
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20 G | I | V | E | A | W | A | Y | 21 R | A | N | D | O | M |
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22 S | T | E | E | R | 23 S | O | N | G | S | |||||
24 S | T | 25 L | 26 O | 27 U | I | S | 28 W | A | 29 S | 30 H |
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31 A | 32 B | 33 C | 34 S | A | M | P | L | E | 35 A | L | O | E |
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36 M | O | A | 37 N | 38 R | E | S | E | T | 39 Y | E | L | L |
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40 O | S | L | O | 41 A | G | E | N | T | 42 S | 43 S | O | P |
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44 S | K | I | M | 45 C | A | T | T | A | I | 46 L | ||||
47 B | A | 48 T | H | S | 49 G | A | 50 S | 51 P | 52 S |
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53 S | 54 O | R | T | I | E | 55 C | 56 L | 57 A | N | S | M | E | N |
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58 O | R | A | T | E | 59 M | O | O | N | S | H | I | N | E |
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60 U | N | T | E | R | 61 A | M | I | D | 62 I | T | S | A |
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63 P | E | E | R | S | 64 P | O | N | Y | 65 O | H | E | D |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,192
Across
1
Loyal, as friends. : FAST
5
Tasty pan fish. : SCUP
9
Lace ruffle. : JABOT
14
Early form of mandolin. : LUTE
15
Associate Justice Black. : HUGO
16
Unassisted. : ALONE
17
Conformable. : ADAPTABLE
19
___ Delgada, Azores port. : PONTA
20
Cousin of a handout. : GIVEAWAY
21
Haphazard. : RANDOM
22
Direct. : STEER
23
Lullabies. : SONGS
24
Eighth largest city in U. S. : STLOUIS
28
Launder. : WASH
31
As simple as ___. : ABC
34
Illustration. : SAMPLE
35
Spiny-leaved plant. : ALOE
36
Lament. : MOAN
38
Adjust again. : RESET
39
College cheer. : YELL
40
Where Nobel Institute is. : OSLO
41
Brokers. : AGENTS
43
Bribe. : SOP
44
Glide. : SKIM
45
Marsh reed. : CATTAIL
47
Spa accommodations. : BATHS
49
Pants. : GASPS
53
Sally. : SORTIE
55
Macgregors, Gordons, etc. : CLANSMEN
58
Declaim. : ORATE
59
Nonsense. : MOONSHINE
60
___ den Linden. : UNTER
61
In the thick of. : AMID
62
"___ a boy!" : ITSA
63
Equals. : PEERS
64
Dapple Gray of nursery rhyme. : PONY
65
Exclaimed. : OHED
Down
1
Flowering plants. : FLAGS
2
Statement of account. : AUDIT
3
Stick of wood. : STAVE
4
Wigwams. : TEPEES
5
Famous Fabian. : SHAW
6
Fidel Castro's land. : CUBA
7
Unsightly. : UGLY
8
___ Cottage, in Fordham. : POE
9
Ambassador MacArthur's post. : JAPAN
10
"It's ___ to Tipperary." : ALONGWAY
11
Stock market report item. : BONDSALES
12
To the top of. : ONTO
13
Rangers, for example. : TEAM
18
Small pies. : TARTS
21
Famous Egyptian stone. : ROSETTA
23
Mum. : SILENT
25
Atlantic port of Spanish Morocco. : LARACHE
26
Greek letters. : OMEGAS
27
Overthrow. : UPSET
29
Unassisted. : SOLO
30
Promote. : HELP
31
Half of a top comedy team. : AMOS
32
Thicket: Poet. : BOSK
33
Ascertain the diameter of, as a gun bore. : CALIBRATE
37
What of it! : NOMATTER
42
Sandwich man's burden. : SIGNS
46
Burmese terminus of Burma Road. : LASHIO
48
Rows one on another. : TIERS
50
Metal worker. : SMITH
51
Think: Fr. : PENSE
52
Outstanding golfer. : SNEAD
53
Alphabet ___. : SOUP
54
Department of France. : ORNE
55
Singing Perry. : COMO
56
Cut of meat. : LOIN
57
Other half of 31 Down. : ANDY
59
Outline. : MAP
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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