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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Monday, April 16, 1962
45-Across : Short for a girl's name.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Clue for 9-Down was "Illiadic herald." Changed it to "Iliadic herald."
1 G | 2 I | 3 F | 4 T | 5 S | 6 I | 7 S | 8 L | 9 S | 10 T | 11 A | 12 C | 13 T |
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14 A | D | O | R | E | 15 S | P | A | T | 16 I | B | A | R |
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17 S | E | R | I | N | 18 M | A | K | E | 19 S | T | I | M | E |
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20 P | A | T | H | O | 21 S | 22 W | E | N | T | F | R | E | E |
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23 D | O | R | I | 24 A | N | 25 T | R | O | D | O | N |
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26 C | 27 H | O | R | A | L | S | 28 B | O | E | R | ||||
29 H | A | D | A | 30 O | M | 31 B | E | R | S | 32 S | 33 P | 34 S |
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35 A | N | G | L | 36 E | 37 I | A | M | 38 S | 39 A | T | U | P |
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40 D | D | E | 41 R | 42 O | L | L | O | 43 N | 44 M | O | N | A |
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45 P | R | U | E | 46 A | U | 47 T | O | N | Y | M |
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48 A | 49 R | 50 A | R | A | T | 51 U | N | T | R | U | E | |||
52 M | O | V | I | N | G | 53 O | N | 54 S | U | N | H | 55 A | 56 T |
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57 S | T | A | N | D | U | P | T | 58 O | 59 I | T | A | L | O |
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60 E | A | S | T | 61 N | A | I | L | 62 S | T | R | O | P |
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63 L | S | T | S | 64 S | L | E | D | 65 M | O | D | E | S |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,658
Across
1
Presents. : GIFTS
6
Map maker's abbreviation. : ISLS
10
Savoir-faire. : TACT
14
Idolize. : ADORE
15
Bickering. : SPAT
16
Rod shaped for strength. : IBAR
17
Canary's cousin. : SERIN
18
Travels faster. : MAKESTIME
20
Emotion of pity. : PATHOS
22
Escaped. : WENTFREE
23
Wilde's Mr. Gray. : DORIAN
25
Trampled. : TRODON
26
Hymn tunes. : CHORALS
28
Follower of "Oom Paul." : BOER
29
___ hand in. : HADA
30
Mediterranean food fishes. : OMBERS
32
Samples: Abbr. : SPS
35
Point of view. : ANGLE
37
"___ an American." : IAM
38
Postponed one's bed time. : SATUP
40
Relative of HST. : DDE
41
Surge forward. : ROLLON
44
___ Lisa. : MONA
45
Short for a girl's name. : PRUE
46
One's own name. : AUTONYM
48
Noah's landfall. : ARARAT
51
Disloyal. : UNTRUE
52
Departing: Colloq. : MOVINGON
54
Summer headdress. : SUNHAT
57
Refuse to back down. : STANDUPTO
59
Italian man's name. : ITALO
60
Miss Liberty faces it. : EAST
61
Tenpenny. : NAIL
62
Barber's gear. : STROP
63
W. W. II craft. : LSTS
64
Double-runner. : SLED
65
Fashions. : MODES
Down
1
Catch the breath. : GASP
2
Design. : IDEA
3
City in Iowa. : FORTDODGE
4
Occurring at certain intervals. : TRIHORAL
5
Woman's title. : SENORA
6
Cult. : ISM
7
Eggs of fishes. : SPAWN
8
Huron, for one. : LAKE
9
Iliadic herald. : STENTOR
10
___ tat. : TITFOR
11
"___ in the hand ... " : ABIRD
12
Carved gem. : CAMEO
13
Made of wood. : TREEN
19
Emphasis. : STRESS
21
Pit for a missile. : SILO
24
"And ___ lit Casey's face ... " : ASMILE
26
African lake. : CHAD
27
Assistance. : HAND
28
Weep over. : BEMOAN
31
___ masque. : BAL
32
Granitelike. : STONEHARD
33
Undersized. : PUNY
34
Part of the Western Hemisphere: Abbr. : SPAM
36
Commission. : ERRAND
39
Equal. : AMOUNTTO
42
Excels at shooting. : OUTGUNS
43
Ingredient of brittle. : NUTS
45
Figured fabrics. : PRINTS
47
Axiom. : TRUISM
48
Ringed ouzel or thrush. : AMSEL
49
Rosters. : ROTAS
50
Sailor's warning. : AVAST
51
Loosen. : UNTIE
53
October birthstone. : OPAL
55
Relative of the lily. : ALOE
56
Rises above. : TOPS
58
___ Bay State. : OLD
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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