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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Saturday, April 20, 1957
18-Across : As a rule.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,853
Across
1
Remarque's middle name. : MARIA
6
Health resorts. : SPAS
10
Sports training quarters. : GYMS
14
Sacred pictures. : ICONS
15
Lake city in Pennsylvania. : ERIE
16
Balustrade. : RAIL
17
Building material. : STONE
18
As a rule. : GENERALLY
20
Favorable opportunity. : TIME
21
Soak. : SATURATE
22
Always. : EVERMORE
24
Type of living quarters. : CABIN
27
American Indian. : REDMAN
28
Army's guided missile. : NIKE
31
___ shoestring. : ONA
32
Without cessation. : ONANDON
34
Small branch. : TWIG
35
One of Napoleon's marshals. : MASSENA
38
Something unusual. : NOVELTY
40
Came to earth. : ALIT
41
Originates. : CREATES
43
Isle in Irish Sea. : MAN
44
Garden plats. : BEDS
45
Gigantic beings. : TITANS
49
Writer Loos. : ANITA
51
Plot outline. : SCENARIO
53
Religious leader. : SHEPHERD
56
By hand: Comb. form. : MANU
57
Insert between rows of words. : INTERLINE
59
Namesakes of actress Daniels. : BEBES
60
Appear. : SEEM
61
Killer whale. : ORCA
62
Combine. : UNITE
63
Further. : MORE
64
Period of time. : WEEK
65
Braces. : STAYS
Down
1
Form of address. : MISTER
2
Lively. : ACTIVE
3
Boarded. : ROOMED
4
Deepest in from the edge. : INNERMOST
5
Ibsen character. : ASE
6
Stogie: Var. : SEGAR
7
Feign. : PRETEND
8
Aborigine of Japan. : AINU
9
Prophet. : SEER
10
Persona non ___. : GRATA
11
Football stadium. : YALEBOWL
12
.001 of an inch. : MIL
13
Crafty. : SLY
19
Sprint. : RACE
21
Quality of sound. : SONANCE
23
Leonine head of hair. : MANE
25
Part of a monogram: Abbr. : INIT
26
Hungarian political personality. : NAGY
29
One of the Hebrides. : IONA
30
Entangled. : KNOTTED
33
Fragrant ointment. : NARD
34
A covenant. : TESTAMENT
35
Peggy Wood's role. : MAMA
36
Sen. Bible. : ALAN
37
Ominous. : SINISTER
39
Lode. : VEIN
42
Perfume. : ESSENCE
44
Former heavyweight champion. : BAER
46
Peninsula of SW Asia. : ARABIA
47
XC. : NINETY
48
Pickles, as fish. : SOUSES
50
Topic. : THEME
52
Spooky sound effect. : CREAK
54
Snow removal rig. : PLOW
55
Employ. : HIRE
57
Cult. : ISM
58
Recent: Comb. form. : NEO
59
City transit unit. : BUS
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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