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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Thursday, April 21, 1955
17-Across : Adjective for a ghost story.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 F | 2 L | 3 A | 4 I | 5 R | 6 H | 7 U | 8 B | 9 C | 10 A | 11 P | ||||
12 L | A | N | D | Y | 13 U | N | R | O | L | L | 14 E | 15 D |
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16 D | A | W | N | E | D | 17 S | H | U | D | D | E | R | Y |
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18 O | G | R | E | 19 E | 20 T | H | A | N | 21 A | N | O | N |
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22 O | R | E | 23 T | R | A | I | T | O | 24 R | 25 U | S | E |
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26 N | A | N | 27 C | Y | 28 U | N | S | 29 A | 30 C | M | E | S |
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31 E | N | C | O | R | 32 I | N | G | 33 A | G | E | ||||
34 S | T | E | W | A | R | T | 35 T | R | O | L | 36 L | 37 E | 38 D |
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39 E | N | E | 40 S | I | M | U | L | A | T | E |
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41 R | 42 O | 43 O | S | T | 44 T | I | N | 45 T | O | T | A | L |
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46 A | R | C | 47 S | 48 I | E | S | T | 49 A | S | 50 E | M | U |
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51 D | A | T | 52 A | 53 S | A | T | Y | R | 54 A | R | I | D |
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55 A | L | A | R | 56 U | S | S | E | 57 U | 58 R | B | A | N | E |
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59 R | E | V | E | N | U | E | R | 60 B | I | B | L | E | ||
61 O | S | I | E | R | S | 62 A | M | A | S | S |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,123
Across
1
Natural talent. : FLAIR
6
Part of a car. : HUBCAP
12
Star miler. : LANDY
13
Revealed. : UNROLLED
16
Grew light. : DAWNED
17
Adjective for a ghost story. : SHUDDERY
18
Giant. : OGRE
19
Edith Wharton's Mr. Frome. : ETHAN
21
Shortly. : ANON
22
Source of metal. : ORE
23
Quisling. : TRAITOR
25
Worth. : USE
26
French city. : NANCY
28
A form of "ones," in dialect. : UNS
29
Highest points. : ACMES
31
Applauding for more. : ENCORING
33
Time. : AGE
34
Star of "Strategic Air Command." : STEWART
35
Fished for sailfish. : TROLLED
39
Compass marking. : ENE
40
Pretend. : SIMULATE
41
Rule the ___. : ROOST
44
Important Malayan product. : TIN
45
One and all. : TOTAL
46
Public service organization. : ARC
47
Naps at noon. : SIESTAS
50
Swift-running bird. : EMU
51
Evidence. : DATA
53
Brown and gray butterfly. : SATYR
54
Waterless. : ARID
55
In the Muscovite manner. : ALARUSSE
57
Courteous and affable. : URBANE
59
Tax bureau man: Slang. : REVENUER
60
New Senator from Nevada. : BIBLE
61
Rods used in basketry. : OSIERS
62
Hoard up. : AMASS
Down
1
Glaringly bad. : FLAGRANT
2
Mrs. A's stage name. : LAWRENCE
3
George VI's granddaughter. : ANNE
4
Chemistry suffix. : IDE
5
___ Cup, golf trophy. : RYDER
6
Stilling. : HUSHING
7
Removes the chapeau. : UNHATS
8
Conductor Walter. : BRUNO
9
North Atlantic catch. : COD
10
Actor Robert ___. : ALDA
11
Opposite of vacuum. : PLENUM
14
Irregular as a leaf edge. : EROSE
15
Units of force. : DYNES
16
Lorna's people. : DOONES
20
Mock. : TAUNT
23
Oppressors. : TYRANTS
24
Stews. : RAGOUTS
27
British yachting center. : COWES
30
Concert instrument. : CELLO
32
Wrath. : IRE
33
Pitcher's concern. : ARM
35
Overcolored, as a painting. : TINTY
36
Football passes. : LATERALS
37
Flag fabrics. : ETAMINES
38
Hoodwink. : DELUDE
40
The seven Pleiades. : SISTERS
41
Electronic detecting device. : RADAR
42
Papal collar. : ORALE
43
8vo. : OCTAVO
44
Puzzling problem. : TEASER
48
Outcome. : ISSUE
49
Dutch island of West Indies. : ARUBA
52
Greek god. : ARES
54
Father, in the East. : ABBA
56
Numerical prefix. : UNI
58
Wheel part. : RIM
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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