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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Friday, May 29, 1953

57-Across : Mona Lisa (with "La").

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,440
Across
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A piece of candy. : CARAMEL
8
Duchess of Windsor. : WALLIS
14
Rayon fabrics. : ACETATES
16
Of which Hong Kong is part. : ORIENT
17
Title role in a play. : NAMEPART
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Sojourn. : RESIDE
19
Galatea's beloved. : ACIS
20
Stores away. : HOARDS
22
Farm animal. : SOW
23
Slower: Music abbr. : RIT
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Speaker in baseball's Hall of Fame. : TRIS
25
Entertainment at Waikiki. : HULA
26
Write hastily (with "off"). : DASH
28
Noun suffixes. : ISTS
29
Freer from admixture. : PURER
30
Colorado mountain, 13,706 ft. : OSO
32
Lees. : SEDIMENT
34
Duchess of Kent. : MARINA
37
Snack or spread. : REPAST
38
British grain regulations, repealed in 1846. : CORNLAWS
40
Boggy land. : FEN
41
Writer Edgar ___ Mowrer. : ANSEL
42
Dismounted. : ALIT
44
Wildcat; habitat, Mexico to Brazil. : EYRA
48
Between a walk and a run. : TROT
49
Related. : AKIN
50
Short for VFW member. : VET
51
Chili ___ carne. : CON
52
Improves upon. : EMENDS
54
Slicker. : COAT
55
Ride a flying boxcar. : AVIATE
57
Mona Lisa (with "La"). : GIOCONDA
59
Where NATO Council met in 1952. : LISBON
60
Rig of famous cup winner, America. : SCHOONER
61
Inactive. : LATENT
62
Stylish short coats. : TOPPERS
Down
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False story or rumor. : CANARD
2
Shrub allied to mimosa. : ACACIA
3
Slackens. : REMITS
4
Comedian Roscoe. : ATES
5
Motorist's guide. : MAP
6
Greenland settlement. : ETAH
7
Dormice. : LEROTS
8
Matter between 1 Across and 58 Down. : WORDS
9
Greek god. : ARES
10
Flower: French. : LIS
11
Times free from employment. : LEISURES
12
Lackadaisical. : INDOLENT
13
Star of "Thunder Bay." : STEWART
15
Puts to work. : STARTS
21
Vertical steampipe. : RISER
25
Kind of organization SPCA is. : HUMANE
27
Stinger. : HORNET
28
Hebrides island. : IONA
29
Easy task: Slang. : PIPE
31
Threshold. : SILL
33
Nimble. : DEFT
34
Capital of Liberia. : MONROVIA
35
Incendiary. : ARSONIST
36
On the alert. : AWAKE
38
Derisive cry from the audience. : CATCALL
39
Chains used for hoisting steelwork. : SLINGS
43
What grand juries do. : INDICT
45
One of the Dionne sisters. : YVONNE
46
Laughton or Williams. : READER
47
Fragrant rose oils. : ATTARS
49
Catkin. : AMENT
52
Rival of Rugby. : ETON
53
London restaurant district. : SOHO
54
Profit-sharing store: Colloq. : COOP
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Man's nickname. : ABE
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Man on a beat. : COP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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