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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Wednesday, August 22, 1956

16-Across : Diminutive of a girl's name.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,612
Across
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Operatic Czar. : BORIS
6
Precipice. : CRAG
10
Brisk. : SPRY
14
Site of Maine University. : ORONO
15
Inventor of the sewing machine. : HOWE
16
Diminutive of a girl's name. : PRUE
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Popular baritone solo. : OLMANRIVER
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Girl in a song. : LOLA
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Interims. : MEANTIMES
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Kitchen utensil. : RICER
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M. C. Garroway. : DAVE
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Investigators. : TRACERS
25
Relative of a straight man. : STOOGE
28
Excavation markers. : CRANES
29
Baseball's Mr. Wagner. : HONUS
30
Cut of beef. : CHUCK
31
Broadcast. : SOW
34
Second. : ABET
35
Knack. : TRICK
36
Little Christine. : TINA
37
Green parrot of New Zealand. : KEA
38
Office wall sign. : THINK
39
___ de guerre. : CROIX
40
Carrot-shaped. : TERETE
42
Fletcher Christian's ship. : BOUNTY
43
Reflecting pearly light. : OPALINE
45
Corn bread. : PONE
46
Morning song. : MATIN
47
Pièce de résistance. : ROASTLAMB
52
City in Oklahoma. : ENID
53
Western weapon. : SIXSHOOTER
54
Scrabble. : GAME
55
Vers librist. : POET
56
Conserve of grapes. : UVATE
57
Votes for. : AYES
58
Daughter of Elizabeth II. : ANNE
59
Begin again. : RENEW
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Bass drumbeat. : BOOM
2
Narrow fillet: Arch. : ORLE
3
Italian liner. : ROMA
4
"Go ___ the window ... " (children's song). : INANDOUT
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Crocheted worsted jackets. : SONTAGS
6
Harmonize. : CHIME
7
Wander. : ROVE
8
Appalled. : AWESTRUCK
9
A language: Abbr. : GER
10
Unite, as ropes. : SPLICE
11
Commencement event. : PROCESSION
12
T square. : RULER
13
Long time. : YEARS
18
Sunder. : RIVE
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Grade. : RANK
24
A row of pigeonholes. : RACK
25
Great poet and dramatist: Abbr. : SHAK
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"Oh, ___ in England ... " : TOBE
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Singly. : ONEATATIME
28
Backbone of an animal. : CHINE
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Measure. : CRITERION
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"With a blue ribbon ___ ... " : ONIT
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Describing a polish. : WAXY
35
Therefore. : THEN
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Sweetheart. : TRUELOVE
38
One of triplets. : TRIN
39
Outline. : CONTOUR
41
Passes over. : ELIDES
42
Empty talk: Colloq. : BOSH
43
Greek letter. : OMEGA
44
Philippine island. : PANAY
45
Cheap jewelry. : PASTE
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Animals. : OXEN
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___ end (over). : ATAN
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Apportion. : METE
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Concoction. : BREW
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Evian or Dax. : SPA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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