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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Friday, January 11, 1957

35-Down : Historic hill near Kitty Hawk.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,754
Across
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Military aviation groups. : WINGS
6
Job. : POST
10
Relative of agate. : SARD
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Nimble. : AGILE
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Short for projectiles, shells, etc. : AMMO
16
Indian. : CREE
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Submarine's ear. : SONAR
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Inn. : ROADHOUSE
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Weather man's role. : PREDICTOR
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Round. : ORBED
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Scorches. : SEARS
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Menaces. : THREATS
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Eastern name. : ALI
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City on the Rhone. : LYON
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Commercial abbreviation. : INC
31
Soft drinks. : SODAS
33
Ones called after another. : NAMESAKES
38
"___ There." : OVER
39
Folklorish giants. : OGRES
40
Hazard. : RISK
41
Land of the Bolsheviks. : REDRUSSIA
43
Biblical name. : ADLAI
44
Navy man: Abbr. : ENS
45
Pierce. : STAB
47
Scot's chimney. : LUM
48
Naps. : SIESTAS
52
Was concerned. : CARED
54
French nobleman. : COMTE
55
Orchestral section. : CLARINETS
59
Attempted. : UNDERTOOK
61
Legendary highwayman of 17th cen. ballad. : DUVAL
62
Buttress. : PIER
63
Heavenly being: Fr. : ANGE
64
Smudge. : GRIME
65
Madame ___ Gene. : SANS
66
Opera role. : BESS
67
Fished for elvers. : EELED
Down
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Insect. : WASP
2
Composer Stravinsky. : IGOR
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Enneagonal. : NINESIDED
4
Forest opening. : GLADE
5
Magazine features. : SERIALS
6
Glee club program. : PARTSONGS
7
Melville South-Sea romance. : OMOO
8
Shrewd. : SMART
9
Fox: Scot. : TOD
10
What you can't tell the players without. : SCORECARD
11
Island off Venezuela. : ARUBA
12
Adjust again. : RESET
13
Exploits. : DEEDS
19
Noisemakers. : HORNS
21
Shout out. : CRY
25
Hastens. : HIES
26
Hebrew stringed instrument. : ASOR
27
Sweetheart. : LOVE
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Opening of the nose. : NARIS
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Electrical devices. : ARRESTERS
34
Menu item. : MEATCAKES
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Historic hill near Kitty Hawk. : KILLDEVIL
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Jacob's brother. : ESAU
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Pass lightly over. : SKIM
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Peak in Thessaly. : OSSA
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___ den Linden. : UNTER
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Cut down. : ABRIDGE
46
River in Switzerland. : AAR
48
Porgies. : SCUPS
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City near Grand Rapids. : IONIA
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City in Lower Saxony. : EMDEN
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Baking-powder biscuit. : SCONE
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Habituate. : ENURE
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Woodpile. : LOGS
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Docile. : TAME
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Toboggan. : SLED
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Loop on a garment. : TAB

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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