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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Tuesday, January 19, 1954

14-Down : Most excellent.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,666
Across
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Words of commiseration. : TOOBAD
7
A vision of beauty. : DREAM
12
"Rosy-fingered" goddess. : AURORA
13
Emlyn Williams, for instance. : READER
15
Football maneuver. : CUTBACK
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Mr. Lincoln. : ABRAHAM
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Ones elected. : INS
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Short-range weapon. : SHOTGUN
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Southern constellation. : ARA
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Task to do. : STINT
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Big wine vessels. : TUNS
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Very: French. : TRES
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Wigwag. : CODE
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Mrs. Zaharias. : BABE
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Keen and energetic. : BRISK
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Traffic sign. : ONEWAY
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Unbelievers. : ATHEISTS
33
Disappears. : GOES
35
Great Pacific archipelago. : SULU
36
Governor Cherry's state. : ARKANSAS
40
Chess opening. : GAMBIT
44
Annual income in France. : RENTE
45
Caps. : TAMS
47
Corn bread. : PONE
48
___ Read, humorist of the Gay Nineties. : OPIE
49
Nimbus. : AURA
50
Beat up. : CHURN
51
Bing's bailiwick. : MET
52
Drawing up; marshaling. : ARRAYAL
54
Particle of negation. : NOT
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Having a sacrificial table. : ALTARED
57
Iroquoian Indians. : ONEIDAS
59
Girl's name meaning heaven. : SELINA
60
Fostered. : REARED
61
Procrastinate. : DELAY
62
Short for precious old violins. : STRADS
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City in Massachusetts. : TAUNTON
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The utmost limit. : OUTSIDE
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Globe. : ORB
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Indulge in tall talk. : BOAST
5
Roguish. : ARCH
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Sioux Indian. : DAKOTA
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Sweeping snares on TV. : DRAGNETS
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Puzzle. : REBUS
9
Acquire. : EARN
10
City in Oklahoma. : ADA
11
Dromedaries used by French Army in Algeria. : MEHARIS
14
Most excellent. : RAREST
15
Whitefish of the Great Lakes. : CISCO
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Mardi Gras equipment. : MASKS
20
Bass saxhorn. : TUBA
23
Historic London prison. : NEWGATE
25
First word in a Churchill title. : TRIUMPH
27
Short farewells. : BYES
28
Actor Lugosi. : BELA
30
Top rating at Lloyd's. : AONE
32
Keeps close to. : HUGS
34
Christmas, 1954. : SATURDAY
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Spicy odor. : AROMA
37
Is resistant to. : REPELS
38
Made a cardigan. : KNITTED
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Frances Burnett heroine. : SARA
41
Vaulted. : BOUNDED
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Forays. : INROADS
43
Mountaineers' shelters. : TENTS
46
City officials. : MAYORS
49
Amphitheatre. : ARENA
50
No smog, no smaze, no smurk. : CLEAR
52
Seed covering. : ARIL
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Old word for dill. : ANET
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Comrade of cakes. : ALE
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Author Wolfert. : IRA

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

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