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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Wednesday, January 2, 1963
5-Down : Kind of tea.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 T | 4 C | 5 H | 6 T | 7 I | 8 T | 9 O | 10 L | 11 A | 12 S | 13 T |
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14 F | U | R | R | Y | 15 A | G | O | G | 16 A | P | A | R |
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17 C | R | O | I | S | 18 P | O | T | P | 19 O | U | R | R | I |
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20 S | A | L | M | O | 21 N | 22 R | O | U | N | D | O | U | T |
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23 L | I | N | E | 24 S | 25 S | E | N | S | E |
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26 A | 27 D | E | N | 28 W | H | 29 O | 30 P | 31 P | E | R | ||||
32 N | O | Y | A | 33 P | A | R | R | O | T | 34 A | 35 H | 36 A |
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37 D | U | E | L | 38 O | R | I | E | L | 39 D | R | E | I |
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40 A | D | D | 41 A | R | I | O | S | E | 42 E | M | I | R |
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43 O | C | T | A | N | T | S | 44 C | A | R | Y |
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45 S | 46 M | 47 A | L | T | 48 O | I | 49 L | E | D | |||||
50 P | A | N | D | O | 51 W | 52 D | 53 Y | 54 E | L | M | I | 55 R | 56 A |
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57 O | R | D | E | R | A | R | M | 58 S | 59 A | B | L | E | R |
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60 I | C | E | S | 61 S | A | I | L | 62 M | E | L | B | A |
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63 L | O | S | T | 64 A | W | R | Y | 65 A | R | O | A | R |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,916
Across
1
Beauty spot. : PATCH
6
Big name in Belgrade. : TITO
10
One kind of word. : LAST
14
Like a Teddy bear. : FURRY
15
Open-eyed. : AGOG
16
South American 34 Down. : APAR
17
Believe: Fr. : CROIS
18
Anthology, for example. : POTPOURRI
20
Important product of Alaska. : SALMON
22
Complete. : ROUNDOUT
23
Actor's concern. : LINES
25
Sometime common commodity. : SENSE
26
Port in Arabia. : ADEN
28
Big lie. : WHOPPER
32
Atlantic seaport of Spain. : NOYA
33
Captain Flint, for one. : PARROT
34
Eureka! : AHA
37
Contest, verbal or otherwise. : DUEL
38
Window resting on a bracket. : ORIEL
39
Half of "sechs." : DREI
40
Tack on. : ADD
41
Characterized by melody. : ARIOSE
42
Eastern title. : EMIR
43
Eighth parts of a circle. : OCTANTS
44
Grant. : CARY
45
Deep-blue pigment. : SMALT
48
Anointed. : OILED
50
Apple dessert. : PANDOWDY
54
City on the Chemung river. : ELMIRA
57
Military command. : ORDERARMS
59
Better equipped. : ABLER
60
Freezes. : ICES
61
Mizzen royal. : SAIL
62
Lady of the toast. : MELBA
63
Denied (to). : LOST
64
Twisted. : AWRY
65
Booming. : AROAR
Down
1
USO enthusiasts. : PFCS
2
Nimbus. : AURA
3
Went for a ride, in the Gay Nineties. : TROLLEYED
4
Represensible. : CRIMINAL
5
Kind of tea. : HYSON
6
Kind of dance. : TAP
7
Operatic role. : IGOR
8
One of Dorothy's companions in Oz. : TOTO
9
Feared initials of 1922-34. : OGPU
10
Great name in the theater. : LAUDER
11
Article with strings. : APRON
12
Crane of India and Malay. : SARUS
13
Shopworn. : TRITE
19
Assault. : ONSET
21
Rhode Island resort. : NEWPORT
24
Canonical law of Islam. : SHARIA
26
"___ merry old soul was he!" : ANDA
27
Mamie's family name. : DOUD
29
Giant of myth. : ORION
30
Fast. : PRESTO
31
Province where Pinsk is. : POLESIE
34
Toothless mammal of the tropics. : ARMADILLO
35
___ apparent. : HEIR
36
Flippant. : AIRY
39
May's opposite, figuratively speaking. : DECEMBER
41
Booth. : ACTOR
43
Firstborn. : OLDEST
45
Coddle. : SPOIL
46
One of the Polos. : MARCO
47
Relative of the Rockies. : ANDES
49
Denizen of 47 Down. : LLAMA
51
"There ___ little girl ... " : WASA
52
Stalemate. : DRAW
53
Giant of myth. : YMIR
55
One-fourth of a shekel. : REBA
56
Sandarac tree. : ARAR
58
Theatrical Christopher. : SLY
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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