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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Saturday, January 25, 1958

52-Down : Small bays.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,133
Across
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Fashionable. : UPTODATE
9
Heaps. : SCADS
14
Manual calculator. : SLIDERULE
16
Island of the Bermudas. : PAGET
17
Bicycle part. : HANDLEBAR
18
Life principal. : ANIMA
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A language: Abbr. : ENG
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Set to work. : USE
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Tree. : ASH
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Cup with two or more handles. : TIG
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Coral formations. : REEFS
26
The sound of "h." : ASPIRATE
28
Day: Span. : DIA
30
On the contrary. : BUT
31
Greek letters. : ETAS
32
More vigorous. : STRONGER
35
___ en scène. : MISE
36
Greek letter. : PHI
37
Crackajacks. : NAILERS
40
East: Ger. : OST
41
American Academy exhibits. : ARTS
43
High-test liquid. : GASOLINE
45
Yuma's river. : GILA
46
Common level. : PAR
47
Obscure. : DIM
48
Designating a way to travel. : OVERLAND
50
Repair. : PATCH
54
Through. : PER
55
In circulation. : OUT
56
Request. : ASK
58
Trouble. : WOE
59
Farewell to Hawaii. : ALOHA
61
Stimulus. : INCENTIVE
64
Frozen. : GELID
65
Caricatured pictorially. : CARTOONED
66
Contemporary dramatist. : ODETS
67
Orderly quality. : NEATNESS
Down
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Theatre attendant. : USHER
2
Jet. : PLANE
3
Slight color. : TINGE
4
Dissimilar. : ODD
5
False belief. : DELUSION
6
Son of Zeus and Hera. : ARES
7
Subway. : TUBE
8
Highest note. : ELA
9
Cavalryman. : SPAHI
10
Have the right to. : CAN
11
Dither or flurry. : AGITATION
12
Menu item. : DEMITASSE
13
Scene shifter's concern. : STAGESET
15
Obliterations. : ERASURES
22
Coastal city: Abbr. : SPT
25
Role for Ralph Bellamy. : FDR
26
"Heloise and ___." : ABELARD
27
In ___: Legal phrase. : REM
29
Slavic girl's name. : ANA
32
Withered. : SHRIVELED
33
Dramatic lead. : TITLEROLE
34
Circus ballyhoo adjective. : GIGANTIC
36
Port in American Samoa. : PAGOPAGO
38
Curtain hanger. : ROD
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Part of a noose. : SLIPKNOT
42
Patriotic organization. : SAR
44
"___ Yankee Doodle dandy ... " : IMA
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Tourist center in the Pyrenees. : PAU
49
Cargoes. : LOADS
51
String. : TWINE
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Small bays. : COVES
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Minds. : HEEDS
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Parcel of land. : ACRE
57
Bristle. : SETA
60
Affect strongly. : HIT
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Mezzo-soprano Merriman. : NAN
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Weight unit. : TON

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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