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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Tuesday, January 9, 1962
33-Down : Famous nickname in baseball.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { K W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 A | 3 V | 4 E | 5 S | 6 P | 7 S | 8 A | 9 L | 10 M | 11 S | ||||
12 Q | 13 U | A | L | I | T | Y | 14 A | E | R | I | A | L | ||
15 U | N | C | L | E | A | N | 16 T | R | E | E | T | O | 17 P |
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18 A | R | C | E | D | 19 O | 20 R | R | I | S | 21 A | V | A |
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22 L | E | A | N | 23 S | P | O | O | F | 24 A | D | E | N |
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25 M | A | T | 26 S | U | S | A | N | 27 A | M | O | N | G |
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28 S | L | E | 29 E | P | I | E | R | 30 S | P | I | R | E | S |
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31 L | O | T | S | 32 J | A | R | S | |||||||
33 D | 34 E | 35 C | I | D | E | 36 R | E | G | I | S | 37 T | 38 E | 39 R |
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40 I | R | A | T | E | 41 H | O | T | E | L | 42 E | N | E |
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43 M | E | R | E | 44 G | A | S | P | S | 45 M | A | G | I |
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46 A | M | A | 47 L | E | G | A | L | 48 P | O | P | I | N |
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49 G | I | F | 50 T | I | N | G | 51 A | 52 B | A | L | O | N | E |
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53 T | E | A | S | E | L | 54 N | E | G | A | T | E | D |
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55 E | S | T | A | T | E | 56 E | Y | E | R | S |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,561
Across
1
Rescues. : SAVES
6
Hymns of praise. : PSALMS
12
Excellence. : QUALITY
14
High up. : AERIAL
15
Grimy. : UNCLEAN
16
High perch. : TREETOP
18
Bow-shaped. : ARCED
19
Fragrant rootstock. : ORRIS
21
Of all: Scot. : AVA
22
Depend (on). : LEAN
23
Parody. : SPOOF
24
Arabian gulf. : ADEN
25
Tangle. : MAT
26
Black-eyed. : SUSAN
27
Surrounded by. : AMONG
28
More lethargic. : SLEEPIER
30
Tall, tapering structures. : SPIRES
31
Draw ___. : LOTS
32
Rattles. : JARS
33
Make up one's mind. : DECIDE
36
Cash ___. : REGISTER
40
Incensed. : IRATE
41
Type of residence. : HOTEL
42
Direction. : ENE
43
Only. : MERE
44
Catches the breath. : GASPS
45
Christmas figures. : MAGI
46
Group of physicians. : AMA
47
___ tender. : LEGAL
48
Enter suddenly. : POPIN
49
Endowing with talent. : GIFTING
51
Pearly shell. : ABALONE
53
Raise a nap. : TEASEL
54
Nullified. : NEGATED
55
Status. : ESTATE
56
Onlookers. : EYERS
Down
1
Pouchlike. : SACCATE
2
Hero of Ticonderoga. : ALLEN
3
Competed (with). : VIED
4
Greek letter. : ETA
5
Summaries. : SYNOPSES
6
Customer. : PATRON
7
Finishing mark on type. : SERIF
8
Counterpart of Mars. : ARES
9
Norwegian statesman. : LIE
10
Arena man. : MATADOR
11
Yugoslav. : SLOVENE
12
Scruples. : QUALMS
13
Fictional. : UNREAL
17
Hunger feelings. : PANGS
20
Thunder. : ROAR
23
Retinue. : SUITE
24
Out of order. : AMISS
26
English pottery. : SPODE
27
Spring time. : APRIL
29
The cream. : ELITE
30
Wise men. : SAGES
32
Means of travel. : JETPLANE
33
Famous nickname in baseball. : DIMAG
34
Hermit. : EREMITE
35
Water bottles. : CARAFES
36
Miss Dartle. : ROSA
37
Adjuncts to P. M. affairs. : TEAPOTS
38
Power source. : ENGINE
39
Caused to slow down (with "in"). : REINED
41
Argue about terms. : HAGGLE
44
Small fur animal. : GENET
45
Neighbor to a bicuspid. : MOLAR
47
Mona ___. : LISA
48
Young attendant. : PAGE
50
Make lace. : TAT
52
Turkish title. : BEY
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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