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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Monday, October 24, 1955

39-Down : Smoother.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,309
Across
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Spicy condiment relished by Italians. : TAMARA
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Landed property. : ACRES
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Captivate. : ENAMOR
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Talking mule of movies. : FRANCIS
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Reason for owning a rabbit's foot. : BADLUCK
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Capital of Burma. : RANGOON
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Brazilian macaw. : ARA
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Button's forte. : SKATING
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Harem room. : ODA
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Present time. : NONCE
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Giraffe's forte. : NECK
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Activity. : STIR
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President of France. : COTY
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Beyond the 3-mile limit. : ASEA
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Setting. : SCENE
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The losing League. : AMERICAN
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Banquo, Hamlet's father, etc. : SHADES
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Fine ___. : ARTS
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Accommodation. : LOAN
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Grands. : PIANOS
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Quest of the forty-niners. : GOLDDUST
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Incendiarism. : ARSON
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Nimbus. : HALO
43
According to: Ital. : ALLA
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Betsy of the flag. : ROSS
45
Miss. : GIRL
46
Sailor's garb. : BLUES
47
Blackbird. : ANI
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Where Napoleon was born. : CORSICA
50
Permit. : LET
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Maladministration. : MISRULE
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Something hot off the griddle. : PANCAKE
55
Month. : OCTOBER
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Adorned. : ORNATE
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Joinings. : SEAMS
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Large printed card. : POSTER
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Small restaurant. : TEAROOM
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In music, moderately slow. : ANDANTE
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Runner Whitfield. : MAL
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Entertain. : AMUSE
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Shake. : ROCK
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Orval Faubus governs it. : ARKANSAS
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Scene of continental unrest. : AFRICA
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Handle. : CRANK
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Chimed. : RANG
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Part of G. B. : ENG
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Dashed away. : SCOOTED
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Antiseptic. : IODINE
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Deadfalls. : SNARES
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Place of business, in Italy. : BANCA
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Numerical ending. : TEEN
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Walter Hampden, Jose Ferrer, etc. : CYRANOS
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"School for ___." : SCANDAL
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Feigns. : ACTS
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Food fish. : SHAD
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Type of curtain. : IRON
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Game at cards. : SOLO
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Popular sweet. : LOLLIPOP
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Bleak Andean plateau. : PARAMO
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Sarcastic. : IRONIC
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Baseball plays. : ASSISTS
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Needlefishes. : GARS
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Howl, as a wolf. : ULULATE
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Smoother. : SLEEKER
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Discrimination. : TASTE
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Employers. : HIRERS
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Jewish legendary automaton. : GOLEM
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Notice of marriage. : BANNS
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Island country. : CUBA
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"___ Nome." : CARO
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Doe's pal, Richard. : ROE
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Mouser. : CAT

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

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