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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Tuesday, October 26, 1954
9-Down : Nursery rhyme character.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 W | 2 O | 3 L | 4 F | 5 P | 6 U | 7 B | 8 S | 9 P | 10 I | 11 N | 12 T | 13 A |
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14 A | M | U | R | 15 E | L | I | A | 16 I | N | E | R | T |
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17 L | A | N | A | 18 T | A | N | G | 19 L | E | F | O | O | T |
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20 S | H | A | N | 21 T | U | N | G | 22 A | M | E | N | D | S |
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23 H | A | R | K | E | N | 24 O | 25 S | C | A | R | ||||
26 M | O | T | I | 27 F | 28 P | E | N | N | 29 A | 30 N | 31 T |
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32 A | 33 D | O | 34 R | A | I | 35 L | E | D | 36 A | R | E | A |
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37 S | O | N | 38 J | A | 39 G | O | A | 40 A | L | G | E | R |
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41 E | T | T | A | 42 C | H | O | R | 43 D | S | 44 E | R | S |
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45 A | S | H | C | 46 A | R | T | 47 S | A | T | 48 A | N | |||
49 K | R | I | S | 50 S | 51 M | I | L | T | 52 O | 53 N |
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54 L | 55 A | 56 U | R | I | E | 57 A | 58 P | P | R | A | I | S | E |
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59 I | M | P | O | S | S | 60 I | B | L | E | 61 S | N | O | W |
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62 N | O | O | S | E | 63 S | L | U | R | 64 K | E | N | T |
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65 D | Y | N | E | S | 66 H | E | M | S | 67 A | S | E | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,946
Across
1
Proverbial door approacher. : WOLF
5
Where Britons gather. : PUBS
9
One of three famous ships. : PINTA
14
River into Tatar Strait. : AMUR
15
Man's name. : ELIA
16
Neutral. : INERT
17
Actress Turner. : LANA
18
The heath aster. : TANGLEFOOT
20
Peninsula province of China. : SHANTUNG
22
Atonement. : AMENDS
23
Heed: Poet. : HARKEN
24
Librettist Hammerstein. : OSCAR
26
Main theme. : MOTIF
28
Giant trophy. : PENNANT
32
Hubbub. : ADO
34
Fenced. : RAILED
36
Tract. : AREA
37
Skater Henie. : SONJA
39
Gazelle. : GOA
40
"Luck and Pluck" author. : ALGER
41
Girl's nickname. : ETTA
42
Harmonic triads. : CHORDS
44
Noun suffixes. : ERS
45
Dept. of Sanitation vehicle. : ASHCART
47
Underworld figure. : SATAN
49
Old Mr. Kringle. : KRISS
51
Well-known TV name. : MILTON
54
He married Amy. : LAURIE
57
Place a value on. : APPRAISE
59
Word scorned by a real optimist. : IMPOSSIBLE
61
___ goose. : SNOW
62
Rope loop. : NOOSE
63
Legato effect in music. : SLUR
64
Part of England. : KENT
65
Units of force. : DYNES
66
Stitches. : HEMS
67
Enzymes. : ASES
Down
1
One in Baseball's Hall of Fame. : WALSH
2
City opposite Council Bluffs. : OMAHA
3
Astronomer's time unit. : LUNARMONTH
4
Bandmaster Goldman's middle name. : FRANKO
5
Funnel-shaped flower. : PETUNIA
6
Polish lancer: Var. : ULAN
7
Political issue in New York. : BINGO
8
Bend in the middle. : SAG
9
Nursery rhyme character. : PIEMAN
10
Devilish. : INFERNAL
11
Glow tube gas. : NEON
12
Trampled. : TROD
13
Thai coins. : ATTS
19
Woven together. : LACED
21
Four: Comb. form. : TETRA
25
Asparagus stalks. : SPEARS
27
TV specialties. : FIGHTS
29
People of the pampas. : ARGENTINES
30
Poetic contraction. : NEER
31
Bluejackets. : TARS
32
On a cruise. : ASEA
33
Freckles. : DOTS
35
Card game. : LOO
38
General Jacqueminot. : JACKROSE
40
Up and about. : ASTIR
42
"Fresh roasted peanuts!" and "Hot dogs!" : CRIES
43
Furnace valves. : DAMPERS
46
Presents itself. : ARISES
48
Where Point Barrow is. : ALASKA
50
Valuable fur. : SABLE
52
Chemical compound. : OSONE
53
Small salamanders. : NEWTS
54
Swedish Nightingale. : LIND
55
Red port near Quemoy. : AMOY
56
Put ___ (victimized). : UPON
58
Choice object. : PLUM
60
Belonging to: Suffix. : ISH
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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