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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Thursday, October 8, 1953
1-Down : Alarm bells.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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11 B | O | O | L | A | S | 12 R | A | N | T | I | 13 N | 14 G |
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15 B | U | C | O | L | I | C | 16 A | N | C | O | N | A | L |
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17 E | R | S | 18 A | V | A | 19 R | I | C | E | 20 I | D | A |
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21 N | E | I | 22 N | 23 E | L | I | Z | A | 24 S | K | I | D |
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25 C | A | N | I | 26 S | 27 A | M | E | S | 28 P | I | N | E |
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29 H | U | S | B | A | 30 N | D | S | 31 T | 32 H | A | N | E | S |
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33 B | L | U | E | 34 S | E | A | R | |||||||
35 A | 36 M | 37 U | L | E | T | 38 S | T | R | I | K | 39 E | 40 U | 41 P |
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42 S | A | N | E | 43 S | 44 H | O | R | 45 L | L | A | N | O |
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46 S | U | F | S | 47 H | A | V | A | 48 S | 49 E | R | S | E |
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50 O | S | A | 51 P | E | R | S | I | A | 52 N | 53 R | U | T |
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54 R | E | D | 55 B | A | L | L | 56 G | R | A | 57 D | I | N | S |
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58 T | R | E | A | D | L | E | 59 H | A | Z | I | N | G | ||
60 D | A | S | S | Y | 61 T | H | I | N | G |
© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,572
Across
1
Steak. : TBONE
6
Youthful, healthy look. : BLOOM
11
Reiterant words of a Yale song. : BOOLAS
12
Blustering. : RANTING
15
Pastoral. : BUCOLIC
16
Pertaining to the elbow. : ANCONAL
17
Utterances expressing doubt. : ERS
18
Greediness. : AVARICE
20
Len Jordan's state: Abbr. : IDA
21
No: German. : NEIN
23
She crossed the icy Ohio. : ELIZA
24
Slide sideways. : SKID
25
___ Major or Minor. : CANIS
27
Middle name of novelist Williams. : AMES
28
Languish. : PINE
29
Benedicts. : HUSBANDS
31
Barons of early Scotland. : THANES
33
A sailor. : BLUE
34
Scorch. : SEAR
35
Talisman. : AMULET
38
"___ the band ... " : STRIKEUP
42
Sensible. : SANE
43
Restaurateur Toots. : SHOR
45
Wide plain in Spanish America. : LLANO
46
Word endings: Abbr. : SUFS
47
Oldest news agency in Europe. : HAVAS
49
Scottish Gaelic. : ERSE
50
Girl's name. : OSA
51
___ Gulf, arm of the Arabian Sea. : PERSIAN
53
Furrow. : RUT
54
Skating today! : REDBALL
56
Series of low steps. : GRADINS
58
Old-time sewing machine part. : TREADLE
59
College ordeal. : HAZING
60
A small fish, the blacktail. : DASSY
61
Any matter or affair. : THING
Down
1
Alarm bells. : TOCSINS
2
Sound to startle. : BOO
3
Bulging jar. : OLLA
4
Artless. : NAIVE
5
A mounting by ladders. : ESCALADE
6
Cook by browning and simmering: Var. : BRAIZE
7
House of the Red Rose. : LANCASTER
8
Start of Poe's "Raven." : ONCE
9
A Sioux. : OTO
10
Anything very small and delicate: Rare. : MINIKIN
11
Government department. : BUREAU
13
Conner of the Metropolitan. : NADINE
14
Forest clearings. : GLADES
15
Take a player out of the game. : BENCH
19
Automobile tire holders. : RIMS
22
Tip-offs to fishermen. : NIBBLES
24
Reflect spirit and fire. : SPARKLE
26
Bargain-day event. : SALE
30
Thimblerigger's makeshifts. : NUTSHELLS
32
Call loudly to. : HAIL
34
Combination at poker. : STRAIGHT
35
Arrange. : ASSORT
36
Rifle. : MAUSER
37
Still colorful. : UNFADED
38
British coins: Slang. : SOVS
39
Gypsy trinket. : EARRING
40
"Unwept, unhonored and ___." : UNSUNG
41
Mistral and Eliot. : POETS
44
Street of physicians in London. : HARLEY
48
President Blanding of Vassar. : SARAH
51
Pupil's equipment. : PADS
52
Fascist. : NAZI
55
Black-sheep talk. : BAA
57
Uproar. : DIN
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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