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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Monday, November 22, 1954

8-Down : Family of the bowfin.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 48-Across clue had "Pretentions"; corrected this to "Pretensions."

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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,973
Across
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A proviso attached to a plan: Colloq. : STRING
7
One of a football team. : HALFBACK
15
Bad luck: colloq. : HOODOO
16
City in Texas. : AMARILLO
17
Florida motor racing beach. : ORMOND
18
Football official. : LINESMAN
19
"Two if by ___ ... " : SEA
20
Wealthy one of Threadneedle Street. : OLDLADY
22
Lyricist Gershwin. : IRA
23
Skein. : HANK
25
Iterated, it means "Goody!" : YUM
26
Ox wagon journey. : TREK
27
Bouquet. : ODOR
28
Burmese knife. : DAH
30
College groups: Colloq. : FRATS
31
___ Scotia. : NOVA
32
Base. : IGNOBLE
34
Dodgers' no-hit pitcher, 1952. : ERSKINE
36
Recompense. : PAYMENT
40
Accompanies. : ESCORTS
42
General Bradley. : OMAR
43
Prostrate. : PRONE
46
It's new. : NEO
47
Behindhand. : LATE
48
Pretensions. : AIRS
49
Petrol. : GAS
51
Responsibility. : ONUS
52
Feminine title: Abbr. : MME
53
Start of a nursery rhyme. : RUBADUB
57
Mr. Linkletter. : ART
58
Petty thief. : PILFERER
60
Plant of the pea family. : LENTIL
62
Pacified. : ASSUAGED
63
Songlike. : ARIOSE
64
Small food fish. : STERLETS
65
Carol, Edna, Hazel. : STORMS
Down
1
Falls on the Snake River. : SHOSHONE
2
Bullfighter. : TOREADOR
3
Former rulers of Russia. : ROMANOVS
4
Affirmative response. : IDO
5
"___, Nanette." : NONO
6
Spiritual. : GODLY
7
Door attendant. : HALLMAN
8
Family of the bowfin. : AMIA
9
Terra firma. : LAND
10
Norse god of crops. : FREY
11
Encore!: French. : BIS
12
Girl's name. : ALMIRA
13
Red Bordeaux wine. : CLARET
14
Government houses in Turkey. : KONAKS
21
Resentment, often high. : DUDGEON
24
Legendary sea monsters of Norway. : KRAKENS
26
Fluttering effect in music. : TREMOLO
29
Shy garden dweller. : HOPTOAD
30
Ball batted in the air. : FLY
32
Business abbreviation. : INC
33
College degrees. : BAS
35
Verb suffix. : ISE
37
That which issues forth. : EMANATOR
38
Realism. : NATURISM
39
Elevated railway spans. : TRESTLES
41
Sign-off for a letter. : REGARDS
43
Argentine plains. : PAMPAS
44
Verse maker: Var. : RIMIST
45
Gangland threat. : ORELSE
50
Islands in the East Indies. : SULAS
53
Sincere. : REAL
54
Press. : URGE
55
Plant with edible leaves and root. : BEET
56
Man's nickname. : BERT
59
Persian lamb. : FUR
61
Greek island in the Aegean. : NIO

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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