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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Tuesday, November 28, 1950

54-Down : 66.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { K Q }, Scrabble score: 319 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 527
Across
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Blue-and-yellow bird. : MACAW
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Expended. : USED
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Autocratic ruler. : TSAR
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Old-womanish. : ANILE
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Await expectantly. : BIDE
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Heating vessel. : ETNA
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Famous literary shrine in England. : STRATFORDONAVON
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Urges to attack. : SICS
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Title of noble rank in India. : RAJA
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Scoring points, in tennis. : ACING
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Sky god of Babylon. : ANU
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Greek letter. : ZETA
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___ Davis Lodge, new Governor of Conn. : JOHN
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Servant. : MAID
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Barn sounds. : MOOS
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Theatre of war, World War II. : CBI
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Dawn. : SUNUP
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Football cheer. : YELL
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Beatrice Lillie, Lady ___. : PEEL
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Involving a rearrangement. : TRANSPOSITIONAL
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Newspaper display: Abbr. : ADVT
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St. ___'s fire. : ELMO
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Miss Lamour. : DOTTY
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Mistletoe: French. : GUI
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Upstage person. : SNOB
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Star of "Affairs of State." : HOLM
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F.B.I. agents. : GMEN
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Soldier in absentia. : AWOL
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Agency having jurisdiction over railroad fares. : ICC
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Noted Pennsylvania Ave. house. : BLAIR
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Important part of an airplane. : PROP
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In the style of. : ALLA
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Describing activities now lacking in N. Y.'s public schools. : EXTRACURRICULAR
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Roisterer's cry. : EVOE
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America's international information agency. : USIS
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South American arrow poison. : URARE
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Christmas trees. : FIRS
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Pronoun. : THEE
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Impy. : MAYOR
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Marse. : MASSA
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She wrote "The Promised Land." : ANTIN
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Magellan was the first. : CIRCUMNAVIGATOR
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Oh dear! : ALAS
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Rainy. : WET
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Unterseeboot. : UBOAT
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Author of a Broadway hit. : SIRJAMESMBARRIE
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Mussolini's daughter. : EDDA
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___ gratias. : DEO
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Guide the studies of. : TEACH
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Part of name of author of "Spring." : STVINCENTMILLAY
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Soon. : ANON
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Pealed. : RANG
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Portland's husband. : FRED
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Star in Constellation Argus. : NAOS
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Hurries: Colloq. : ZIPS
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Shake up roughly. : JOLT
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Relative. : AUNT
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Potpourri; medley. : OLIO
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Mark time. : BEAT
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Poorly. : ILLY
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Lone man at a party. : STAG
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Hindustani. : URDU
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California county. : YOLO
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Natatorium. : POOL
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Stassen's concern. : PENN
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Demigod. : IDOL
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Antitoxins. : SERA
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Pueblo Indian of Arizona. : HOPI
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Sinks in mud. : MIRES
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Not so good. : WORSE
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A mild cigar. : CLARO
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Thoughtful one. : CARER
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Argentina's principal export. : BEEF
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66. : LXVI
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Shove. : PUSH
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Distinctive air. : AURA
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Carve. : CUT
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Summa ___ laude. : CUM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 17 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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