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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Monday, November 5, 1956

40-Down : Ghost.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has duplicate clues.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,687
Across
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Gridiron setting. : BOWL
5
Type of comedy. : FARCE
10
Small amount: Colloq. : SPOT
14
Cantata air. : ARIA
15
Star group. : ORION
16
Nimbus. : HALO
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Tricks of behavior. : MANNERISMS
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Pahlevi's country. : IRAN
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Double-runners. : SLEDS
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Being sorry about. : DEPLORING
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Railroading abbreviation. : STA
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Inclines. : SLANTS
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Recount. : RELATE
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Gubernatorial nickname. : AVE
30
Actress Rita. : GAM
33
Money by mail. : REMITTANCE
35
Jason's ship. : ARGO
36
Circumvent. : EVADE
37
Point on a mariner's compass. : SBE
38
City SE of Buffalo. : OLEAN
39
Coastal mound. : DUNE
40
Certain office workers. : STENCILERS
42
Any Roman goddess. : DEA
43
Unclose: Poet. : OPE
44
Claws. : TALONS
45
Acceptors of business propositions. : TAKERS
48
Small part in a play. : BIT
49
Divided into three parts. : TRISECTED
52
Man with a mike. : EMCEE
56
Child's plaything. : HOOP
57
Motorist's concern. : TIRETREADS
59
___ time (never). : ATNO
60
Hoover's middle name. : EDGAR
61
Noncoms. : NCOS
62
Part of the earth. : WEST
63
Lengths of film. : REELS
64
Volume. : TOME
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Cheats: Slang. : BAMS
2
Spoken. : ORAL
3
Yquem. : WINE
4
Type of political victory. : LANDSLIDE
5
Pro. : FOR
6
Bone dry. : ARID
7
Springs up. : RISES
8
Self-satisfied. : COMPLACENT
9
Subjugate. : ENSLAVE
10
Symbolic garment. : SHIRT
11
Insecticide. : PARISGREEN
12
Heroine of "The Good Earth." : OLAN
13
Chinese society. : TONG
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Property. : ESTATE
22
Individual. : ONE
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Siamese coin. : ATT
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Musical show. : REVUE
27
Auras. : EMANATIONS
28
Spring season. : EASTERTIDE
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Culture media. : AGARS
32
City in Belgium. : MONS
33
Make tidy (with "up"): Colloq. : REDD
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Point on a mariner's compass. : NBE
35
Share. : ALLOTMENT
38
More unctuous. : OILIER
40
Ghost. : SPECTER
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Taxi. : CAB
43
Slangy word of agreement. : OKE
46
In ___ (in trouble). : ASPOT
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Twilled fabric. : SERGE
49
Become less reserved. : THAW
50
Routine. : ROTE
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New ___. : DEAL
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Noisy: Comb form. : CACO
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Biblical name of Idumea. : EDOM
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Sum, ___, fui, futurus. : ESSE
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Financial officers: Abbr. : TRS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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