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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Thursday, February 10, 1955

22-Down : A special theatrical performance.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,053
Across
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Shower of ___. : STARS
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Name in baseball's Hall of Fame. : SISLER
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Obstruct. : STOPUP
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Quartered. : BILLETED
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Noted educator, ___ Mann. : HORACE
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Coalition. : ALLIANCE
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Man's nickname. : ART
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Interlaced. : KNITTED
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Years on end. : EON
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Piece of a ticket. : STUB
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Heavy wagon. : DRAY
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Nursery rhyme girl. : MARY
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Grow weary. : TIRE
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Repress (with "on"). : SIT
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Sharpens. : GRINDS
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With regard to. : ANENT
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Redeemer. : SAVIOR
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Ingredient in clown white. : GREASE
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Irving Berlin composition. : ALWAYS
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Harbingers of winter. : FROSTS
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Busybody. : SNOOP
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State source of revenue. : RACING
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Ninnyhammer. : ASS
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Chief, in Italy. : DUCE
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Came to earth. : ALIT
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And others: Abbr. : ETAL
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Blackbirds. : ANIS
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A language: Abbr. : GER
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Kind of pace. : DOGTROT
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Channel. : GAT
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Heart of Wall Street. : EXCHANGE
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Jane, Dick, or William. : POWELL
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Firearm attachment. : SILENCER
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Isolate. : ENISLE
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Diogenes was one. : SEEKER
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A short, simple song. : DITTY
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Parliament of Norway. : STORTING
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Relic of the Inquisition. : TORTURER
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Border river of Paraguay. : APA
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Common run of persons or things. : RUCK
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Squanders. : SPENDS
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Describing murky waters. : SILTY
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He: Latin. : ILLE
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Skidded. : SLID
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Grassy field. : LEA
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Like a volcano. : ETNEAN
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Congressional tome. : RECORD
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Second largest dam in the U. S. : SHASTA
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Sweet potato: Sp. : BATATA
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Patron saint of France: Var. : DENYS
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Handsome flowering plants. : IRISES
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A special theatrical performance. : BENEFIT
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Willie of the Orioles. : MIRANDA
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Man's nickname. : GIL
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Squabbles. : ROWS
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Mountain lake. : TARN
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Where Sarah Blanding is President. : VASSAR
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Muddy ground: Dial. : SOG
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Baby. : YOUNGEST
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In companionable fashion. : SOCIALLY
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Shred. : TATTER
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Pharmacist's implement. : PESTLE
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Storms angrily. : RAGES
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One of the acting Smiths. : ALEXIS
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Coterie. : CIRCLE
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Inclined. : SLOPED
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Tent caterpillar's relative. : EGGER
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Moist and chilly. : DANK
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As soon as. : ONCE
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Girl's nickname. : TONI
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Part of a bray. : HEE
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Humorist. : WIT

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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