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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Wednesday, February 21, 1962

12-Down : Copyreader's term.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,604
Across
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Gambol. : ROMP
5
Lose one's head. : PANIC
10
Daisy's center. : DISK
14
Medley. : OLIO
15
Ginger, for one. : SPICE
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Roster. : ROTA
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Conference. : TALK
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Subway fare. : TOKENMONEY
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Printing press part. : INKER
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Adorn with mosaic. : TESSELATE
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Writer Harte. : BRET
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Bones' partner. : SKULL
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"Under the ___."—Kipling. : DEODARS
29
School study. : ART
30
U. S. agency. : FHA
33
Foresee. : ANTICIPATE
35
Dilatory. : SLOW
36
Observe. : WATCH
37
Small fish. : IDE
38
Clipped. : SHORN
39
Man's name. : ERLE
40
Granary. : STOREHOUSE
42
Discover. : SEE
43
Anthropoid. : APE
44
Changed position. : STIRRED
45
Astern. : ABAFT
47
Turkish standard. : ALEM
48
Dealers in magic and spells. : SORCERERS
52
Argentine plain. : LLANO
55
Recorded in full. : WRITTENOUT
57
Related. : AKIN
58
Opera heroine. : AIDA
59
Achieve success. : SCORE
60
M. Coty. : RENE
61
Wanders. : GADS
62
Tent. : TEPEE
63
Long-tailed apes. : KRAS
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Dish on a French menu. : ROTI
2
Heroine of "The Good Earth." : OLAN
3
Container of a sort. : MILKBOTTLE
4
Gambling game. : POKERDICE
5
Sibilant signal. : PST
6
"He maketh the deep to boil like ___." : APOT
7
Defensive missiles. : NIKES
8
Subject of well-known Currier & Ives print. : ICESKATERS
9
Reprehend. : CENSURE
10
Humorous. : DROLL
11
Hebrides isle. : IONA
12
Copyreader's term. : STET
13
Danny. : KAYE
19
Liquefy. : MELT
21
Come to. : REACH
24
Three: Prefix : TRI
26
V. P., 1925-29. : DAWES
27
Lake in Finland. : ENARE
28
Structure symbolizing malice. : SPITEFENCE
30
Gristmiller. : FLOURMAKER
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Palfrey. : HORSE
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Bearded, as grain. : AWNED
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Bustling about. : ADO
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Small bird. : SHORELARK
38
Circus hanger-on. : SHILL
40
Leanest. : SPAREST
41
Greek letter. : ETA
43
Second. : ABET
45
Do the work of. : ACTAS
46
Company. : TROOP
48
Booty. : SWAG
49
Town near Brindisi. : ORIA
50
Lorna Doone's man. : RIDD
51
Steadfast. : SURE
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Noel Coward song. : NINA
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Aces. : ONES
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Golf peg. : TEE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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