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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Tuesday, March 13, 1956
40-Down : Precious strings: Colloq.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 O | 3 A | 4 S | 5 T | 6 C | 7 O | 8 B | 9 R | 10 A | 11 S | ||||
12 S | 13 T | A | R | C | H | Y | 14 A | R | O | U | S | E | ||
15 P | A | T | C | H | U | P | 16 R | E | S | T | I | N | 17 G |
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18 O | R | T | 19 E | N | I | 20 G | M | A | S | 21 N | A | N |
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22 O | G | L | 23 E | D | 24 F | R | E | D | 25 R | I | T | A |
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26 K | E | E | P | 27 S | I | A | N | 28 M | I | N | O | T |
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29 S | T | R | I | 30 P | P | E | D | 31 C | A | P | E | R | S |
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32 T | R | A | D | U | 33 C | E | R | S | ||||||
34 S | 35 P | 36 R | O | U | T | 37 A | I | R | L | A | 38 N | 39 E | 40 S |
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41 C | R | E | M | E | 42 O | T | T | O | 43 W | O | R | T |
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44 R | U | F | E | 45 A | R | E | A | 46 A | S | T | A | R |
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47 A | N | I | 48 G | L | A | D | D | 49 E | N | 50 A | S | A |
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51 M | I | N | 52 E | R | A | L | 53 E | X | I | 54 S | T | E | D |
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55 N | E | R | I | N | E | 56 L | I | T | T | E | R | S |
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57 G | R | A | N | D | S | 58 S | T | A | Y | S |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,450
Across
1
Concomitant to tea. : TOAST
6
Ophidians. : COBRAS
12
Glutinous. : STARCHY
14
Inflame. : AROUSE
15
Mend, as a quarrel. : PATCHUP
16
Taking one's ease. : RESTING
18
Paltry leftover. : ORT
19
Perplexities. : ENIGMAS
21
Mezzo-soprano Merriman. : NAN
22
Made eyes at. : OGLED
24
Waring or Astaire. : FRED
25
"Rio ___." : RITA
26
Donjon. : KEEP
27
Capital of Shensi Province, China. : SIAN
28
City in North Dakota. : MINOT
29
Despoiled. : STRIPPED
31
Pickled flower buds. : CAPERS
32
Calumniators. : TRADUCERS
34
Begin to grow. : SPROUT
37
Certain travel routes. : AIRLANES
41
Sirupy liqueur: French. : CREME
42
Bismarck's first name. : OTTO
43
Pot herb. : WORT
44
Short for a man's name. : RUFE
45
Precinct. : AREA
46
"___ Is Born." : ASTAR
47
Blackbird. : ANI
48
Make happy. : GLADDEN
50
"Happy ___ king." : ASA
51
Quartz. : MINERAL
53
Lived and breathed. : EXISTED
55
Showy, red-flowered plant. : NERINE
56
Straw beds for beasts. : LITTERS
57
Concert pianos. : GRANDS
58
Holds back. : STAYS
Down
1
Gossip. : TATTLER
2
Grampus. : ORC
3
Pained. : ACHED
4
Fight shy of. : SHUN
5
Symbolized. : TYPIFIED
6
Welterweight Basilio. : CARMEN
7
Hill nymph. : OREAD
8
Political dictator. : BOSS
9
Wheel track. : RUT
10
Stupid. : ASININE
11
Flanders or Holland. : SENATOR
12
Halloween apparitions. : SPOOKS
13
Objective. : TARGET
17
Midges. : GNATS
20
Changed by degrees. : GRADUATED
23
Sum and substance. : EPITOME
25
Woodcutting equipment. : RIPSAWS
27
Tiff. : SPAT
28
Crumbly earth. : MARL
30
Short for a girl's name. : PRUE
31
Caribbean game fish. : CERO
33
Fastnesses. : CITADELS
34
Beat it! : SCRAM
35
Trimming. : PRUNING
36
Member of the sugar industry. : REFINER
38
Jots down item by item. : NOTATES
39
Blackboard cleaner. : ERASER
40
Precious strings: Colloq. : STRADS
42
Pontifical capes. : ORALES
45
Island belonging to Finland. : ALAND
46
Playwright Loos. : ANITA
48
Smile. : GRIN
49
"___, pursued by a bear." : EXIT
52
Cycle. : ERA
54
Pen. : STY
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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