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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Monday, March 13, 1967

54-Down : Dripping wet.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,421
Across
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Check suddenly. : SNUB
5
Lady of the house. : MAMA
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Street urchin. : GAMIN
14
Historic caravel. : NINA
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Breed of horse. : ARAB
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Friends: Lat. : AMICI
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Herr Ludwig. : EMIL
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Events at Pimlico. : HORSERACES
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Residence. : ABODE
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Window safeguard. : STORMSASH
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Breakfast nook. : DINETTE
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Tall tales. : LIES
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Rate of speed. : PACE
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Uniform. : EVEN
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Sea gull. : COB
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Popular dish. : SPAGHETTI
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Lake near Reno. : TAHOE
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Noble. : EARL
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Do not: Scot. : DINNA
39
Buddhist monk. : LAMA
40
Quoted. : CITED
42
Pulling power. : MAGNETISM
44
Essay. : TRY
45
Iowa State's home. : AMES
47
"Everybody's ___ It Now." : DOIN
48
Prodigy: Slang. : WHIZ
49
Sunflower State folk. : KANSANS
52
Towline. : TRAILROPE
56
Fractional currency. : SCRIP
57
Assimilate to Slavic customs. : RUSSIANIZE
59
All: Prefix. : OMNI
60
Island greeting. : ALOHA
61
And others: Abbr. : ETAL
62
Lyrist. : POET
63
17th-cen. diarist. : PEPYS
64
Channel island. : SARK
65
Misstates. : ERRS
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Golfer Sam. : SNEAD
2
Halos. : NIMBI
3
G.O.P., in 1864. : UNIONPARTY
4
Symbol on U.S. coins. : BALDEAGLE
5
___-jongg. : MAH
6
Sprang (from). : AROSE
7
Shopping center. : MART
8
Clearing. : ABSOLVING
9
Frock. : GARMENT
10
Gather. : AMASS
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Isinglass. : MICA
12
Frozen treats. : ICES
13
Serbian city. : NISH
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Ashtabula's waterfront. : ERIE
21
Design with acid. : ETCH
24
___ off (began). : TEED
27
Liquid-heating vessels. : ETNAS
28
Coat of mail. : CHAINARMOR
29
Dutch uncles. : OOMS
30
Shine. : BEAM
31
Doctrinal group. : SECT
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Brace. : PAIR
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Certain global divisions. : TIMEZONES
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Instrument similar to submarine's eye. : ALTISCOPE
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"With a smile ___ song ... " : ANDA
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Garden flowers. : DAHLIAS
43
Millennia plus. : EONS
46
Star in Cetus. : MIRA
48
___-washy. : WISHY
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Sports stadium in San Francisco. : KEZAR
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Forty-___. : NINER
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Points of land. : SPITS
52
Pitfall. : TRAP
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Regulation. : RULE
54
Dripping wet. : ASOP
55
Agave fiber. : PITA
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Shoe leather. : ELK

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

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