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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Wednesday, March 7, 1956
12-Down : Fertilizer for gardens needing lime.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 L | 4 L | 5 S | 6 C | 7 U | 8 F | 9 F | 10 R | 11 O | 12 M | 13 A |
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14 U | R | A | L | 15 P | E | N | A | L | 16 A | H | A | S |
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17 L | I | N | A | 18 I | N | D | I | A | 19 N | C | O | R | N |
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20 B | A | D | M | 21 I | N | T | O | N | 22 A | I | S | L | E |
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23 L | A | V | E | R | 24 T | 25 E | N | N | ||||||
26 S | 27 M | U | 28 A | D | A | 29 M | 30 N | A | G | 31 G | 32 E | 33 R |
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34 C | A | B | 35 I | N | 36 L | A | 37 N | D | S | C | A | P | E |
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38 R | U | B | S | 39 A | I | N | U | S | 40 A | M | P | S |
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41 I | N | E | L | 42 E | G | A | N | T | 43 B | R | E | I | T |
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44 P | A | R | A | M | O | 45 A | P | 46 A | R | 47 S | E | S |
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48 M | I | G | 49 S | 50 I | T | A | 51 L | O | ||||||
52 A | 53 P | 54 R | I | L | 55 A | 56 R | C | H | D | E | M | 57 O | 58 N |
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59 C | R | A | T | E | 60 R | L | A | K | E | 61 G | E | N | E |
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62 T | O | N | E | 63 A | L | B | E | N | 64 A | L | T | O |
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65 S | A | G | S | 66 W | E | I | R | S | 67 L | Y | O | N |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,444
Across
1
The "horsehide." : BALL
5
Abrade. : SCUFF
10
Italian liner. : ROMA
14
Eurasian boundary river. : URAL
15
Punitive. : PENAL
16
Exclamations of discovery. : AHAS
17
Operatic star of the past, ___ Cavalieri. : LINA
18
Maize. : INDIANCORN
20
Game. : BADMINTON
22
Passageway. : AISLE
23
Purple seaweed. : LAVER
24
Where Memphis is: Abbr. : TENN
26
Short for football's Mustangs. : SMU
28
Style of furniture. : ADAM
30
Scold. : NAGGER
34
Abode during a cruise. : CABIN
36
Picture. : LANDSCAPE
38
Scrubs. : RUBS
39
Japanese aborigines. : AINUS
40
Electrical units: Abbr. : AMPS
41
Deficient in refinement. : INELEGANT
43
Author of "The Writer Observed." : BREIT
44
Andean plateau. : PARAMO
45
Armadillo. : APAR
47
Its: Fr. : SES
48
Marbles. : MIGS
50
Combing form for a country. : ITALO
52
Time to visit Paris. : APRIL
55
Satan. : ARCHDEMON
59
Feature of Oregon's National Park. : CRATERLAKE
61
Tunney or Autrey. : GENE
62
Star in "Uncle Vanya." : TONE
63
Senatorial first name. : ALBEN
64
Tenor violin. : ALTO
65
Droops. : SAGS
66
Milldams. : WEIRS
67
Silk and rayon center of Europe. : LYON
Down
1
Garden specialty. : BULB
2
"Questa o Quella," for example. : ARIA
3
No sailor, he. : LANDLUBBER
4
Andean beast. : LLAMA
5
Thorny. : SPINED
6
City in Illinois. : CENTRALIA
7
Loosen. : UNDO
8
Shadowy. : FAINT
9
Where Vero Beach is: Abbr. : FLA
10
Vehicle for Bonneville events. : RACINGCAR
11
Taunting exclamations. : OHOS
12
Fertilizer for gardens needing lime. : MARL
13
Newspaper editors' group. : ASNE
19
Children's nurses. : NANAS
21
Typical Russian. : IVAN
25
Completes. : ENDS
26
Fractional currency. : SCRIP
27
___ Loa. : MAUNA
29
Heavenly food. : MANNA
31
In playful manner. : GAMESOMELY
32
Silas Marner's foundling. : EPPIE
33
Supports for cues. : RESTS
35
Moslems. : ISLAMITES
37
Worker, in an orchard. : NUTPICKER
39
Openmouthed. : AGOG
42
Role in "South Pacific." : EMILE
43
Small wire nail. : BRAD
46
Site of University of Georgia. : ATHENS
49
Part of a maison. : SALLE
51
___ tender. : LEGAL
52
Book of the New Testament. : ACTS
53
Sea-going canoe. : PROA
54
Sounded. : RANG
56
American physicist. : RABI
57
Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
58
Glow-tube gas. : NEON
60
Inclement. : RAW
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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