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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Thursday, June 17, 1954
23-Down : Family retainer.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { G J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 O | 4 D | 5 A | 6 I | 7 U | 8 P | 9 S | 10 A | 11 L | 12 A | |||
13 F | O | N | D | A | N | T | 14 N | O | T | R | U | M | 15 P |
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16 A | N | T | E | N | N | A | 17 B | O | U | N | C | E | R |
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18 L | A | O | 19 S | A | L | 20 V | E | R | S | 21 I | N | A |
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22 T | I | N | 23 S | 24 L | I | O | N | 25 S | 26 A | L | T | S |
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27 E | R | I | E | 28 S | 29 A | L | T | 30 O | 31 F | L | U | E |
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32 R | E | O | R | I | 33 E | N | T | 34 H | 35 A | R | E | M | S |
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36 V | O | W | S | 37 F | I | F | I | |||||||
38 T | 39 U | 40 L | A | N | E | 41 B | R | O | A | C | 42 H | 43 E | 44 S |
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45 I | R | A | N | 46 R | 47 A | R | E | 48 R | A | I | S | E |
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49 M | A | R | T | 50 S | 51 S | I | S | 52 S | 53 N | E | T | S |
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54 E | N | D | 55 E | 56 A | S | T | H | A | 57 M | 58 L | A | T |
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59 R | I | N | 60 A | L | D | O | 61 E | M | U | 62 L | A | T | E |
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63 S | T | E | A | M | E | R | 64 S | A | T | I | N | E | T |
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65 E | R | R | A | N | T | 66 T | R | E | N | D | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,815
Across
1
Vietnam's Chief of State. : BAODAI
7
Chief university of Sweden: Var. : UPSALA
13
Sugar candy. : FONDANT
14
Bid at bridge. : NOTRUMP
16
Radio-TV accessory. : ANTENNA
17
Chucker-out. : BOUNCER
18
Native of Indo-China. : LAO
19
Trays. : SALVERS
21
Actress Claire. : INA
22
Containers. : TINS
24
Haile Selassie, ___ of Judah. : LION
25
Sea dogs. : SALTS
27
Indians. : ERIES
29
Palo ___. : ALTO
31
Chimney part. : FLUE
32
Ascertain one's bearings anew. : REORIENT
34
Zenanas. : HAREMS
36
Words of honor. : VOWS
37
French girl's name. : FIFI
38
New Orleans University. : TULANE
41
Clasp pins. : BROACHES
45
Land of oil : IRAN
46
Out of the common. : RARE
48
Grow. : RAISE
49
Places of trade. : MARTS
51
Sibilant interjection. : SISS
53
Cobwebs. : NETS
54
Finis. : END
55
Singer who starred in "South Pacific." : EASTHAM
58
Map line: Abbr. : LAT
59
Medieval Italian hero. : RINALDO
61
Vie with. : EMULATE
63
Pressure cooker. : STEAMER
64
Thin fabric. : SATINET
65
Wandering. : ERRANT
66
Inclinations. : TRENDS
Down
1
Island of Dutch Curaçao. : BONAIRE
2
San ___. : ANTONIO
3
Chanted poem. : ODE
4
Dailey and Bucceroni. : DANS
5
Recorded events of a year. : ANNAL
6
De Gasperi, Einaudi, Pella. : ITALIANS
7
Straight. : UNBENT
8
Inadequate. : POOR
9
Game like faro. : STUSS
10
Governor in Topeka. : ARN
11
Desi's lady. : LUCILLE
12
Catkin. : AMENTUM
13
Hesitate. : FALTER
15
Varieties of leek-green quartz. : PRASES
20
Electric unit. : VOLT
23
Family retainer. : SERVANT
26
Native of Monrovia. : AFRICAN
28
Hill in Jerusalem: Var. : SION
30
Wheeling's river. : OHIO
33
Jug. : EWER
35
A long way off. : AFAR
37
Most vigorous. : FRESHEST
38
Prize-rings officials. : TIMERS
39
Mineral group. : URANITE
40
Well-known short-story writer. : LARDNER
41
Young of the herring. : BRIT
42
Upland region: Scot. : HIELAND
43
Country places. : ESTATES
44
Stanza of six lines. : SESTET
47
Arrange in order. : ASSORT
50
Alabama city. : SELMA
52
Island near Leyte. : SAMAR
56
Arabian seaport. : ADEN
57
Silent. : MUTE
60
Swiss river. : AAR
62
Shade tree. : LIN
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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