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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Tuesday, June 25, 1957

40-Down : Old oath.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,919
Across
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Old Point ___, in Virginia. : COMFORT
8
Site of Adler Planetarium. : CHICAGO
15
Inland waters of Asia. : ARALSEA
16
Siren disk motor. : ROTATOR
17
"Christmas Carol" character. : TINYTIM
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Puritanical. : AUSTERE
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In a gay mood: Scot. : FEY
20
Lights. : NEONS
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Ad ___. : LIB
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___ spot. : INA
24
River rising in Yellowstone Park. : SNAKE
25
Ait in the Seine. : ILE
26
Airplane seat adjunct. : STRAP
29
Vocalized pauses. : ERS
30
Enclosure for baseball, football, etc. : FIELD
32
Inattentive. : HEEDLESS
34
Fine cotton fabric. : MADRAS
35
Short for showy fall flowers. : MUMS
36
Where the Shannon flows. : EIRE
37
Jane of Hull House. : ADDAMS
40
Deposed chief. : EXLEADER
44
Archaeologist's concern. : RUINS
45
Eastern title. : AGA
46
Drudge. : SLAVE
47
Sleuth. : TEC
48
Washington VIP. : ADAMS
50
Bite. : NIP
51
India ___. : INK
52
Famous sculptor. : RODIN
53
Peak in Crete. : IDA
54
Gym shoe. : SNEAKER
57
Records in symbols. : NOTATES
60
Bread spread with butter and jam: Fr. : TARTINE
61
Caustic. : ERODENT
62
Ancient chariots. : ESSEDAS
63
Puts on a published list again. : REPOSTS
Down
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Row where Porgy lived. : CATFISH
2
Province in Cuba. : ORIENTE
3
"___ called, but few are chosen." : MANYARE
4
Midge. : FLY
5
East: Ger. : OST
6
Guiding straps. : REINS
7
Docility. : TAMENESS
8
Handles. : CRANKS
9
The audience in a theatre. : HOUSE
10
Common contraction. : ITS
11
Angora. : CAT
12
Art studio. : ATELIER
13
Denizen of the African jungle. : GORILLA
14
Deposits of native metal. : OREBEDS
21
Crew equipment. : OARS
27
Publicity writer. : ADMAN
28
Damsons. : PLUMS
30
Bus money. : FARES
31
Fancy-formed. : IDEAL
33
River in Germany. : EMS
34
Coin of Israel. : MIL
36
Popular name for a newspaper. : EXAMINER
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Entertainer: Fr. : ARTISTE
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Governesses. : DUENNAS
39
Trades by bargaining. : DICKERS
40
Old oath. : EGAD
41
Biblical tribe. : DANITES
42
Manifest. : EVIDENT
43
Collations. : REPASTS
45
Worships. : ADORES
48
Scene of a contest. : ARENA
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Sound hoarsely, as a foghorn. : SNORE
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Devoured. : ATE
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Leather. : KID
58
Surpass. : TOP
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Pother. : ADO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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