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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Tuesday, July 12, 1955

57-Down : ___ for one's money (powerful competition).

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,205
Across
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Great Lakes herring. : CISCO
6
Step on the brakes. : SLOWUP
12
Commuter's goal. : STATION
14
Largest city of West Indies. : HAVANA
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Cake icing décor. : COCONUT
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Be generous to a fault. : OVERTIP
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Leather for saddle shoes. : ELK
19
Companion of a gentleman. : SCHOLAR
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Hot-tempered reaction. : IRE
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"Curiosity Shop" girl. : NELL
24
Bride of Hercules. : HEBE
25
Italian auto city. : TURIN
27
Thoughts. : IDEAS
29
GOP's opponents. : DEMS
31
Eye of TV. : LENS
32
Type of log road. : CORDUROY
34
Plod slowly. : TRUDGE
36
Read the ___ act. : RIOT
37
Like blue, green or gray. : COOL
38
Wide scarves. : ASCOTS
41
A Fred Astaire number. : TAPDANCE
45
Juan Ponce de ___. : LEON
46
Saturate. : SOAK
48
Brenda of the "comics." : STARR
49
Fitted with sculls. : OARED
51
FBI agents. : GMEN
53
Harrow's rival. : ETON
54
Noun suffix. : ULA
55
Two-continent region. : EURASIA
58
Inspire fear. : AWE
59
Bid to play a bridge hand. : DECLARE
61
Bringers of tidings. : HERALDS
63
Cargo lading devices. : SLINGS
64
Ophthalmologist. : OCULIST
65
Mental capacity. : SENSES
66
Five: Comb. form. : PENTA
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Hen or goose. : CACKLER
2
Japanese name. : ITO
3
Trespasses. : SINS
4
Put in words. : COUCH
5
At the exact time. : ONTHEDOT
6
Novelist Asch. : SHOLEM
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Rock. : LAVA
8
Open. : OVERT
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Man o' ___. : WAR
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Still feeling fresh. : UNTIRED
11
Selecting twos, as did Noah. : PAIRING
12
Spectacular. : SCENIC
13
City on Maumee River. : TOLEDO
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Think: Fr. : PENSE
20
Do as told. : OBEY
23
Bandit, in Latin America. : LADRONE
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Wail. : ULULATE
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Uniform. : SUIT
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Period. : STOP
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Shirley or Lanny. : ROSS
35
Casting gear. : RODS
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Sometime bakery. : CAKESHOP
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Above a whisper. : ALOUD
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Arid, as the moon. : SEALESS
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Small boat. : CORACLE
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City in Iowa. : TAMA
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Name for a child born on Christmas. : NATALIA
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Throngs. : CROWDS
44
Admiral King. : ERNEST
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Fairy-tale fright. : OGRESS
50
Faculty members. : DEANS
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Relative. : NIECE
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Entreat. : URGE
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___ for one's money (powerful competition). : ARUN
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Shade tree. : LIN
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Substitute: Abbr. : ALT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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