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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

FROM THE BOOK SHELF

New York Times, Sunday, July 20, 1947

7-Down : Easy to do.

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 162, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { J K X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 616 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 162, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 17, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 59
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

90-Across is a New York Times error: The fourth letter of the answer should be "e."

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© 1947, The New York TimesNo. 284
Across
1
Roman epithet of Jupiter. : STATOR
7
Enthusiast. : FANATIC
14
Bulwark. : RAMPART
21
Processions. : PARADES
23
___ Patti. : ADELINA
24
Desiderius ___ (1465-1536). : ERASMUS
25
Of the highest point. : APOGEAL
26
Sang a lullaby. : CROONED
27
One-horse carriage. : CARIOLE
28
Nothing. : NIL
29
Where Trilby O'Ferrall posed. : STUDIO
31
Closet. : WARDROBE
33
Denizen of the house that Jack built. : RAT
34
Hercules' prize. : IOLE
36
Henry Fielding's novel (1751). : AMELIA
38
Ranks. : TIERS
39
Male swans. : COBS
40
Meager. : SCANT
42
Egyptian symbols of immortality. : BEETLES
45
Here Faust triumphs. : END
46
Ultima ___. : THULE
47
Hurried. : HASTENED
49
___ Gluck. : ALMA
51
Garden flower, Bon Silène. : TEAROSE
53
Have on. : WEAR
54
Stages of life. : PERIODS
57
Dramatic scene in "Henry Esmond." : DUEL
58
Vernal season. : SPRING
61
Structure. : FORMATION
63
Smudges. : SMEARS
67
Objective of Mrs. Leo Hunter: Pickwick. : LIONS
68
Masses of ice. : BERGS
69
"Ecce ___." : HOMO
70
Ancient collar. : TORQUE
71
"Fraulein ___" by Schnitzler. : ELSE
72
Crusoe's pets. : GOATS
73
Besieger. : BESETTER
75
Forbidden to Philip Nolan. : USA
76
Richard III's is for a horse. : NEED
77
Bind with rope. : LASH
78
As being. : FOR
79
Veiled bride of Thrym. : THOR
80
Havest. : HAST
81
Bit of butter. : DAB
82
Extinct animal. : MASTODON
84
Third word of Psalm 86. : THINE
85
Scene of Perry's victory (1813). : ERIE
86
Studies. : ETUDES
88
Jewish month. : ELUL
89
Circe's victims: Homer's "Odyssey." : SWINE
90
"Beside the Bonnie ___ Bush." : BRIAR
91
Radioactive elements. : RADONS
92
Edith Dombey's disposition. : DESIGNING
94
Capek's "R. U. R." are not. : HUMANS
95
German river. : ODER
97
Calling of London's "The Sea Wolf." : SEALING
98
Husband: Fr. : MARI
99
Theme of Book VIII, "Paradise Lost." : GENESIS
102
Dot. : STUD
103
Wrong name. : MISNOMER
107
French composer. : RAVEL
108
Policeman: Slang. : COP
110
He said, "Hitch your wagon to a star." : EMERSON
113
Duncan's guards do: "Macbeth." : SNORE
114
Name of Greece. : ELIS
115
Movement of the shoulders. : SHRUG
117
Books of Vedic aphorisms. : SUTRAS
119
Greek goddess. : ERIS
120
The ___ Hatter. : MAD
121
Quilp's rages. : TANTRUMS
124
Rosa ___, author of "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight." : THORPE
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The Golden ___. : AGE
127
Repeat. : ITERATE
129
Enisle. : ISOLATE
131
Specter. : EIDOLON
133
Ladies. : SENORAS
134
Dutch measures. : STOOPEN
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Poseidon's sign. : TRIDENT
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Glossy fabrics. : SATEENS
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Projectile. : TORPEDO
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Annoys. : TEASES
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The tongue of Cervantes. : SPANISH
2
Cassava starch. : TAPIOCA
3
Swiss pines. : AROLLAS
4
Day: German. : TAG
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Poems by Pindar. : ODES
6
Lariat. : REATA
7
Easy to do. : FACILE
8
Descriptive of the Artful Dodger. : ADROIT
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A modernist. : NEO
10
Below deck. : ALOW
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Diminutive of Christina. : TINA
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Lifeless. : INERT
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Ball boy: Tennis. : CADDIE
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What Pepys did in shorthand. : RECORDED
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They acclaim Peer Gynt a prophet. : ARABS
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"___ Nostrum," Ibanez. : MARE
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Greek letter. : PSI
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The muleteer's nature: "Gil Blas." : AMOROUS
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Governable. : RULABLE
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African fly. : TSETSE
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Rip's lasted twenty years. : SLUMBER
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No evil ___ live on. : DEED
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Lease. : RENT
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Interlaced. : ENTWINED
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Frightens. : ALARMS
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Temper. : CHOLER
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Booth Tarkington's Willie's years. : TEENS
43
"Essays of ___." : ELIA
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Stifle. : SMOTHER
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A quivering. : TREMOR
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Rosinante. : NAG
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Farewell. : ADIOS
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Mr. Dombey's disposition. : AUSTERE
54
Openings in a wall. : PORTHOLES
55
Work-units. : ERGS
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This gurgles and moans at the door: "Jane Eyre." : SOMETHING
58
Ann Page's country suitor. : SLENDER
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Capped: Music. : PILEATA
60
Young girl: Colloq. : ROSEBUD
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Banqueted. : FEASTED
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This answers: "Jane Eyre." : NOTHING
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Fish tanks. : AQUARIA
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Dostoevsky's language. : RUSSIAN
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Movie ushers. : SEATERS
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Neck-scarves. : BOAS
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Rose-colored ___. : GLASSES
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Japanese fete, July 13 to 16. : BON
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Franchot ___. : TONE
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Leafy. : FOLIATE
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Queen in "Winter's Tale." : HERMIONE
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Famous Austrian botanist (1822-84). : MENDEL
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Actresses like Eleonora ___. : DUSES
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Cause of confusion in "Comedy of Errors." : TWIN
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Lorna's people. : DOONES
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Cheats: Slang. : SNIDES
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Author of "To a Mouse." : BURNS
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Sullen. : GLUM
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Possesses. : HAS
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Affluence. : RICHNESS
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Lofty tower. : MINARET
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Prototype of Shaw's Eliza Doolittle. : GALATEA
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Apparent. : EVIDENT
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Classify. : SORT
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Philippine native. : MORO
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Spanish painter 1509-86. : MORALES
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Daughter of Icarus. : ERIGONE
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Is indignant. : RESENTS
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Neglectful. : REMISS
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Doctrinaire. : PURIST
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Grooved. : RUTTED
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Medusa's sister. : STHENO
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Fallen angel. : SATAN
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Keen enjoyment. : GUSTO
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Spurt. : SPIRT
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Weed. : TARE
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Othello. : MOOR
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Doctor in "Tristram Shandy." : SLOP
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Girl's nickname. : EDIE
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Richard ___. : ROE
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The Rue Morgue murderer. : APE
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Harem room. : ODA

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 50 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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