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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Wednesday, July 24, 1957
30-Down : Sacred: Comb. form.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { B J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 W | 3 A | 4 M | 5 A | 6 N | 7 E | 8 W | 9 F | 10 A | 11 T | 12 A | 13 L |
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14 A | R | N | O | 15 D | E | M | I | 16 I | R | E | N | E |
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17 G | A | I | T | 18 A | M | A | N | 19 L | I | A | N | A |
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20 O | T | T | O | 21 M | O | N | E | 22 Y | M | A | K | E | R |
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23 S | H | A | R | 24 D | 25 A | T | E | S | ||||||
26 S | I | 27 E | 28 S | T | A | S | 29 S | 30 H | 31 O | 32 P |
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33 E | 34 A | 35 G | L | E | S | N | E | S | T | 36 T | A | R | A |
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37 A | R | I | E | T | T | A | 38 T | E | 39 A | R | G | A | S |
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40 S | O | L | D | 41 A | P | 42 P | E | R | T | A | I | N | S |
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43 T | W | A | S | 44 T | H | I | R | S | T | Y | ||||
45 S | E | E | M | 46 Y | A | 47 L | 48 T | 49 A |
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50 W | 51 H | 52 I | 53 T | E | S | A | L | 54 E | 55 S | 56 W | A | R | D |
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57 R | A | D | O | N | 58 D | I | R | K | 59 A | N | I | L |
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60 A | L | A | M | O | 61 E | C | R | U | 62 Y | A | M | A |
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63 P | O | S | E | R | 64 R | O | S | A | 65 S | I | S | I |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,948
Across
1
Took a dip. : SWAM
5
"___ broom sweeps clean." : ANEW
9
Decisive. : FATAL
14
Florence's river. : ARNO
15
Half: Prefix. : DEMI
16
One of the Castles. : IRENE
17
Pace. : GAIT
18
"What a piece of work is ___!" : AMAN
19
Climbing plant. : LIANA
20
Von Bismarck. : OTTO
21
Profitable, fast-selling article. : MONEYMAKER
23
Flowerpot fragment. : SHARD
25
Sweetsop. : ATES
26
Noonday naps. : SIESTAS
29
Market. : SHOP
33
Home on a crag. : EAGLESNEST
36
Hill in County Meath. : TARA
37
Short operatic air. : ARIETTA
38
Item in police work. : TEARGAS
40
Disposed of. : SOLD
41
Belongs. : APPERTAINS
43
Poetic contraction. : TWAS
44
Dry. : THIRSTY
45
Appear. : SEEM
46
Historic town on Black Sea. : YALTA
50
Bargain events. : WHITESALES
56
Part of a hospital. : WARD
57
Argonlike element. : RADON
58
Dagger. : DIRK
59
Indigo. : ANIL
60
Texas shrine. : ALAMO
61
Beige color. : ECRU
62
Hindu god of the underworld. : YAMA
63
Puzzling question. : POSER
64
Miss Dartle. : ROSA
65
Emphatic affirmative, in Mexico. : SISI
Down
1
Edible root starches. : SAGOS
2
Resentful rage. : WRATH
3
Writer Loos. : ANITA
4
Vehicles used in Arctic bases. : MOTORSLEDS
5
"Madam, I'm ___." : ADAM
6
Verne's captain. : NEMO
7
Issue forth. : EMANATE
8
Sampler of a certain product. : WINETASTER
9
De Sica's forte. : FILMS
10
"Elsa's Dream," for example. : ARIA
11
Hard wood. : TEAK
12
___ Frank. : ANNE
13
Limerick man. : LEAR
22
Poetic for days past. : YESTERS
24
Regimen. : DIET
27
Acres. : ESTATES
28
Half brick in a wall. : SNAPHEADER
29
Wanderers. : STRAYAWAYS
30
Sacred: Comb. form. : HAGI
31
Mediterranean port. : ORAN
32
Bridge decision. : PASS
33
Miss Liberty faces it. : EAST
34
"Columbines all in ___." : AROW
35
Yuma's river. : GILA
39
Barrister: Abbr. : ATTY
42
Where the Preakness is run. : PIMLICO
45
Dali's title. : SENOR
47
Porch of a Hawaiian house. : LANAI
48
Cuts hair. : TRIMS
49
One of the Stevensons. : ADLAI
50
Garment. : WRAP
51
Aureole. : HALO
52
Lupino and others. : IDAS
53
Book. : TOME
54
Barks up the wrong tree. : ERRS
55
Gull-like bird. : SKUA
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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