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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Monday, September 16, 1957
25-Down : Under the most favorable interpretation.
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 L | 3 A | 4 S | 5 S | 6 S | 7 H | 8 A | 9 D | 10 C | 11 H | 12 A | 13 T |
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14 H | O | S | E | A | 15 T | O | L | E | 16 L | A | T | E |
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17 A | S | S | A | M | 18 E | M | M | A | 19 A | L | A | N |
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20 S | T | A | M | P | 21 V | I | A | L | 22 M | I | L | E |
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23 S | A | Y | S | 24 B | E | N | N | 25 A | B | B | O | T |
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26 I | R | E | 27 K | E | N | Y | A | 28 T | R | U | S | S |
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29 S | T | R | 30 I | N | G | S | 31 C | 32 A | B | O | T | S | ||
33 L | O | U | 34 M | E | T | |||||||||
35 T | 36 E | L | L | M | 37 E | 38 M | I | S | H | 39 A | 40 P | 41 S |
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42 C | A | N | A | L | 43 S | 44 C | A | N | T | 45 B | A | T |
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46 A | B | E | T | S | 47 T | A | R | O | 48 G | I | L | A |
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49 N | A | M | E | 50 D | O | N | T | 51 S | O | L | A | R |
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52 A | S | I | A | 53 A | N | D | Y | 54 E | R | E | C | T |
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55 A | C | E | S | 56 D | I | O | R | 57 P | A | N | E | L |
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58 N | O | S | E | 59 O | A | R | S | 60 T | H | E | S | E |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,002
Across
1
First grade. : CLASS
6
Food fish. : SHAD
10
Small talk. : CHAT
14
Book of the Old Testament. : HOSEA
15
Type of enameled metalware. : TOLE
16
Recently. : LATE
17
State W of Burma. : ASSAM
18
Novel of 1816. : EMMA
19
Capt. Villiers. : ALAN
20
Philatelic item. : STAMP
21
Glass container. : VIAL
22
Distance. : MILE
23
"___ who?" : SAYS
24
Colored silk sash: Scot. : BENN
25
Head of a monastery. : ABBOT
26
Wrath. : IRE
27
Where Nairobi is. : KENYA
28
Bundle of hay. : TRUSS
29
Orchestral section. : STRINGS
31
Famous explorers. : CABOTS
33
Masculine or feminine nickname. : LOU
34
Came upon. : MET
35
"___, pretty maiden ... " from "Florodora." : TELLME
38
Accidents. : MISHAPS
42
Maritime short cut. : CANAL
43
Not plentiful. : SCANT
45
At ___ (up). : BAT
46
Seconds. : ABETS
47
Elephant's-ear. : TARO
48
Yuma's river. : GILA
49
Reputation. : NAME
50
"___ Walk." : DONT
51
Kind of phenomena subject to I. G. Y. study. : SOLAR
52
Home of the tiger. : ASIA
53
Actor Griffith. : ANDY
54
Upright. : ERECT
55
Cards. : ACES
56
VIP in fashions. : DIOR
57
"The Last Word" group. : PANEL
58
Feature. : NOSE
59
Shell equipment. : OARS
60
Common pronoun. : THESE
Down
1
Automobile frame with wheels and machinery. : CHASSIS
2
Forgotten skill. : LOSTART
3
Tester of ore. : ASSAYER
4
Joinings. : SEAMS
5
Coarse variety of 7 Down. : SAMP
6
Mezzo-soprano in opera. : STEVENS
7
Maize product. : HOMINY
8
Compilation of useful information. : ALMANAC
9
Portion out. : DEAL
10
Seafood dinner course. : CLAMBROTH
11
Another food fish. : HALIBUT
12
Perplexed. : ATALOSS
13
Beliefs. : TENETS
24
Woman of rank in India. : BEGUM
25
Under the most favorable interpretation. : ATBEST
27
Hills. : KNOLLS
30
Uncomfortable. : ILLATEASE
32
___ acids, essential to human metabolism. : AMINO
35
Peppery sauce. : TABASCO
36
Snakes in the grass. : ENEMIES
37
Country S of Finland. : ESTONIA
38
Sufferers for a cause. : MARTYRS
39
Scene of Ike's boyhood. : ABILENE
40
Large ornate places of entertainment. : PALACES
41
Surprise. : STARTLE
42
The Promised Land. : CANAAN
44
Sincerity. : CANDOR
48
Hottentot musical instrument. : GORAH
50
Lower part of a wall. : DADO
51
Month: Abbr. : SEPT
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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