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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Friday, January 21, 1955
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 23.9
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 T | 3 A | 4 L | 5 I | 6 N | 7 F | 8 A | 9 C | 10 I | 11 N | 12 G |
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13 P | I | L | A | T | E | 14 A | 15 N | I | M | A | T | O | R |
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16 U | N | I | T | E | D | 17 P | A | N | O | R | A | M | A |
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18 N | I | C | E | R | 19 H | A | S | 20 S | A | L | A | D |
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21 K | N | A | R | 22 C | U | R | S | 23 E | 24 T | I | D | E |
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25 Y | E | N | 26 R | A | T | T | A | N | 27 S | 28 A | S | S |
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29 S | T | 30 R | A | P | S | 31 U | G | L | 32 Y | |||||
33 S | E | I | Z | E | 34 L | A | U | 35 D | 36 S | |||||
37 B | O | C | 38 K | 39 H | A | N | L | E | Y | |||||
40 L | 41 O | 42 B | 43 R | O | O | 44 T | I | N | G | 45 F | R | 46 O |
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47 A | L | A | 48 S | 49 D | A | R | E | D | 50 B | E | A | N |
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51 H | I | R | E | 52 S | 53 L | I | D | 54 B | A | N | C | S |
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55 O | V | E | R | C | 56 O | A | T | 57 P | U | R | D | U | E |
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58 R | E | S | P | O | N | S | E | 59 A | R | R | E | S | T |
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60 E | S | T | A | T | E | 61 S | T | E | R | E | S |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,033
Across
1
Former Kremlin occupant. : STALIN
7
Work for a dressmaker. : FACING
13
Roman over Judea. : PILATE
14
Disney artist. : ANIMATOR
16
Undivided. : UNITED
17
All-embracing scenic view. : PANORAMA
18
More agreeable. : NICER
19
Engages in. : HAS
20
Tomato surprise. : SALAD
21
Knot in wood. : KNAR
22
Malediction. : CURSE
24
It comes in the affairs of men. : TIDE
25
Money in Kyoto. : YEN
26
Stems for wickerwork. : RATTANS
28
Sancho Panza's steed. : ASS
29
Airplane seat equipment. : STRAPS
31
Ill-favored. : UGLY
33
Commandeer. : SEIZE
34
Acclaims. : LAUDS
37
Spring beer. : BOCK
39
Pottery center in Staffordshire. : HANLEY
40
Underhand throw. : LOB
43
Cheering the team. : ROOTING
45
To and ___. : FRO
47
Word of regret. : ALAS
49
Opposed and defied. : DARED
50
Mexican jumper. : BEAN
51
Takes on hands. : HIRES
53
Box top. : LID
54
Judges' benches. : BANCS
55
Raglan. : OVERCOAT
57
Football's Boilermakers. : PURDUE
58
Answer. : RESPONSE
59
Apprehend. : ARREST
60
Possessions. : ESTATE
61
Cubic meters. : STERES
Down
1
Courageous: Colloq. : SPUNKY
2
Littleness. : TININESS
3
Mediterranean port of Spain. : ALICANTE
4
Subsequent. : LATER
5
Old Roman road. : ITER
6
Old Uncle. : NED
7
End: French. : FIN
8
Book of the Old Testament. : AMOS
9
Unit of weight. : CARAT
10
Where Livorno is. : ITALIA
11
Tent dwellers. : NOMADS
12
Divisions of a school. : GRADES
14
Separated. : APART
15
West Indies cruise stop. : NASSAU
19
Primitive abodes. : HUTS
22
Historic part of New England. : CAPECOD
23
Blighty. : ENGLAND
26
Electric ___. : RAZOR
27
Jargon. : SLANG
30
Cut of beef. : RIB
32
Actor Brynner. : YUL
35
Champion. : DEFENDER
36
Home of the Orangemen. : SYRACUSE
38
Australian "bears." : KOALAS
39
Made haste. : HIED
40
City of 1,000,000 in Pakistan. : LAHORE
41
A relish. : OLIVES
42
Plainest. : BAREST
44
Stereotyped. : TRITE
46
Assaults. : ONSETS
48
Commune in Portugal. : SERPA
50
Granite center in Vermont. : BARRE
52
Caledonian. : SCOT
54
Actor Lancaster. : BURT
56
The same. : ONE
57
Choreographic move. : PAS
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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