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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Monday, April 6, 1959

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 73, 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.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,552
Across
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Old-time favors. : BOONS
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Madrid Miss: Abbr. : SRTA
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Good; fine: Scot. : BRAW
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Full and running over. : ASLOP
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Not theirs. : OURS
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Monk parrot. : LORO
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Fibs: Colloq. : FAIRYTALES
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Court hearing: Law. : OYER
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Out of. : FROM
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Unique orchestra. : ONEMANBAND
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What "aetatis" means. : AGED
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Combining form, of living things. : BIO
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Minstrel's song. : LAY
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Precursor of the piano. : SPINET
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Nearly. : ALLBUT
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Leather. : HORSEHIDE
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Gush: Var. : SPIRT
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"And pretty maids all in ___." : AROW
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Arabian nobles. : EMIRS
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Hero of Russian epic. : IGOR
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Port of Italy. : GENOA
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English with an accent. : BOSTONESE
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Parts. : SEVERS
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Wandering. : ASTRAY
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Cult. : ISM
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Nigerian tribe. : EDO
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Close to. : WITH
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Worker with shrouds, ropes, etc. : SHIPRIGGER
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Emerald Isle. : EIRE
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Head: Fr. : TETE
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Eisenhower, Bradley, Van Fleet. : CLASSMATES
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Comedian Bert. : LAHR
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Flooring material. : TILE
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Sojourn. : VISIT
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Long ago: Archaic. : ERST
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Fly aloft. : SOAR
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National museum in Madrid. : PRADO
Down
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Golf stroke that hits the ground. : BAFF
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Subglacial drifts, in geology. : OSAR
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Hodgepodge. : OLIO
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Reef on which the Hesperus was wrecked. : NORMANSWOE
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Secret agent. : SPY
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___-so. : SOAND
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Criterion. : RULE
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Quakers. : TREMBLERS
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Attack. : ASSAIL
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Small viscid drop. : BLOB
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Great cat of Asia. : ROYALTIGER
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Hippodrome. : ARENA
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Verbose. : WORDY
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___ line (follow orders strictly). : TOETHE
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Jacks of trumps at cribbage. : NOBS
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Letter. : GEE
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Retrieve baseballs, in batting practice. : SHAG
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Study. : PORE
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Steel construction men. : IRONSMITHS
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Form of farewell. : ADIOS
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Not decided. : UPINTHEAIR
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A complicated situation. : IMBROGLIO
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Mrs. Steerforth's companion. : ROSA
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Three, at dice. : TREY
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Flight of steps. : STAIRS
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Declare. : AVER
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Hop kiln: Var. : OST
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Decrees. : EDICTS
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Agave fiber. : ISTLE
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Clip. : SHEAR
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River in Germany. : WESER
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Lively. : PERT
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Festival. : GALA
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"___ Lovely Day Today." : ITSA
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Designer of U. S. flag, 1818. : REID
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Idaho's motto, "___ Perpetua." : ESTO
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Baseball award: Abbr. : MVP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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