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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Friday, May 18, 1962
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 U | 3 B | 4 A | 5 U | 6 P | 7 A | 8 S | 9 F | 10 A | 11 M | 12 E | 13 D |
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14 A | R | I | L | 15 N | A | V | Y | 16 A | D | A | N | A |
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17 M | I | L | L | 18 R | H | I | N | 19 O | C | E | R | O | S |
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20 P | A | L | A | 21 C | E | 22 D | O | N | T | P | U | S | H |
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23 S | H | E | L | L | E | 24 Y | 25 D | E | U | T | ||||
26 T | O | O | L | E | 27 D | 28 W | A | S | 29 P | 30 O | 31 F |
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32 H | 33 A | D | N | T | 34 M | O | 35 R | A | L | 36 O | R | A |
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37 A | L | O | E | 38 L | E | M | A | Y | 39 S | I | E | G |
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40 S | M | U | 41 D | I | N | E | D | 42 B | U | N | G | S |
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43 T | A | X | 44 M | A | N | 45 S | A | 46 V | A | N | T | |||
47 A | R | G | 48 O | 49 R | O | B | B | E | 50 R | 51 S |
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52 S | 53 T | 54 A | R | T | E | R | 55 S | 56 L | A | I | D | U | P |
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57 T | I | N | K | E | R | B | E | 58 L | L | 59 R | O | B | E |
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60 O | L | D | E | R | 61 I | S | L | E | 62 D | U | L | L |
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63 W | E | I | R | S | 64 T | I | D | Y | 65 S | T | E | T |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,690
Across
1
Key West's neighbor. : CUBA
5
Tropical tree. : UPAS
9
Celebrated. : FAMED
14
Seed covering. : ARIL
15
Shade of blue. : NAVY
16
City in Turkey. : ADANA
17
Pulverizer. : MILL
18
Play by Ionesco. : RHINOCEROS
20
Blenheim, for one. : PALACE
22
Injunction to subwayites. : DONTPUSH
23
Author of "The Cloud." : SHELLEY
25
O. T. book: Abbr. : DEUT
26
Describing some leather. : TOOLED
28
___ Twickenham, Alexander Pope. : WASPOF
32
Negative, verbal contraction. : HADNT
34
Principal. : MORAL
36
Pray: Lat. : ORA
37
Lily plant. : ALOE
38
USAF general. : LEMAY
39
Victory: Ger. : SIEG
40
Initials of football's Mustangs. : SMU
41
Had a feast. : DINED
42
Corks. : BUNGS
43
I. R. S. member. : TAXMAN
45
Scholar. : SAVANT
47
Pre-Homeric ship. : ARGO
49
Enemies of 42 Down. : ROBBERS
52
Elevator men. : STARTERS
56
Out of commission. : LAIDUP
57
Peter Pan's friend. : TINKERBELL
59
Dress of state. : ROBE
60
Companion of wiser. : OLDER
61
Avalon, for one. : ISLE
62
Humdrum. : DULL
63
Fish pounds. : WEIRS
64
Rather large, as a sum of money. : TIDY
65
Retain, in printing. : STET
Down
1
Vacation spots. : CAMPS
2
Mr. Heep. : URIAH
3
Love letter. : BILLETDOUX
4
Berlin song hit. : ALLALONE
5
Unwind. : UNREEL
6
Cry of contempt. : PAH
7
Zealous. : AVID
8
Churchly council. : SYNOD
9
Real. : FACTUAL
10
Experts. : ADEPTS
11
Japanese ship. : MARU
12
Biblical oldster. : ENOS
13
Punctuation mark. : DASH
19
Street sign. : ONEWAY
21
Blob, as of cream. : CLOT
24
Part of Arabia. : YEMEN
27
Cupolas. : DOMES
29
Indicated. : POINTEDOUT
30
State: Abbr. : OREG
31
Tires. : FAGS
32
Poetic verb form. : HAST
33
Girl's name. : ALMA
35
Navigation aid. : RADAR
38
Tarry. : LINGER
39
Small songsters. : SUNBIRDS
41
Small perchlike fishes. : DARTERS
42
Woodmonger Ali ___. : BABA
44
Beacon or buoy. : MARKER
46
Flight of a ball, in tennis. : VOLLEY
48
Space term. : ORBIT
50
100 kopecks. : RUBLE
51
Variety of wheat. : SPELT
52
Pack away. : STOW
53
Scrabble piece. : TILE
54
"The King ___." : ANDI
55
Black-fin snapper of Spain. : SESI
58
Honorary degree. : LLD
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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