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Thomas Meekin
Thomas Meekin

New York Times, Friday, May 29, 1953

Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 25.3
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,440
Across
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A piece of candy. : CARAMEL
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Duchess of Windsor. : WALLIS
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Rayon fabrics. : ACETATES
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Of which Hong Kong is part. : ORIENT
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Title role in a play. : NAMEPART
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Sojourn. : RESIDE
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Galatea's beloved. : ACIS
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Stores away. : HOARDS
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Farm animal. : SOW
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Slower: Music abbr. : RIT
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Speaker in baseball's Hall of Fame. : TRIS
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Entertainment at Waikiki. : HULA
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Write hastily (with "off"). : DASH
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Noun suffixes. : ISTS
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Freer from admixture. : PURER
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Colorado mountain, 13,706 ft. : OSO
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Lees. : SEDIMENT
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Duchess of Kent. : MARINA
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Snack or spread. : REPAST
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British grain regulations, repealed in 1846. : CORNLAWS
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Boggy land. : FEN
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Writer Edgar ___ Mowrer. : ANSEL
42
Dismounted. : ALIT
44
Wildcat; habitat, Mexico to Brazil. : EYRA
48
Between a walk and a run. : TROT
49
Related. : AKIN
50
Short for VFW member. : VET
51
Chili ___ carne. : CON
52
Improves upon. : EMENDS
54
Slicker. : COAT
55
Ride a flying boxcar. : AVIATE
57
Mona Lisa (with "La"). : GIOCONDA
59
Where NATO Council met in 1952. : LISBON
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Rig of famous cup winner, America. : SCHOONER
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Inactive. : LATENT
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Stylish short coats. : TOPPERS
Down
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False story or rumor. : CANARD
2
Shrub allied to mimosa. : ACACIA
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Slackens. : REMITS
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Comedian Roscoe. : ATES
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Motorist's guide. : MAP
6
Greenland settlement. : ETAH
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Dormice. : LEROTS
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Matter between 1 Across and 58 Down. : WORDS
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Greek god. : ARES
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Flower: French. : LIS
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Times free from employment. : LEISURES
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Lackadaisical. : INDOLENT
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Star of "Thunder Bay." : STEWART
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Puts to work. : STARTS
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Vertical steampipe. : RISER
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Kind of organization SPCA is. : HUMANE
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Stinger. : HORNET
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Hebrides island. : IONA
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Easy task: Slang. : PIPE
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Threshold. : SILL
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Nimble. : DEFT
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Capital of Liberia. : MONROVIA
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Incendiary. : ARSONIST
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On the alert. : AWAKE
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Derisive cry from the audience. : CATCALL
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Chains used for hoisting steelwork. : SLINGS
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What grand juries do. : INDICT
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One of the Dionne sisters. : YVONNE
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Laughton or Williams. : READER
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Fragrant rose oils. : ATTARS
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Catkin. : AMENT
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Rival of Rugby. : ETON
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London restaurant district. : SOHO
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Profit-sharing store: Colloq. : COOP
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Man's nickname. : ABE
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Man on a beat. : COP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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