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N. M. Meyer
N. M. Meyer

New York Times, Monday, October 15, 1979

27-Down : ___ acids

Author:
N. M. Meyer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { B J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
N. M. Meyer has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,933
Across
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Painting and ballet : ARTS
5
Duplicate : COPY
9
"I Remember ___" : MAMA
13
Encounter : MEET
14
Sign of the Zodiac : ARIES
16
Given the gate : AXED
17
The Jack before Johnny : PAAR
18
Stove : RANGE
19
"___ but the brave ... " : NONE
20
Place for a dry run : PROVINGGROUND
23
Pre-Easter season : LENT
24
By way of : VIA
25
German P.O.W. camp : STALAG
28
Third degree : GRILLING
33
Dromedary : CAMEL
34
Tennis star Austin : TRACY
35
And not : NOR
36
Moslem prince : AMIR
37
Queeg's ship : CAINE
38
Werfel's "The Forty Days of ___ Dagh" : MUSA
39
Soldiers : MEN
40
Doone of fiction : LORNA
41
Name taken by Sophia Scicoloni : LOREN
42
Set forth for consideration : PROPOUND
44
Traditional adjective for N.Y.P.D. : FINEST
45
Capek play : RUR
46
Pit : HOLE
47
Helpful one : GOODSAMARITAN
53
Kind of joint : CLIP
54
Dodge : EVADE
55
Twittering with expectation : AGOG
57
River in England : OUSE
58
Rounded roofs : DOMES
59
Asian staple : RICE
60
Bambi : DEER
61
Set up housekeeping : NEST
62
Servitude : YOKE
Down
1
Unit of power, for short : AMP
2
"___ the Wild Wind" : REAP
3
Rip : TEAR
4
Pram : STROLLER
5
Concerned : CARING
6
Praying figure : ORANT
7
Engine noise : PING
8
Peteman : YEGG
9
Instruction book : MANUAL
10
Nerve-cell process : AXON
11
Convalesce : MEND
12
American humorist : ADE
15
Bard of the Yukon : SERVICE
21
___ cutlet : VEAL
22
"___ to bed," said the grease monkey : OILY
25
Rascal : SCAMP
26
Domesticator : TAMER
27
___ acids : AMINO
28
Pulverize : GRIND
29
"It ___ hundred years ... " : RANA
30
Season : INURE
31
Roman and pug : NOSES
32
He took Richmond : GRANT
34
Mountain lake : TARN
37
Moved swiftly : COURSED
38
Of $'s and ¢'s : MONETARY
40
Amplified : LOUD
41
Caron movie role : LILI
43
Decorous : PROPER
44
Robin Hood's milieu : FOREST
46
Where the Acheron flows : HADES
47
Adhesive : GLUE
48
Beauvais is here : OISE
49
Stratford-on-___ : AVON
50
Roz Russell role : MAME
51
Premium on money : AGIO
52
Notch at the end of an arrow : NOCK
53
Cape in a Patti Page hit song : COD
56
Word with whiz : GEE

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

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