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N. M. Meyer
N. M. Meyer

New York Times, Thursday, December 7, 1978

37-Down : Contend with

Author:
N. M. Meyer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K V X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 27.5
N. M. Meyer has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,621
Across
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Without any changes : ASIS
5
Lead-pipe cinch : SNAP
9
Chesterfield : SOFA
13
Basin for holy water : FONT
14
Customary; conventional : NOMIC
16
Blue-pencil : EDIT
17
Danseuse's attire : TUTU
18
Town on the Penobscot : ORONO
19
Cell in the retina : CONE
20
Ecology-minded actor : ROBERTREDFORD
23
English watering place : BATH
24
Half a sawbuck : FIN
25
Decorate : EMBOSS
28
Whitman's "___ of Adam" : CHILDREN
33
Bear : CARRY
34
Rest period : PAUSE
35
U.S. satellite : OGO
36
Object of Androcles' beneficence : LION
37
Valued at : WORTH
38
Wharf : QUAY
39
Kind of dye : AZO
40
Guitar ridges : FRETS
41
Eccentric : OUTRE
42
"Heartaches" bandleader : TEDWEEMS
44
Opposite of hits the hay : ARISES
45
Kin of mins. and secs. : HRS
46
Says further : ADDS
47
Christmas "visitor" : SAINTNICHOLAS
53
Self-controlled : CALM
54
Turning tool : LATHE
55
Plant with sword-shaped leaves : IRIS
57
Prepares to fire : AIMS
58
Arab title : EMEER
59
Elaine ___, author of "Right Bank" : NEAL
60
Neil Simon creation : PLAY
61
Old tongue : ERSE
62
Malodorous : GAMY
Down
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Sternward : AFT
2
Bar offering : SOUR
3
"Long Day's Journey ___ Night" : INTO
4
Dogged or mulish : STUBBORN
5
Paddock sounds : SNORTS
6
Realm of Boreas : NORTH
7
Love, in Acapulco : AMOR
8
Victim of blister rust : PINE
9
Base place : SECOND
10
Bouquet : ODOR
11
Come across : FIND
12
Took refection : ATE
15
Massachusetts' "___ aristocracy" : CODFISH
21
Nothing to it : EASY
22
Rat-tail ___ : FILE
25
Brilliant acclaim : ECLAT
26
Pale yellow, as corn : MAIZE
27
Coop group : BROOD
28
Peddlers' wagons : CARTS
29
Shanties : HUTS
30
Puts to flight : ROUTS
31
Astray: Fr. : EGARE
32
Poet who wrote "The Highwayman" : NOYES
34
Quatrain container : POEM
37
Contend with : WRESTLE
38
Traitor : QUISLING
40
House plant : FERN
41
Religious booklet : ORDO
43
Quaint humor : WHIMSY
44
Stick : ADHERE
46
Deep yearnings : ACHES
47
Flying jib : SAIL
48
Soprano ___ Jean Smith : ALMA
49
Reputation : NAME
50
Brain passage : ITER
51
___ code : AREA
52
Thailand : SIAM
53
Beanie : CAP
56
Like Reynard : SLY

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

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