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N. M. Meyer
N. M. Meyer

New York Times, Monday, September 17, 1979

Author:
N. M. Meyer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 23.5
N. M. Meyer has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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A
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B
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R
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T
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H
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C
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A
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O
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B
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R
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O
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B
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Y
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S
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S
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M
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D
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T
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N
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D
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M
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S
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P
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B
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G
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B
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,905
Across
1
Chatter : GAB
4
Consommé : BROTH
9
Penny-ante ante : CENT
13
Operatic solo : ARIA
15
Tropical vine : LIANA
16
Surface unit : AREA
17
Moderate : MIDDLEOFTHEROAD
20
Constituents : ELEMENTS
21
Cozy retreats : NESTS
22
Bonifaces' places : INNS
23
Necrological notice : OBIT
25
Scotch drink : ROBROY
28
Excited : AGOG
29
"___ live and breathe!" : ASI
32
Large land mass : ASIA
33
Hotfoot it away : SCRAM
34
Nabokov novel : DAR
35
One way to sit on the range : TALLINTHESADDLE
39
Coop find : EGG
40
Customs : MORES
41
Ardor : ELAN
42
View : SEE
43
___ Piper : PIED
44
Say O.K. : ACCEDE
46
___ gun (machine pistol) : BURP
47
Muse of history : CLIO
48
Brilliant acclaim : ECLAT
51
Most majestic : GRANDEST
55
Infection fighters : WHITEBLOODCELLS
58
Shamrock land : EIRE
59
Ornamental : FANCY
60
Predatory bird : SKUA
61
Expedited : SPED
62
Tries to ferret out : SEEKS
63
Blunder : ERR
Down
1
Safari quarry : GAME
2
Seed covering : ARIL
3
___ one's time : BIDE
4
Long fish : BLENNY
5
Street disorders : RIOTS
6
Clumsy ones : OAFS
7
High explosive : TNT
8
Exclamation of surprise : HAH
9
Proofreader's mark : CARET
10
God of love : EROS
11
Tidy : NEAT
12
Small boys : TADS
14
Drake was one : ADMIRAL
18
Soft, meshed fabric : LENO
19
Puzzle : ENIGMA
23
Monsters : OGRES
24
Long scarves : BOAS
25
Charges : RATES
26
Indian tribe : OSAGE
27
Lower part of a ship's hold : BILGE
28
Was painful : ACHED
29
Confuse : ADDLE
30
Greens mixture : SALAD
31
Dunne or Papas : IRENE
33
___ throat : STREP
36
Attribute to another, as a fault : IMPUTE
37
Pinot ___ (a red wine) : NOIR
38
Solves a cryptogram : DECODES
44
" ... love, first learned in ___ eyes": Shak. : ALADYS
45
Pres. title : CINC
46
Lessened : BATED
47
Earthenware pot or jar : CROCK
48
Members of a fold : EWES
49
Poker counter : CHIP
50
Italian money : LIRE
51
Start of a Mitchell title : GONE
52
Sommer from Berlin : ELKE
53
Cause of many a duel : SLUR
54
Russian monarch : TSAR
56
"___ Daughter," Marquand novel : BFS
57
Neighbor of Port Moresby : LAE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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