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N. M. Meyer
N. M. Meyer

New York Times, Monday, December 14, 1981

19-Across : Best

Author:
N. M. Meyer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 52, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
N. M. Meyer has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,724
Across
1
Crow's cry : CAW
4
After-dinner sweet : MINT
8
Moved quickly : SPED
12
Operatic solo : ARIA
14
Melville work : OMOO
15
Worry : CARE
16
Glut on the market : OVERSUPPLY
18
Algerian seaport : ORAN
19
Best : FINEST
20
Hotspur's fault : RASHNESS
22
Level : FLAT
23
"Pater Noster" finale : AMEN
25
Yet, to Shakespeare : EEN
26
Sackcloth and ___ : ASHES
28
Expedite : HASTEN
31
Canadian peninsula : GASPE
34
Flower : ASTER
36
"___ Maria" : AVE
37
Accumulated : AMASSED
39
Power losses : OUTAGES
41
Title of respect : SIR
42
Bow's opposite : STERN
44
Happening : EVENT
45
Noted English archeologist-Egyptologist: 1853-1942 : PETRIE
47
Scene of four major W.W. I battles : AISNE
49
Cry of triumph : OHO
50
Mussolini title : DUCE
51
Housecoat : ROBE
55
___ medicine (type of jurisprudence) : FORENSIC
58
Crushed : MASHED
60
San ___ Obispo : LUIS
61
Appease : PROPITIATE
63
Jacob's twin : ESAU
64
Fever and chills : AGUE
65
Wrongdoing, to a judge : TORT
66
Snakelike fish : EELS
67
Take it easy : REST
68
Mamie Eisenhower, ___ Doud : NEE
Down
1
Quibble : CAVIL
2
Sporting area : ARENA
3
Kin of "bugs" : WIRETAPS
4
Swab : MOP
5
Leave one's mark : IMPRESS
6
Lynn ___ Ryan of baseball : NOLAN
7
Pre-Christmas best sellers : TOYS
8
Scottish cakes : SCONES
9
Family-tree item : PARENTAGE
10
Historical periods : ERAS
11
Lairs : DENS
13
Beast of burden : ASS
16
Out of tune : OFF
17
Beehive State : UTAH
21
Encourage : HEARTEN
24
Union general : MEADE
27
Group meeting : SESSION
28
Cicero's "Alas!" : HEU
29
Flush : EVEN
30
Shelter for a shoveler : NEST
31
Struggle for air : GASP
32
Girlfriend: Fr. : AMIE
33
Of men's attire : SARTORIAL
35
Invigorating potion : TONIC
38
Juillet, août, etc. : ETE
40
Intense dislike : AVERSION
43
Loud and rowdy : RAUCOUS
46
Research monkey : RHESUS
48
Tractor-trailer : SEMI
50
Lament : DIRGE
52
Chicago airport : OHARE
53
Actress Davis : BETTE
54
Dutch commune : EDE
55
Run away from home : FLEE
56
Name of three English rivers : OUSE
57
Box : SPAR
59
D.A. : ATT
62
Favorite : PET

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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