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N. M. Meyer
N. M. Meyer

New York Times, Tuesday, June 23, 1981

Author:
N. M. Meyer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { H J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 39.7 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
N. M. Meyer has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,550
Across
1
Dull one : CLOD
5
Swimmer's inflatable pad : RAFT
9
This is tops : ACME
13
Playwright's favorite literature : RAVE
14
Passage for Pompey : ITER
15
Far from urbane : NAIVE
17
Smithsonian collection : AMERICANA
19
Daisylike flower : ASTER
20
Place attuned to tuneups : GARAGE
21
Water tanks : CISTERNS
23
___ Grande : RIO
24
Swingy rhythm : LILT
25
Allot : METE
26
Loathsome : FOUL
28
Pilot's instrument panel : CONSOLE
30
Everybody : ALL
31
Pealed : RANG
32
Continuing ill will : RANCOR
36
Dizzy : REELING
38
Potted plant : LANTANA
39
Unassuming : MODEST
40
Garment for Galba : TOGA
41
San Luis ___ : REY
42
First and last word of a W. S. title : MEASURE
44
Gentlemen : SIRS
45
Preminger : OTTO
48
Weight allowance : TARE
49
Arched bone : RIB
50
Keep up : MAINTAIN
52
Large Asiatic deer : SAMBAR
55
Sacrificial table : ALTAR
56
Part of a helmet : NOSEPIECE
58
English novelist: 1814–84 : READE
59
Instrument banned by Mao's widow : TUBA
60
Deposited : LAID
61
Koko's weapon : SNEE
62
Stalk of bananas : STEM
63
Remnants : ENDS
Down
1
Steep, rugged rock : CRAG
2
Tibetan priest : LAMA
3
Set aside, as by higher authority : OVERRULED
4
Force an iron horse to go off course : DERAIL
5
Oriental staple : RICE
6
One ___ time : ATA
7
Olympic sport since 1920 : FENCING
8
Oregon and Santa Fe : TRAILS
9
Med. student's subject : ANAT
10
Window frame : CASEMENT
11
Headdress for the Archbishop of Canterbury : MITRE
12
Occurrence : EVENT
16
Gaelic anagram for seer : ERSE
18
"But ___ on forever": Tennyson : IGO
22
Warehouse space : STORAGE
24
Far-reaching : LONG
26
Work the land : FARM
27
Margarine : OLEO
28
Choral composition : CANTATA
29
Turner : LANA
31
Upward slope : RISE
33
Arm of the Atlantic : CARIBBEAN
34
Lollapalooza : ONER
35
Beams : RAYS
37
Summer drink : LEMONADE
38
Learning : LORE
40
Promoter's concern : TURNOUT
43
"___ preserve us!" : SAINTS
44
"Red as a rose" is one : SIMILE
45
Sharif : OMAR
46
Kipling's "Plain ___ from the Hills" : TALES
47
Cronus or Hyperion : TITAN
49
Criticize sharply : RAP
51
Tupelo or bay : TREE
52
Part of a baseball : SEAM
53
Sour substance : ACID
54
Cerise and vermilion : REDS
57
Nautical dir. : SBE

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

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