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N. M. Meyer
N. M. Meyer

New York Times, Thursday, September 11, 1980

Author:
N. M. Meyer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 27.2
N. M. Meyer has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,265
Across
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German coal region : SAAR
5
Fordham's mascot : RAM
8
Tempo : TIME
12
Climax : ACME
13
Hawkins or Thompson : SADIE
15
Redolence : ODOR
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Creator of Ferdinand the Bull : LEAF
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Nader's "Unsafe ___ Speed" : ATANY
18
Rain hard : POUR
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Drink for a youngster : SHIRLEYTEMPLE
22
Actress Gwyn : NELL
23
Tiller's tool : HOE
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Assent : ACCEDE
27
Evening event, usually : MOONRISE
32
Mild cigar : CLARO
33
Phil Donahue's wife : MARLO
34
"___ Sine Numine," Colo. motto : NIL
35
Promising : ROSY
36
City near Leipzig : HALLE
37
"Valentines and Vitriol" author : REED
38
"___ Got a Secret" : IVE
39
Salutation to Miss Parton? : HELLO
40
Roscoe Tanner's cannonball : SERVE
41
Charlotte russe and mousse : DESSERTS
43
Toulouse-Lautrec specialty : POSTER
44
Choler : IRE
45
Chicken ___ (CBers' weigh station) : COOP
46
Large dog : GREATPYRENEES
52
Heathery tract : MOOR
53
Latin name for Troy : ILIUM
54
Young rhinoceros : CALF
56
Seaweed derivative : AGAR
57
Handles a problem : COPES
58
Faithful : TRUE
59
Adriatic wind : BORA
60
___ Aviv : TEL
61
Lunge or pung : SLED
Down
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Maglie or Mineo : SAL
2
Experts in dogfights : ACES
3
Oriental nursemaid : AMAH
4
Sight at Abadan : REFINERY
5
Badgerlike animal : RATEL
6
"An apple ___ ... " : ADAY
7
Postprandial tidbit : MINT
8
Hopalong Cassidy's horse : TOPPER
9
Baal : IDOL
10
Wry face : MOUE
11
Misjudge : ERR
13
Room, in Reims : SALLE
14
Peeper's post : EYEHOLE
20
Decorate again : REDO
21
Howling monkey : MONO
24
Sharp : ACRID
25
Small bulb : CLOVE
26
Instances : CASES
27
Shopping centers : MALLS
28
Base of a column : ORLO
29
Exanimate : INERT
30
Seagoing craft of the Jumblies : SIEVE
31
Cato the ___: 234–149 B.C. : ELDER
33
Snack-bar drink : MALT
36
Relative of an apostate : HERETIC
37
Expressions of deference : RESPECTS
39
Mother of Ares : HERA
40
Before long : SOON
42
___ Madre : SIERRA
43
Millay products : POEMS
45
Merciless : CRUEL
46
Waiter for Godot : GOGO
47
Bellow : ROAR
48
Hitchcock's "Family ___" : PLOT
49
Cry of dismay : YIPE
50
Monroe of court fame : EARL
51
Twist : SLUE
52
Fairy queen : MAB
55
Nourished : FED

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