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Arthur W. Palmer
Arthur W. Palmer

New York Times, Tuesday, January 16, 1990

17-Across : Arab chief

Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 38.6
Arthur W. Palmer has 38 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,679
Across
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Mimic : APER
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Bell and Kettle : MAS
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Yearned : ACHED
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Brood : MOPE
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Stone : PELT
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Archie or Grace : MOORE
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Certain test : ACID
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Arab chief : EMIR
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Cat-___-tails : ONINE
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Trickery : HOCUSPOCUS
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Pokey : STIR
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Polar or ice follower : CAP
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Worker for a company : EMPLOYEE
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Plotted : SCHEMED
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Rapid in a river : SAULT
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Chat : CAUSERIE
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Nodule of stone : GEODE
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Abbr. at Kennedy : ARR
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Emulates a cheerleader : YELLS
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One-tenth of XXX : III
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Italo ___, Italian Fascist leader : BALBO
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"See ___, alligator" : YOULATER
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Brigham or Robert : YOUNG
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Altar boy : ACOLYTE
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Fortify : EMBATTLE
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Charpoy : COT
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Overwhelm : ROUT
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Olio : HODGEPODGE
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Standards : NORMS
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Cribs : BINS
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Evangelist Roberts : ORAL
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Aunt in "Oklahoma!" : ELLER
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Collections of sayings : ANAS
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Catch a thief : NAIL
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"Just ___": Nancy Reagan : SAYNO
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Roman household god : LAR
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
Down
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Shanghai nurse : AMAH
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Not much, in Mexico : POCO
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The "Aeneid," e.g. : EPIC
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Solves a "weighty" problem : REDUCES
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Off. note : MEMO
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Movie restaurateur : ALICE
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Plays the banjo : STRUMS
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Latin I word : AMO
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Kind of table : CONSOLE
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Giddy or haughty : HOITYTOITY
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Athlete Banks or Nevers : ERNIE
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Steel-plow inventor : DEERE
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Piquant : PEPPERY
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Identical : SAME
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Resort of a sort : SPA
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Box for fruit : LUG
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Plant disease : SCAB
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Pedro's face : CARA
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Tumult : HURLYBURLY
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What Caesar cast : DIE
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Bridge expert Culbertson : ELY
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___ of Worms: 1521 : DIET
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Ireland, to a Gael : EIRE
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Mauna ___ : LOA
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It has a "sweet smell" : SUCCESS
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Gondoliers : BOATMEN
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"Include me ___": Sam Goldwyn : OUT
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Chicago attraction : LOOP
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City in central Pa. : ALTOONA
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Certain degree : NTH
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Worldwide : GLOBAL
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Sea birds : ERNES
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Scratch : MOOLA
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Suburb of Minneapolis : EDINA
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Growl : GNAR
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Mild oath : DRAT
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Pace : GAIT
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Actress Raines : ELLA
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Hit sign : SRO

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

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