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Mary M. Murdoch
Mary M. Murdoch

New York Times, Thursday, December 4, 1986

14-Across : Arab prince

Author:
Mary M. Murdoch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F G J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 34.9
Mary M. Murdoch has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,540
Across
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Silents' Bow, e.g. : VAMP
5
Plunders : SACKS
10
Bird, to Brutus : AVIS
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Arab prince : EMIR
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Vivian Vance role : ETHEL
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Weather device : VANE
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TV sitcom starring Judd Hirsch : TAXI
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Threefold : TRINE
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Seed cover : ARIL
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Poetic morning song : MATIN
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Paine, Rousseau et al. : DEISTS
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Northern constellation : CAMELOPARDALIS
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"I Can't Sleep" playwright : ODETS
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At the age of: Abbr. : AET
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Places : LOCI
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"___ et ecclesiae," Harvard motto : CHRISTO
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Obtrusive state : BUMPTIOUSNESS
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Isle or City : EMERALD
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Like George Apley : LATE
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Lodge member : ELK
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Ben ___, Great Britain's highest peak : NEVIS
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Luxury wrap : CAMELSHAIRCOAT
50
Erudite one : SAVANT
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Brilliance : ECLAT
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Soon : ANON
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"For want of ___ ... " : ANAIL
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One of the Chases : ILKA
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Diamond or Sedaka : NEIL
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"I ___ Parade" : LOVEA
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Lode : VEIN
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Whirlpool : EDDY
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Strive : EXERT
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Poet Lazarus : EMMA
Down
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Old pro : VET
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Candlenut tree : AMA
3
Join the crowd : MIX
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Watchful hours? : PRIMETIME
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Brouhaha : SETTO
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Aweigh : ATRIP
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Dishes : CHINA
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Knowledge : KEN
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Malamutes, e.g. : SLEDDERS
10
Serve : AVAIL
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"Peyton Place" film actress : VARSI
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Monogram pts. : INITS
13
French seasonings : SELS
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Smith and Hirt : ALS
23
Dine at home : EATIN
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Army off. : COL
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Hacienda material : ADOBE
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Vade ___ (handbook) : MECUM
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Mythical Hindu demon : RAHU
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Torsk : COD
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Type of service : SELECTIVE
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River of Kenya : TSAVO
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Port of ancient Rome : OSTIA
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Be vain, in a way : PREEN
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Chamberlain yarn? : TALLTALE
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Sorts : ILKS
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Id follower : EST
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Thirties inits. : NRA
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Like some chairs : CANED
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Eschew : AVOID
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Brave : MANLY
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Ho preceder : HEAVE
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Quaker gray : ACIER
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___ ease (edgy) : ILLAT
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Sensible : SANE
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Nero's night : NOX
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Unit on a space vehicle : LEM
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Kipling character : KIM
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Yerby's "A Rose for ___ Maria" : ANA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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