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Jean Reed
Jean Reed

New York Times, Saturday, March 24, 1979

3-Down : Arab prince

Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { G K Q }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 62.2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In 10-Down, the film's title should actually be "The Driver"; left as in the original.

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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,728
Across
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Bright as ___ penny : ANEW
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Took 40 winks : DOZED
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Islamic spirit : DJIN
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Branches : RAMI
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"It came ___ midnight clear" : UPONA
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Uncouth : RUDE
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No problem : CHILDSPLAY
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Holly plant : ILEX
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___ work (toiling earnestly) : HARDAT
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Rights fighter : ACTIVIST
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French fuzz : FLIC
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"When I put out ___": Tennyson : TOSEA
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Atmosphere or milieu : AMBIENCE
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She sewed for the poor : DORCAS
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Bar orders : SOURS
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Leah's father : LABAN
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Letters for Victoria : HIM
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Abdominal flab : TIRE
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Mervyn of movies : LEROY
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___ en scène : MISE
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After north or post : ERN
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Cracker : WAFER
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___ spade a spade : CALLA
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Lorenzo or Mellon : PATRON
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Breach of the peace : DISORDER
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Horse followers : CARTS
49
That: Fr. : CELA
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Take ___ (like) : ASHINETO
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___ acid (aqua fortis) : NITRIC
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Tiant of the Yankees : LUIS
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Name of fame in banking : ROTHSCHILD
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Before graph or scope : TELE
61
Vikings : NORSE
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Atop : OVER
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Jimmy the Greek's specialty : ODDS
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What the leopard can't alter : SPOTS
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Headland : NESS
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Sight at St. Louis : ARCH
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Okinawan seaport : NAHA
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Arab prince : EMIR
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Sweeping conflagration : WILDFIRE
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Hoffman or Farnum : DUSTIN
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Contrary: Abbr. : OPP
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Author of "J'accuse" : ZOLA
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Vote into law : ENACT
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One way to live : DAYTODAY
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Ryan O'Neal film : DRIVER
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Cook on TV : JULIACHILD
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June 13, e.g., to Cicero : IDES
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Baldwin's "The Fire ___ Time" : NEXT
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Evans and Carnegie : DALES
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"When the frost ___ the punkin": Riley : ISON
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Symbol in music : CCLEF
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___ in the right direction : ASTEP
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Shearer of ballet : MOIRA
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Fire dreader, according to Ben Jonson : BURNTCHILD
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Word with dog or lop : EARED
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Where outstretched legs are hazards : AISLE
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Slander : SMEAR
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___ acid (mild antiseptic) : BORIC
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Feast of ___, in Chinatown : LANTERNS
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Annual Boston event : MARATHON
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Threadbare : WORN
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Mulligrubs : COLIC
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Brings up : RAISES
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Meanings : SENSES
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Small porch : STOOP
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Band instrument, for short : ALTO
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Appropriate rhyme for wooed : SUED
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Another, in Avila : OTRO
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Wrench open : RIVE
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___ du Vent (Windward Islands) : ILES
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Officers under an adm. : CDRS
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Merle Miller subj. : HST

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

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