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Meltzer
Meltzer

New York Times, Saturday, April 29, 1978

40-Across : Saudi sachem

Author:
Meltzer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 248 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 15.4
Meltzer has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,486
Across
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Fly away, fly! : SHOO
5
Emperor after Galba : OTHO
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Iranian coins : RIALS
14
Dusting powder : TALC
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Jogging pace : TROT
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Follow : ENSUE
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Smell ___ (be suspicious) : ARAT
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Type of salad dressing : IOOOISLAND
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Make an all-out effort : GIVEIOOPERCENT
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Three tsps. : TBSP
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No longer fashionable : OUT
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Mexican Mrs. : SRA
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Some M.I.T. grads. : EES
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Ten minus nine : ONE
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Smidgen : DAB
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Kind of bear or hare : POLAR
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French pronoun : LUI
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___ colada (cocktail) : PINA
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Film based on Christie thriller : IOLITTLEINDIANS
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Saudi sachem : EMIR
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Subsidize : AID
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Languor : ENNUI
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Prefix with drome and thesis : SYN
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Stretch the budget : EKE
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___ Clemente : SAN
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Start of the Three Musketeers' motto : ALL
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Hole-in-one : ACE
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Indigo source : ANIL
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Decalogue : IOCOMMANDMENTS
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Millipede : IOOOLEGGER
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Author Vidal : GORE
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French landscapist: 1811–1889 : DUPRE
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Artifice : RUSE
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Maintain : AVER
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Orgs. : ASSNS
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Square-dance groups : SETS
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Chad or Tanganyika : LAKE
Down
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Bachelor party : STAG
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Mata ___ : HARI
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Scandinavian monarch : OLAV
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Double quartet : OCTET
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Idle; futile : OTIOSE
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Cavalry, infantry, etc. : TROOPS
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McAdoo's target : HOOP
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Indian or Western county : OTOE
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Dunkirk event: 1940 : RESCUE
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Waterway : INLET
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" ... ___ elephant's eye" : ASAN
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Fontanne's late husband : LUNT
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Latin opposite of et : SED
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___ the fire (enterprise) : IRONIN
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"Escales" composer : IBERT
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Undercover men : SPIES
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Commodious : ROOMY
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Dog-tired : ALLIN
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Parisian's O.K. : OUI
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Moon goddess : DIANA
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Cancel : ANNUL
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Sweet herb : BASIL
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Cavatina : AIR
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Emulated the Pied Piper : LED
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Fasten : PIN
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"___ to your leader" : TAKEME
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Palter : LIE
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Popular cloth on campus : DENIM
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Places for étudiants : ECOLES
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Least deranged : SANEST
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Guitarist Segovia : ANDRES
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Oak seed : ACORN
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Word with tender or age : LEGAL
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Chits : IOUS
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Interjection for droppers and spillers : OOPS
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Martin and Mauch: Abbr. : MGRS
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The shakes : AGUE
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Star that brightens and fades : NOVA
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Long haul : TREK
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Wizened : SERE
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Lupino : IDA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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