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Fred Toole
Fred Toole

New York Times, Tuesday, September 10, 1991

14-Across : Arab ruler

Author:
Fred Toole
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 32.4
Fred Toole has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,281
Across
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Bustle : TODO
5
Praises : LAUDS
10
Actual : REAL
14
Arab ruler : EMIR
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Firebug's crime : ARSON
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Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
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High plain : MESA
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Took apart : DISMANTLED
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More attractive : PRETTIER
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Self-assurance : POISE
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Dressed to the ___ : NINES
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Org. : ASSN
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Highlanders : SCOTS
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Decapitated : BEHEADED
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Ex-baseball chief Bowie ___ : KUHN
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Ancient Greek city : ARGOS
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Ore. neighbor : IDA
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Greek letters : ETAS
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Braid : PLAIT
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Short helper? : ASST
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Sea eagle : ERN
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Uses a grapnel : DRAGS
38
Ostrichlike bird : RHEA
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New England eleven : PATRIOTS
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Dromedary : CAMEL
43
Town in NE Italy : ESTE
44
Yogi of baseball : BERRA
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"Shalom!" : PEACE
47
Had a yen for : HANKERED
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Take property away : DISPOSSESS
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Eye problem : STYE
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Church part : APSE
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Unfinished statue : TORSO
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Sea swallow : TERN
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Equal : PEER
57
Wild animal's track : SPOOR
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Obstacle : SNAG
Down
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F. or C. : TEMP
2
Hebrew dry measure : OMER
3
Take illusions away : DISENCHANT
4
Ciceronian products : ORATIONS
5
Lords' mates : LADIES
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The Ram : ARIES
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Former cold-war antagonist : USSR
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Suffix with serf : DOM
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Quick pic : SNAPSHOT
10
Eye part : RETINA
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Building additions : ELLS
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Toward the sheltered side : ALEE
13
Young fellow : LAD
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Certain winning margins : NOSES
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Explosive : TNT
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Sponsorship : AEGIS
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Hindu sacred writings : SUTRA
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Boasts : BRAGS
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Take away courage : DISHEARTEN
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Ford's folly : EDSEL
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Facts : DATA
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Retain : KEEP
31
Winged : ALATE
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Objects : PROTESTS
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Furniture features : ARMRESTS
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Descendant of jazz : DISCO
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Farm machine : REAPER
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Faultfinder : CENSOR
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Clumsy boat : ARK
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___ profundo : BASSO
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Corncob or hookah : PIPE
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To be, to Brutus : ESSE
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Brave one : HERO
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Wildcat : EYRA
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Chinese leader : DENG
50
Fish, in a way : DAP
51
Placebo : SOP

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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