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Elizabeth Arthur
Elizabeth Arthur

New York Times, Friday, February 1, 1991

45-Across : Philanthropists

Author:
Elizabeth Arthur
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Elizabeth Arthur has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,060
Across
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Spunky : GAME
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An anagram for leaps : SALEP
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Rat's nest : MESS
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Coin of old Greece : OBOL
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Pineapple : ANANA
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Palo ___, Calif. : ALTO
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Merry soul's cabbage salad : OLDKINGCOLESLAW
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Actress in "Rosie!" : DEE
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Fits to ___ : ATEE
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Actor Ole and family : OLSENS
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Petri dish filler : AGAR
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___ culpa : MEA
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Calico horses : PINTOS
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Switchblade: Slang : SHIV
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Elec. current unit : AMP
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Melville novel : OMOO
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Golfer's hole-___ : INONE
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Actor Majors : LEE
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Pieman greeter plays a game : SIMPLESIMONSAYS
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Apple cider gal : IDA
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Growing out : ENATE
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"___ a man who wasn't there" : IMET
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Actor Danson : TED
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P.M.'s : AFTS
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Philanthropists : DONORS
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Well-known Hollywood initials : RKO
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Like early TV : LIVE
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More pallid : ASHIER
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Vendition : SALE
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Star below Coogan's Bluff : OTT
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Second story London visitor : PUSSYCATBURGLAR
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Ballet star Bruhn: 1928-86 : ERIK
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Fungus disease of rye : ERGOT
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Yorkshire river : AIRE
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Forswear : DENY
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Cordwood measure : STERE
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Lug : TOTE
Down
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Like Whitman : GOOD
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Habile : ABLE
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Style : MODE
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Wapiti : ELK
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Yule figures : SANTAS
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Incensement : ANGER
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Cluny product : LACE
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Em followers : ENO
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Golden-coated horse : PALOMINO
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S. Foster decedent : MASSA
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"___ et Lui": Sand : ELLE
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Satirist Freberg : STAN
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Emulates Appleseed : SOWS
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A role for J. Ferrer : IAGO
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Field-hockey team : ELEVEN
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At the pinnacle : ATOP
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Presuppose : POSIT
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Ammonia compound : IMIDE
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Wanderer : NOMAD
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Agitated states : SNITS
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Where you hang your hat : HOME
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Davy Crockett defended it : ALAMO
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Author of "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" : MEYER
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Nuisances : PESTS
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"___ with Love ... ": Rossetti : ISAT
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"Stone-Age Africa" author : LEAKEY
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Strong-arms : ENFORCES
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Trigonometric function : SINE
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Water down : DILUTE
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Priestley's "Johnson ___ Jordan" : OVER
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Perilous : RISKY
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Part of A.F.L. : LABOR
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Mimicked : APED
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Singer Al B. ___ : SURE
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___ Hsüeh, a Chinese philosophy : HSIN
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Computer pt. : STGE
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Hodgepodge : OLIO
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Banbury treat : TART
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Kind of house : TREE
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It hangs in the Louvre : ART
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Roscoe : GAT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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