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Daniel Deutsch
Daniel Deutsch

New York Times, Monday, April 27, 1981

16-Across : Majority leader, at times

Author:
Daniel Deutsch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F H J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 245 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Daniel Deutsch has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,493
Across
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Thrill for Nicklaus : ACE
4
Stravinski : IGOR
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Equipment : GEAR
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Output of Mount St. Helens : LAVA
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Rub out : ERASE
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Adjective for a whooping crane : RARE
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Majority leader, at times : PRESIDENTPROTEM
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Petting : STROKING
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Analyze ore : ASSAY
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Singer Natalie : COLE
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Loses muscle tone : SAGS
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"Britannicus" author : RACINE
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Where Machu Picchu is : PERU
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Asked, in Dogpatch : AST
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Kazan : ELIA
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Assumed name : ALIAS
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Barnyard unit : STY
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Rules expert : PARLIAMENTARIAN
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And so on: Abbr. : ETC
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Mother who was "all tears" : NIOBE
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Advantage : EDGE
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Pasture : LEA
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Factual : TRUE
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Save : UNLESS
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Ogle's cousin : LEER
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Words of understanding : ISEE
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Anew : AGAIN
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Capable of gaining knowledge : EDUCABLE
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Place to hang a coat or make a deal : SENATECLOAKROOM
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Take ___ the lam : ITON
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Fall : SPILL
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Model : NORM
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Capital of Yemen : SANA
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Soviet news service : TASS
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Darjeeling, e.g. : TEA
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Mont Blanc's range : ALPS
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Roller in a supermarket : CART
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Always : EVER
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Actress Dunne : IRENE
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China's ___ of Four : GANG
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East, to Heinrich : OST
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Mem. of Congress : REP
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Part of G.N.P. : GROSS
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Vittles : EATS
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Region : AREA
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"Apostle of the Franks" : REMY
13
Withdrawn : ASOCIAL
14
Roman official : EDILE
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Religious image at Byzantium : IKON
18
Italian province : RAGUSA
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Net : SEINE
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What rapier-wielding Hamlet cried : ARAT
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Drive back : REPEL
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Winged : ALATE
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Approximately : CIRCA
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West Point freshman : PLEBE
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Stage whisper : ASIDE
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Red deer : STAGS
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Margaret ___, noted soprano : TYNES
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Love, to Stendhal : AMOUR
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Aim : INTENT
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West Yorkshire river : AIRE
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Take a refresher course : RELEARN
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Customary : USUAL
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Part of a bottle : NECK
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Climbing plant : LIANA
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Popular figures : IDOLS
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Sign at a fire sale : ASIS
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"___ horse!" : GETA
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Presently : ANON
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Ivy League gridiron champs: 1980 : ELIS
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Kick : BOOT
52
Traditional knowledge : LORE
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Anarchist Goldman : EMMA
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Calif. therapy group : EST
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I.R.S. employee : CPA

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

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