Oil-rich sultanate in the Malay Archipelago Crossword Clue

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Oil-rich sultanate in the Malay Archipelago Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a sultanate in northwestern Borneo; became independent of Great Britain in 1984

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SULTANATE (noun)
1. country or territory ruled by a sultan
ARCHIPELAGO (noun)
1. a group of many islands in a large body of water

Hint 3: Anagram

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BURNIE

More WSJ Crossword (3/12/2026) Answers

Across

1. Helen’s abductor

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9. Fail dismally

13. Helpless

14. P, sometimes

15. Red-nosed resident of Sesame Street

16. Like some tans

18. Thoroughly

19. One in a onesie

20. Return address part?

21. Spud

23. Breakaway group

24. Sweetie

25. Rubber

28. Negligible

33. Thunder sound

34. Bob of "Full House"

35. Check out

36. Bars on roofs

40. Busy season on la Côte d’Azur

41. Sonata segment

42. Songwriter Bacharach

43. Strong suits

45. Dresses like, for a Halloween party

47. Issa of Insecure

48. Qatar royal

49. Sharps’ counterparts

53. Court figs.

54. Has permission to

57. Like some columns and some bonds

58. Title page follower

61. Affectedly styled

62. Epitome of easiness

63. Alternative to window

64. Abound

65. Make even

66. Free of censorship, and a clue to what was done before cluing seven Across answers

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Down

1. Historian's focus

2. “Everything Your Dog Needs!” brand

3. Crushing defeat

4. Rustic destination

5. It’s just one thing after another!

6. Motel meeting, perhaps

7. "Look what I found!"

8. Normal behavior

10. “Will do, Chief!”

11. Tiny amount

12. Cold draft

15. Capable of dealing with

17. Fingerprint feature

22. Son of Lucifer and Pansy, in the comics

23. Junior’s junior, briefly

25. Sign for high pitches?

26. Bush nominee of 2005

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28. Vegas hotel where the Rat Pack performed

29. Unsightly, in slang

30. Family division

31. Many-headed monster of myth

32. Lab doings

34. Wave maker?

37. Having no class?

38. Tripled trio

39. Its work is picking up

44. "It is what it is," e.g.

45. Fed

46. Bird, in Bordeaux

48. Bring (out)

49. Arbitrary order

50. Tribal tales

51. Cash on hand?

52. Petty quarrel

54. Like “der” in Ger.

55. Org. with a Guardians of Liberty program

56. Forcefully throw, in slang

59. Stat for a DH

60. Bass part

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