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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Saturday, May 21, 1966

62-Across : River into the Volga.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 389 (avg 2.06)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,125
Across
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Overwhelm. : SWAMP
6
Barbados and its neighbors: Abbr. : BWI
9
Dashes. : RACES
14
Blind poet. : HOMER
15
Be ___ of. : RID
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Paintings, new style. : OPART
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Journalist of the Dreyfus affair. : EMILEZOLA
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Girl of song. : MARIA
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Beast: Fr. : BETE
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It's sometimes bitter. : END
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Reddish quartz. : JASPER
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At all. : ANY
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Scrape. : FIX
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Fowl. : HENS
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European polecats. : FITCHEWS
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Sine ___ non. : QUA
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Batman's nemesis (with "The"). : JOKER
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Coughdrop ingredient. : HOREHOUND
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Related. : AKIN
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Founder of Zionism. : HERZL
38
Latin word of referral. : VIDE
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Birds, sometimes chased. : WILDGEESE
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Phoenician capital. : SIDON
42
Rel. of Rep. : SEN
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___ to (concerning). : INREGARD
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Outside: Fr. : HORS
46
Plata's partner. : ORO
47
Drop bait. : DAP
50
Curtain material. : DIMITY
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Sixty years before Hastings. : MVI
54
Punch's partner. : JUDY
55
Active force. : AGENT
56
Odd. : QUIZZICAL
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Do without. : FORGO
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Type of container. : URN
60
Immature insect. : IMAGO
61
Magnolias. : TREES
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River into the Volga. : OKA
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Eucharistic plate. : PATEN
Down
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Queen of I Kings. : SHEBA
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About half of us. : WOMEN
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Friendly relations. : AMITY
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Twins' manager. : MELE
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Prefix used with 24 Across. : PRE
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Derisive sounds: Slang. : BRONXCHEERS
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Unrestrained. : WILD
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Peak near ancient Troy. : IDA
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Tyrolean language. : ROMANSH
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Make ___ at. : APASS
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Gefilte fish ingredient. : CARP
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Buffalo's waterfront. : ERIE
13
Excel. : STAR
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Berlin time. : ZEIT
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Something of value. : JEWEL
24
Balsam. : FIR
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Bosnia's neighbor. : HERZEGOVINA
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Something to do for yourself. : FEND
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Graustark, for one. : HORSE
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Piece of tobacco. : QUID
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Take apart. : UNDO
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Near Eastern gulf. : ADEN
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Canyon entrance. : JAWS
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Steinbeck character. : OKIE
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Potter's device. : KILN
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1st cen. poet. : OVID
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American patriot. : HENRY
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Paintings of an early Italian master. : GIOTTOS
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Theater sign. : SRO
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Part of U.S. : ARIZ
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Depend (upon). : HINGE
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Old European coin. : DUCAT
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Saw. : ADAGE
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Air race marker. : PYLON
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Silly. : DAFT
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Borodin hero. : IGOR
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Parisian parent. : MERE
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Darkness and gloom. : MURK
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Island, Japanese style. : JIMA
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It goes after status. : QUO
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New code. : ZIP

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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