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Arthur Schulman
NY Times, Sun, Sep 02, 2001 VOWELLESS CROSSWORD
66-Across : "Bartleby the Scrivener" author (6,8)
Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31
Notepad: The vowels A, E, I, O, U and Y are to be omitted before the answers are entered in the grid. Lengths of the answer words, before the vowels are dropped, are provided in parentheses.
1 J | 2 S | 3 P | 4 H | 5 P | 6 L | 7 T | 8 Z | 9 R | 10 M | 11 C | 12 C | 13 B | 14 S |
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15 P | H | N | S | T | B | R | N | M | 16 P | R | C | L | N |
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17 M | R | T | N | V | N | B | R | N | 18 R | G | L | T | T |
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19 R | N | L | D | R | G | N | 20 S | 21 P | R | R | B | |||
22 G | G | N | G | 23 S | Q | N | 24 N | D | 25 R | 26 R |
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27 N | P | S | R | 28 S | 29 S | 30 L | L | 31 S | 32 S | T | M | T | C |
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33 D | L | S | T | V | 34 N | S | N | 35 L | M | P |
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36 D | 37 R | 38 G | N | F | L | S | 39 T | N | S | 40 N | L | S | S |
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41 D | N | N | 42 G | T | H | 43 C | H | R | S | T | ||||
44 L | D | G | 45 R | G | R | 46 S | T | M | C | H | 47 C | 48 H | 49 S |
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50 S | N | H | T | 51 F | 52 C | T | 53 S | N | G | P |
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54 S | H | 55 L | L | T | 56 N | 57 R | 58 T | H | C | H | N |
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59 B | 60 C | K | R | M | 61 F | 62 R | N | C | S | F | S | S | S |
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63 R | G | H | S | T | 64 S | T | P | H | N | F | S | T | R |
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65 G | R | N | H | S | 66 H | R | M | N | M | L | V | L | L |
© 2001, The New York Times
Across
1
Rival of William Randolph Hearst (6,8) : JSPHPLTZR
10
One of two books of the Apocrypha (9) : MCCBS
15
Associate of James A. Bailey (7,1,6) : PHNSTBRNM
16
Ming vase material (9) : PRCLN
17
President from Kinderhook, N.Y. (6,3,5) : MRTNVNBRN
18
Opera based on a Victor Hugo play (9) : RGLTT
19
Patricia Neal's co-star in "The Hasty Heart" (6,6) : RNLDRGN
20
Barbecued item (8) : SPRRB
22
Holiday quaff (6) : GGNG
23
Dress sparkler (6) : SQN
24
Country of about 175 square miles (7) : NDRR
27
Comedian who co-hosted 1960's TV's "The Les Crane Show" (6,7) : NPSRSSLL
31
Thorough and regular (10) : SSTMTC
33
U.N. ambassador under J.F.K. (5,1,9) : DLSTVNSN
35
State capital that's also the name of a beer (7) : LMP
36
Darting insects (11) : DRGNFLS
39
Without strain (11) : TNSNLSS
41
Murdered (4,2) : DNN
42
Creator of Jane Marple (6,8) : GTHCHRST
44
Irish dramatist who helped found the Abbey Theater (4,7) : LDGRGR
46
Antacid targets (12) : STMCHCHS
50
Broad-brimmed summer headwear (3,3) : SNHT
51
Tap (6) : FCT
53
Exhausting (5,2) : SNGP
54
Pay (5,3) : SHLLT
56
Where Inner Mongolia is (5,5) : NRTHCHN
59
Place for political deals (4,4) : BCKRM
61
Italy's patron saint (7,2,6) : FRNCSFSSS
63
Camps in the wilderness (6,2) : RGHST
64
"Oh! Susanna" writer (7,6) : STPHNFSTR
65
Place to grow plants (10) : GRNHS
66
"Bartleby the Scrivener" author (6,8) : HRMNMLVLL
Down
1
Founder of U.S. Steel (1,1,6) : JPMRGN
2
Bracing (7,2) : SHRNGP
3
Quaint trousers (10) : PNTLNS
4
Condé Nast publication (5,3,6) : HSNDGRDN
5
Convey effectively (3,4) : PTVR
6
Making excuses (8) : LBNG
7
Chicago newspaper (7) : TRBN
8
More madcap (6) : ZNR
9
Like the baptistery in Pisa (10) : RMNSQ
10
Napoleon, for one (7) : MPRR
11
Actor born Archibald Leach (4,5) : CRGRNT
12
Samuel Goldwyn contemporary (5,1,7) : CCLBDMLL
13
Skill (7) : BLT
14
Beethoven's "Waldstein ___" (6) : SNT
21
Famous Euclidean proposition (4,8) : PNSSNRM
23
LP holder (6) : SLV
25
Twin sister of Apollo (7) : RTMS
26
Cook's collection (7) : RCPS
28
Singing exercise (9) : SLFGG
29
Controversial firearm (7,5) : SSLTRFL
30
Uncouth (7) : LTSH
32
Without worry: Fr. (4,5) : SNSSC
34
Because (2,4) : NTHT
36
Labyrinth builder (8) : DDLS
37
Start of a boxing match (5,3) : RNDN
38
Leader who invaded 56-Across (7,4) : GNGHSKHN
40
One way to be lost (2,3,7) : NTHSHFFL
43
Noted oceanographer (8) : CST
45
1968 U.S. Open champion (6,4) : RTHRSH
47
Jarring, as exploding grenades (10) : CNCSSV
48
Dernier cri (4,5) : HGHSTL
49
Like an advertiser's role (10) : SPNSRL
52
River catch (7) : CTFSH
55
Boundaries (6) : LMTS
56
Prime time (4,2) : NNPM
57
Athena turned her into a spider (7) : RCHN
58
Seismic sea wave (7) : TSNM
59
Noted family name in Italian history (6) : BRG
60
Big cat (6) : CGR
62
Main thoroughfare (6) : RTR
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