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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Wednesday, June 27, 1956

64-Across : Complication.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { W }, Scrabble score: 387 (avg 2.01)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 48.0
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,556
Across
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Opening word of many tales. : ONCE
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Alphabet letter. : AITCH
10
Triangular sails. : JIBS
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Not distinct. : HAZY
15
White mark on the face of a horse. : BLAZE
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French friend. : AMIE
17
Province of Iran; capital, Tabriz. : AZERBAIJAN
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Worker under Hoover. : GMAN
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Name of a TV family. : RICARDO
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Word on a wedding invitation. : REQUEST
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Elastic wood. : ASH
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Ballplayer. : YANK
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One of four. : QUAD
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Where Muscat is. : OMAN
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Vanished landmark of Battery Park, N. Y. C. : AQUARIUM
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He led the Argonauts. : JASON
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Viscid. : GLUEY
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First-rate. : ACE
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Singer Fitzgerald. : ELLA
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Architectural ridge. : GROIN
39
King of the Huns: Norse myth. : ATLI
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Nickname for Miss Chadwick. : FLO
41
Duck hunters' refuge. : BLIND
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Do housework. : CLEAN
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Having a preference. : FAVORING
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Mere money. : PELF
46
Warlike son of Zeus. : ARES
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Short drive: Colloq. : SPIN
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Initials used at San Francisco, 1945. : UNO
52
Sukarno's capital. : JAKARTA
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Monk. : ASCETIC
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Seed coat. : ARIL
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Precision. : EXACTITUDE
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Enthusiasm. : ZEAL
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Fictional Montague. : ROMEO
62
Irish interjection. : ARRA
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Clown. : ZANY
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Complication. : SNARL
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Viewed. : SEEN
Down
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Author of "Ten North Frederick." : OHARA
2
"Brown Shirts." : NAZIS
3
Native of Pilsen. : CZECHOSLOVAKIAN
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South American cat. : EYRA
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Oil port of Iran. : ABADAN
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Town near Utica, New York. : ILION
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Agra's ___ Mahal. : TAJ
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Absolute ruler. : CZAR
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Yucatan rope fiber. : HENEQUEN
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Ferocious relative of 4 Down. : JAGUAR
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Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. : IMMEDIATEFUTURE
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Diagonal line in cloth. : BIAS
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Caused to move. : SENT
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Scopes trial lawyer. : BRYAN
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Wharf. : QUAY
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Flying foxes. : KALONGS
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Extinct bird. : MOA
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___ pro quo. : QUID
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Campus for 16,263. : UCLA
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Chow ___. : MEIN
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Bud Fisher creation. : JEFF
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___ breve, a musical rhythm. : ALLA
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Facial expression. : GRIN
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"Nor all, that ___, gold." : GLISTERS
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Everything. : ALL
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A form of "brother." : BRER
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Italian family in drama by Shelley. : CENCI
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What "viva voce" means. : ORALLY
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Firearm. : PISTOL
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Trotter. : PACER
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Kol ___, prayer of atonement. : NIDRE
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Antarctic. : OCEAN
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Dixieland rhythm. : JAZZ
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Vicinity. : AREA
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Part of a nerve cell. : AXON
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Greek letters. : ETAS
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Doctors' group. : AMA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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