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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Saturday, January 24, 1970

39-Down : Grows

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 338 (avg 1.77)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 29.3
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original clue for 48-Down had "philosophy" added to it instead of to the end of 49-Down; corrected this.

1
R
2
A
3
T
4
E
5
A
6
S
7
H
8
E
9
S
10
B
11
R
12
I
13
M
14
A
G
O
G
15
C
H
A
L
K
16
R
E
N
O
17
N
A
G
Y
18
H
O
N
K
Y
19
T
O
N
K
S
20
D
R
O
P
21
K
I
C
K
22
H
O
N
E
S
T
23
T
A
N
K
24
B
O
A
Z
25
F
26
A
27
C
I
N
G
28
G
O
O
D
E
29
G
30
G
31
S
32
E
C
L
A
T
33
C
O
R
K
S
34
R
O
T
35
T
U
A
N
36
G
L
U
E
S
37
B
A
R
E
38
I
T
S
39
W
O
U
L
D
40
B
O
I
S
E
41
D
E
P
42
R
A
V
E
D
43
F
A
B
L
E
D
44
A
X
E
S
45
A
R
A
B
46
S
47
C
48
O
R
E
R
49
A
C
O
L
Y
50
T
51
E
52
S
53
M
A
R
E
S
N
54
E
S
T
S
55
P
U
M
A
56
O
P
A
L
57
E
L
I
O
T
58
I
B
I
S
59
G
O
N
Y
60
D
A
F
F
Y
61
N
E
T
S
© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,469
Across
1
Mph, for example : RATE
5
Phoenix's birthplace : ASHES
10
Kind of stone, maybe : BRIM
14
Excited : AGOG
15
Teacher's need : CHALK
16
Western city : RENO
17
Former premier of Hungary : NAGY
18
Dives : HONKYTONKS
20
Old football maneuver : DROPKICK
22
No kidding! : HONEST
23
Swimmers' milieu : TANK
24
Husband of Ruth : BOAZ
25
Across : FACING
28
Nice guys : GOODEGGS
32
Acclaim : ECLAT
33
Fishing floats : CORKS
34
Dry ___ : ROT
35
Title in Malay : TUAN
36
Sticks : GLUES
37
Expose : BARE
38
Pronoun : ITS
39
Auxiliary verb : WOULD
40
Western capital : BOISE
41
Evil : DEPRAVED
43
Mythical : FABLED
44
Central lines : AXES
45
Kuwaiti, for one : ARAB
46
Sports recordkeeper : SCORER
49
Assistants : ACOLYTES
53
Hoaxes : MARESNESTS
55
Cat : PUMA
56
Iridescent gem : OPAL
57
Poet, 1948 Nobelist : ELIOT
58
Bird of the Nile : IBIS
59
Dunce, in Britain : GONY
60
Nutty : DAFFY
61
Clears : NETS
Down
1
Shoemaker's term : RAND
2
Seaweed product : AGAR
3
African republic : TOGO
4
Nasser : EGYPTIAN
5
Sore : ACHING
6
Startle : SHOCK
7
840 yards of cotton yarn : HANK
8
Hunter's quarry : ELK
9
Tools for astronauts, perhaps : SKYHOOKS
10
Early age : BRONZE
11
Descartes : RENE
12
India and others : INKS
13
Big share : MOST
19
Hateful ones : TOADS
21
German philosopher : KANT
24
Yawning : BORED
25
Malodorous : FETID
26
Kind of angle : ACUTE
27
Hold : CLASP
28
Canadian pianist : GOULD
29
Galahad's find : GRAIL
30
Furze : GORSE
31
Horse : STEED
33
Detective's quest : CLUES
36
Kept in check : GOVERNED
37
Badge worn by London police? : BOBBYPIN
39
Grows : WAXES
40
Canaanite god : BAAL
42
Only once in a while : RARELY
43
Cold : FROSTY
45
___ God : ACTOF
46
Weather word : SMOG
47
Head, in Rome : CAPO
48
Algerian port : ORAN
49
Vaihinger's philosophy : ASIF
50
TV part : TUBE
51
Give off : EMIT
52
Impertinence : SASS
54
High note : ELA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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