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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Saturday, July 22, 1967

9-Down : Crazy, in a way.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 347 (avg 1.81)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 27.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,552
Across
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Carps. : CAVILS
7
Sole. : FLATFISH
15
French way to serve coffee. : AULAIT
16
German novelist. : REMARQUE
17
Hyderabad site of famous cave paintings. : AJANTA
18
Spray: Brit. sp. : ATOMISER
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Shoot. : BUD
20
Piece of music. : HYMN
22
Joke: Colloq. : KID
23
Quasi. : ASIF
25
Falstaff's quaff. : SACK
27
Bootlace. : LACET
31
Cauldron. : VAT
33
City in Thuringia. : JENA
35
Perennial plaything. : YOYO
36
Rich cloth. : BROCADE
39
CIA's predecessor. : OSS
41
About a drop: Abbr. : MIN
42
Sound effects, as of leaves. : RUSTLES
43
Near-extinct industry. : WHALING
45
River island. : AIT
46
Dilute. : CUT
47
Saxifrage plant. : SYRINGA
48
Rounded hill. : KNOB
50
Sound of relief. : SIGH
52
Verbal suffix. : ING
53
Glacial deposit. : ESKER
55
Main course. : CHOP
57
Alaric, for one. : GOTH
60
Pose. : SIT
62
Nocturnal fowl. : OWLS
64
Relative of Sat. : FRI
65
Deep understandings. : INSIGHTS
69
Familiar with the facts (of): Fr. : AUFAIT
71
Tie. : DEADHEAT
72
Figure of speech. : ZEUGMA
73
Roman landmark. : STPETERS
74
Still. : ATREST
Down
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Moslem shrine. : CAABA
2
French way to serve beef. : AUJUS
3
Sea of Japan port. : VLADIVOSTOK
4
Relative of John. : IAN
5
Stone: Prefix. : LITH
6
Pauses. : STAYS
7
Nobelist in literature, 1921. : FRANCE
8
Tennis term. : LET
9
Crazy, in a way. : AMOK
10
Ceylonese language. : TAMIL
11
Man in DeFoe novel. : FRIDAY
12
Test scores. : IQS
13
Girl of song. : SUE
14
Pronoun. : HER
21
Grand. : MAJESTIC
24
Datum. : FACT
26
Can do. : KNOWSHOW
28
Growing up. : COMINGOFAGE
29
Scrutinizing. : EYING
30
Island group of S Pacific. : TONGA
32
Relative of gypsum. : TALC
34
Pale. : ASHY
36
Slow down. : BRAKE
37
Tourist attraction. : RUINS
38
Roman god. : DEUS
40
Eastern dress. : SARI
44
Cod's cousin. : LING
49
Next to. : BESIDE
51
Ibsen play. : GHOSTS
54
Political pole. : RIGHT
56
Square. : PLAZA
58
Haircuts. : TRIMS
59
Attack. : HITAT
61
Pronoun. : THEE
63
Fat. : SUET
65
Freudian constructs. : IDS
66
Not gross. : NET
67
Verbum ___. : SAP
68
Roofing. : TAR
70
Beaver. : FUR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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