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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Wednesday, November 11, 1953

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 39.3
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,606
Across
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Voice of Mickey Mouse. : SQUEAK
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Assert with great conviction. : SWEAR
12
Where sales are made. : COUNTER
13
Painter of "The Angelus." : MILLET
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Malicious undermining of a cause. : SABOTAGE
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Winter overcoat. : ULSTER
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Highest peak in the Pyrenees. : ANETO
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Insincere. : EMPTY
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Palm leaf. : OLA
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Loser in a well-known racing upset. : HARE
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Where Cardiff is. : WALES
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December song. : NOEL
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Chemical suffix. : IDE
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Relic of Red Square. : LENIN
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From then until now. : SINCE
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Distinctive devices. : BADGES
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Plot a course for a plane. : NAVIGATE
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Utterance designed to get attention. : AHEM
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Narrow strip of wood. : LATH
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Seized: Slang. : COLLARED
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A petty prince. : SATRAP
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More chilling. : ICIER
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Forty ___. : NINER
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Part of a potato. : EYE
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Containers. : CANS
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Relatives of tuff and trass. : LAVAS
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Tarzan's friends. : APES
49
Happen. : ARE
50
A bound of any kind. : LIMIT
51
Part of a golfer's shoe. : CLEAT
52
Aquatic one-celled plant. : DIATOM
54
Gardener's delight. : NOSEGAYS
56
Long-haired domestic cat. : ANGORA
57
Vie with. : EMULATE
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Mosquito that can carry yellow fever. : AEDES
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The Count of Monte Cristo. : DANTES
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Became subdued. : SOBERED
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"From here to eternity" or "For whom the bell tolls." : QUOTE
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Poetic preposition. : UNTO
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Greek letter. : ETA
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Sea west of Turkey. : AEGEAN
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The government of U. S. S. R. : KREMLIN
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Famous name in South Africa. : SMUTS
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Machiavellian. : WILY
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Obsolescent transportation. : ELS
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City in Pennsylvania, pop. 71,177. : ALTOONA
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Vote into office again. : REELECT
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Hume Wrong's home. : CANADA
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Irish city in song. : TRALEE
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Until recently, title of a European in India. : SAHIB
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Of punishment. : PENAL
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Bremen's river. : WESER
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First word of a Cole Porter song. : NIGHT
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Composer of a famous waltz. : LEHAR
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Musical instrument of India. : SITAR
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Outbursts of laughter. : GALES
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Hollow decorative vessels. : VASES
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Bangkok's river (meaning "river" in Thai). : MENAM
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Locust. : CICADA
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Simple wind instrument. : OCARINA
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Ancestry. : LINEAGE
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Prophesied. : DIVINED
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Passages marked :|| in music. : REPEATS
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Nocturnal lemur found in Madagascar. : AYEAYE
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Destructive insects. : PESTS
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Opera by Victor Herbert. : NATOMA
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Ingredient of succotash. : LIMAS
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Seaweeds, pond scum, etc. : ALGAE
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Traditional knowledge. : LORE
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Welshman. : CELT
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Bushy clump. : TOD
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Star nearest the earth. : SUN

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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