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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Wednesday, November 18, 1953

55-Across : Part of a Venetian blind.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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. 1,613
Across
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Colorful birds of Brazil. : ARAS
5
Catch. : SNAG
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Dog: French. : CHIEN
14
Woollen: Italian. : LANO
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Eugene O'Neill's daughter. : OONA
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Coin in Hungary, discontinued in 1946. : PENGO
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Play about Liza Doolittle. : PYGMALION
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Czech composer Dvorak. : ANTON
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Poem written by Poe at age of 14. : HELEN
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Declares. : SAYS
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Captain of the Nautilus. : NEMO
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"The darling of my heart." : ADELINE
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Seaport west of Athens. : MEGARA
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Book of the Bible: Abbr. : ISA
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Teutonic girl's name. : HEDE
30
Babylonian deity. : ANU
32
Marine's blouse. : JACKET
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One-eyed god. : ODIN
36
Lily of France. : LIS
37
Fatigue symptom. : ACHE
38
Horse that defeated Man o' War. : UPSET
40
Locale of "The King and I." : SIAM
41
Member of the family: Abbr. : BRO
42
City in Pennsylvania. : ERIE
43
Where Cornell is. : ITHACA
45
Organization: Abbr. : SOC
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City in California. : NAPA
47
War agency. : OWI
48
See 9 Across. : POODLE
50
Husband of Sapphira. : ANANIAS
54
Swallow without chewing. : BOLT
55
Part of a Venetian blind. : SLAT
57
Weeping daughter of Tantalus. : NIOBE
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Winged. : ALATE
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Heroine of two plays by Euripides. : IPHIGENIA
62
1.0567 liquid quarts. : LITER
63
It glows in glass tubes. : NEON
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Threshold. : SILL
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River in France. : ISERE
66
Being. : ESSE
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Chinese pagodas. : TAAS
Down
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The beginning. : ALPHA
2
Shone, as the sun. : RAYED
3
Go fishing. : ANGLE
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"___ it hot ... " : SOMELIKE
5
Silver coin of Peru. : SOL
6
A lot of decibels. : NOISE
7
Celebes ox. : ANOA
8
Cupbearer of the gods. : GANYMEDE
9
He makes audits. : CPA
10
Hair shade. : HENNA
11
Among other things: Lat. : INTERALIA
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Man with "I" trouble. : EGOMANIAC
13
Two votes against. : NONO
18
Flavoring used in liqueurs. : ANISE
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Stirring up of rebellion. : SEDITION
25
Seven and eleven. : NATURALS
27
J. Lawton Collins' rank: Abbr. : GEN
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Contemporary of Isaiah. : HOSEA
31
West Point. : USMA
32
Quick punches. : JABS
33
Where the Parthenon was built. : ACROPOLIS
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Cold weather beverage. : CHOCOLATE
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Channel whereby information is conveyed. : PIPELINE
40
Most brilliant. : SHINIEST
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Football player. : END
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Sound of a banjo. : TWANG
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Relative of the mink. : OTTER
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Dumas character. : ATHOS
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Ancient district in Asia Minor. : IONIA
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One of the Pillars of Hercules, across from Gibraltar. : ABILA
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Christmas ___. : SEALS
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Island east of Java. : BALI
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Jungle dwellers. : APES
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Before. : ERE
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Like: Suffix. : INE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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