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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Thursday, December 14, 1967

24-Across : Zodiacal sign.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 322 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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. 6,697
Across
1
Thrill: Slang. : BANG
5
Spring events. : THAWS
10
College town in the Midwest. : AMES
14
Molding. : OGEE
15
Moroccan port. : RABAT
16
Commanded. : BADE
17
Sheer fabric. : LAWN
18
City on the Mediterranean. : ALEXANDRIA
20
Creation of RLS. : DRJEKYLL
22
Makes impure. : TAINTS
23
Dame Edith. : EVANS
24
Zodiacal sign. : PISCES
25
Greek geographer of two millennia ago. : STRABO
27
Greeting or farewell. : ALOHA
28
From, in Bonn. : AUS
29
Child. : URCHIN
31
River duck. : TEAL
35
Fisherman's basket. : CREEL
37
Cackler. : HEN
38
Office worker: Abbr. : SECTY
39
Variety of agate. : ONYX
40
Like some soils. : CLAYEY
42
Home room. : DEN
43
Contemporary of 25 Across, in Judea. : HEROD
45
Took a kind of picture. : XRAYED
47
Icebox invader. : RAIDER
49
Mountain ridges. : SPURS
50
Place of rapid growth. : HOTBED
51
Intelligent mammal. : PORPOISE
54
Like all men. : UMBILICATE
56
Medieval coat. : MAIL
57
Ottoman. : SEAT
58
One of the satellites. : TIROS
59
With regard for. : ASTO
60
Large barges. : HOYS
61
Zoo favorites. : SEALS
62
Confound. : STUN
Down
1
Intrepid. : BOLD
2
Product of seaweed. : AGAR
3
"What did Della wear?" : NEWJERSEY
4
Conference site. : GENEVA
5
Pie of baseball's Hall of Fame. : TRAYNOR
6
Montezuma had them, apparently. : HALLS
7
Son of Eve. : ABEL
8
Grow. : WAX
9
Pennsylvania, for one. : STATION
10
Renounce responsibility. : ABDICATE
11
Seine tributary. : MARNE
12
Corrects copy. : EDITS
13
Azov and others. : SEAS
19
American poet. : NASH
21
Capital of Afghanistan. : KABUL
24
Roman naturalist. : PLINY
25
Town in Maine. : SACO
26
Opportunity. : TURN
27
Leading. : AHEAD
30
Green: Prefix. : CHLOR
32
Stripteaser. : ECDYSIAST
33
To ___ (exactly). : ATEE
34
Author of "Middletown." : LYND
36
Shows. : EXHIBITS
38
Pancake topping. : SYRUP
40
Believes. : CREDITS
41
Say. : EXPRESS
44
Noble: Ger. : EDEL
46
Fragrances. : AROMAS
47
Lover. : ROMEO
48
Held off. : ATBAY
49
Desert plant. : SOTOL
50
Lullaby word. : HUSH
51
Prefix with graph or site. : PARA
52
In ___. : SITU
53
N. C. college. : ELON
55
French co. : CIE

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

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