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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

Reader's Guide

New York Times, Sunday, April 7, 1957

124-Across : It means "a jumping insect."

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.23, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 525 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 130, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 14, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 36.7 Grid has duplicate clues.
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
Jim Horne notes:

38-Across: Uxoricide is a noun that refers specifically to the act of killing one's own wife.

In 62 A.D., the Roman Emperor Nero famously divorced, banished, and subsequently ordered the execution of his first wife, Claudia Octavia (the daughter of Emperor Claudius), so that he could marry his mistress, Poppaea Sabina.

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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,840
Across
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A faithful comrade. : ACHATES
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Eliot's "The ___ Land." : WASTE
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Winding ski courses. : SLALOMS
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Friend of Emerson. : THOREAU
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Cabinet member under F. D. R. : ICKES
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A faithful comrade. : HORATIO
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He wrote "L'Aiglon." : ROSTAND
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Restrict. : STINT
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Friend of Titian. : ARETINO
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Roadside sign. : EATS
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One of the Sitwells. : EDITH
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Greek goddess of justice. : THEMIS
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Umpire's decision. : OUT
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Indian. : UTE
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Role for Roberta Peters. : ADELE
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Fades away. : EBBS
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Villa d'___. : ESTE
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City on the Alabama. : SELMA
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Uxoricide of 62 A. D. : NERO
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Asian sea. : ARAL
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Coward's "This Happy ___." : BREED
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Adjective or noun suffixes. : ARS
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Yucatan fiber. : SISAL
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Lear's repeated exclamation. : NEVER
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Stephen Butler ___. : LEACOCK
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Resort in Colorado. : ASPEN
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Battle described by Thucydides. : SALAMIS
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83 Across, for example. : ARGONAUT
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Prince in the "Arabian Nights." : AHMED
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Mother of Apollo and Diana. : LATONA
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Observed. : SEEN
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Seven stars in Ursa Major. : PLOW
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Work havoc. : RAVAGE
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Counter: Prefix. : ANTI
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Shoemaker's tool. : AWL
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Mineral similar to calcite. : ARAGONITE
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___ Aviv. : TEL
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Chain of mountains, in India. : GHAT
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Emulated Jo Barnum. : SKATED
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Skindiver's gear. : LUNG
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Palm. : SAGO
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Nothing doing. : NOSOAP
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Rink star. : HENIE
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Slayer of the Calydonian boar. : MELEAGER
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Brother of Prospero. : ANTONIO
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Nerve networks. : RETIA
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Is unsteady. : TOTTERS
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Ends up. : LANDS
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Creator of Passepartout. : VERNE
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Word of surprise. : WHY
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Askew: Scot. : AGLEY
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City on the Gila River. : YUMA
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American engineer. : EADS
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Blasco Ibañez' "Sangre y ___." : ARENA
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Regretted. : RUED
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European capital. : OSLO
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Designer of Lincoln Memorial. : BACON
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Fine leather: Abbr. : MOR
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Engineering degrees. : MES
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Preposterous. : ABSURD
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Where Polycrates ruled. : SAMOS
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Lombardy city. : LODI
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Queen of Egypt, 47 B.C. : ARSINOE
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Presents. : GIFTS
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Roman historian. : TACITUS
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In a big way. : GREATLY
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Bible name. : ADLAI
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It means "a jumping insect." : UKULELE
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Bring under conditions for working. : HARNESS
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Times of day. : NOONS
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Relative of 124 Across. : SAMISEN
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Father of Menelaus. : ATREUS
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Daniel Webster's successor in the Senate. : CHOATE
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Tavern of yore. : HOSTEL
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Beaux-___. : ARTS
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Jasmine, for example. : TEA
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Lambed: Dial. : EANED
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Hasty. : SUDDEN
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"The ___ Trees." : WISTERIA
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Wonder drug. : ACTH
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Emulate Art Devlin. : SKI
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Marquee. : TENT
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Vashti's successor. : ESTHER
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Any place of carnage. : SHAMBLES
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Asiatic lemur. : LORIS
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Dweller on Olympus. : ARES
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Money in Riga. : LAT
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Useless. : OTIOSE
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Exact. : MINUTE
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Covered with coal dust. : SOOTED
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___ du Salut, Fr. Guiana. : ILES
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Israeli diplomat. : EBAN
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Elisheba's spouse. : AARON
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Printing slips. : ERRATA
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City on the Ocmulgee. : MACON
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Movable mountain. : OSSA
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Cortines' predecessor. : ALEMAN
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Composer Bartok. : BELA
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One-time MacArthur title: Abbr. : SCAP
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Praxiteles statue. : APHRODITE
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Ave atque ___! : VALE
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Italian ribbon macaroni. : LASAGNA
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Utopia of 1872. : EREWHON
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One who never laughs. : AGELAST
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Russian peasant. : KULAK
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Novelist Shute. : NEVIL
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Special effect in movies. : MONTAGE
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One or two. : INTEGER
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Men in blue. : SAILORS
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Pentateuch. : TORAH
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Given proposition. : DATUM
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___ biscuit. : WATER
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French Minister to U. S., 1793—94. : GENET
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Mamie's middle name. : GENEVA
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Ornamented, as bindings. : TOOLED
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Short drive: Colloq. : SPIN
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Incandescence. : GLOW
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Silenus. : SATYR
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Guatemalan avocado. : ANAY
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Where Limerick is. : EIRE
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Name on Psalm 89. : ETHAN
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Long series of wanderings. : ODYSSEYS
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Xenophon's history. : ANABASIS
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Pacific sea. : SULU
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Town on the Ijsselmeer. : EDAM
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St. Patrick's bishopric. : ARMAGH
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War: Span. : GUERRA
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Smaller. : LESSER
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British buccaneer. : MORGAN
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Duns ___. : SCOTUS
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Overacts. : EMOTES
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Small knot. : NODULE
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Come up. : ARISEN
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Greek coins. : OBOLS
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Honshu city. : OSAKA
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Status quo ___. : ANTE
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Elissa. : DIDO
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Tennessee Williams hero. : STAN
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"___ Marlene." : LILI
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Adjective suffix. : IAN
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Theatrical nickname. : FLO
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With: Colloq. : CUM

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3 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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