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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Thursday, August 5, 1954

36-Down : Poisonous alkaloid.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 39.8
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,864
Across
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Arizona Indians. : HOPIS
6
Where Pago Pago is. : TUTUILA
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Spring. : ARISE
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Enough to make a little slam grand. : ONETRICK
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Rushed. : RACED
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Dog star. : RINTINTIN
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School organization. : PTA
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Horned viper. : ASP
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These: French. : CES
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Collection of anecdotes. : ANA
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DDE. : EISENHOWER
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Foot: Comb. form. : PEDI
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Floral emblem of England. : ROSE
29
Islands near Ireland. : ARAN
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Half of an Eli refrain. : BOOLA
31
Nocturnal noises. : SNORES
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Filtered. : STRAINED
35
VIP in Washington. : STASSEN
37
Small marks or scars. : STIGMATA
41
Poetry. : VERSES
46
Skating star. : HENIE
47
Roller coaster trip. : RIDE
49
Proceedings. : ACTA
50
Indigo. : ANIL
51
Sufferance. : TOLERATION
53
Twaddle: Slang. : ROT
54
Ram. : TUP
55
Part of a race. : LEG
56
___ table. : END
57
Catalogue. : PRICELIST
60
Comic strip girl. : ANNIE
62
Where Cagliari is. : SARDINIA
63
Minister's deputy. : VICAR
64
Baby talkers. : LISPERS
65
British diplomat and family. : EDENS
Down
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___ Ferry, site of John Brown's raid. : HARPERS
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Harangue. : ORATION
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Spanish painter in France. : PICASSO
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Japanese bay. : ISE
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City in France. : SEDAN
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Lethargy. : TORPOR
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Single: Prefix. : UNI
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Quondam carfare. : TENCENTS
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Complete. : UTTER
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Rainbow. : IRIS
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___ Yutang. : LIN
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Mythical hunter changed into a stag. : ACTAEON
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Ignite. : KINDLE
18
Water nymph. : NAIAD
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Extinct volcano in the Cascades. : SHASTA
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Poetic contraction. : EER
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Festivity around the flowing bowl. : WASSAIL
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Hawaiian food. : POI
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Poison. : BANE
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Girl's name. : ESME
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American silversmith. : REVERE
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Poisonous alkaloid. : ATROPINE
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Keen. : SHARP
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Singing voices. : TENORS
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Sign in a certain way. : INITIAL
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Hodges of the Dodgers. : GIL
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Lemming's relative. : RAT
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Man's servant—or master. : SCIENCE
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Graduate of an old school. : ETONIAN
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Hollywood star. : SANDERS
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Alluvial deposits. : DELTAS
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Bell-shaped flower. : TULIP
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Amaryllis plant. : AGAVE
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Spreads for drying. : TEDS
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Dernier ___. : CRI
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Title. : SIR
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Brood of pheasants. : NID

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

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