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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Saturday, September 21, 1963

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 324 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 31.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,165
Across
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Give off smoke. : FUME
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Sudden violent activity. : SPASM
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Eye: Fr. : OEIL
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Holm oak. : ILEX
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Horse: Prefix. : HIPPO
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Atlantic alliance. : NATO
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Skilled worker. : TECHNICIAN
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Old oath. : EGAD
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Babylonians, for example. : ANCIENTS
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Iron screen. : GRILLE
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Rural structures. : STABLES
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French hen. : POULE
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French pronoun. : ILS
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Smuggles. : BOOTLEGS
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Devoutness. : PIETY
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Overwhelm. : CRUSH
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Pronoun. : YOU
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Rogers and others. : ROYS
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Snowy. : WHITE
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Wall Street "pessimist." : BEAR
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Opposite of "hiver." : ETE
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Native of Asia. : MALAY
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Scoop. : LADLE
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Very hard. : CASTIRON
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Adjectival suffix. : FIC
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German Nobelist in literature. : HESSE
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Carpenter's tool. : HACKSAW
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Root's partner. : BRANCH
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Stickum. : MUCILAGE
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Decorate anew. : REDO
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Matchless. : INIMITABLE
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___ patriae. : AMOR
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Executed by word of mouth: Law. : PAROL
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Spill. : SLOP
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Great successes: Slang. : WOWS
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Kegler's score. : SPARE
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Chops. : HEWS
Down
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___ a fiddle. : FITAS
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Full of: Suffix. : ULENT
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Tourist attraction. : MECCA
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Shows. : EXHIBITS
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Is radiant. : SHINES
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Ancient Britons. : PICTS
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Sacred bull of Egypt. : APIS
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Town in the Ardennes. : SPA
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Ferretlike animal. : MONGOOSE
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Creator of Hickey. : ONEILL
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Observant. : EAGLEEYED
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European: Abbr. : ITAL
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Rich deposit. : LODE
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Girl in a song. : NELLY
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Wife of Boaz. : RUTH
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Looking petulant. : POUTY
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Famous name in Erin. : BRIAN
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Target. : GOAL
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To be ___. : SURE
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Police district: Abbr. : PREC
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Greek letter. : IOTA
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Much-used make-up. : EYESHADOW
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Girl in a song. : CHLOE
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Fleet. : WARSHIPS
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Sharp recoil. : BACKLASH
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Assortment: Abbr. : MISC
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Not illegal. : LICIT
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Certain performers. : TENORS
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Fluent. : FACILE
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Indulge. : HUMOR
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Rich fur. : SABLE
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Shining. : AGLOW
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Cries. : WEEPS
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Fine: Scot. : BRAW
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San ___. : REMO
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Star with fluted spectrum, in Cetus. : MIRA
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Forty winks. : NAP

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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