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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Friday, September 3, 1954

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q U }, Scrabble score: 338 (avg 1.79)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 41.3
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. 1,893
Across
1
Focus of Newport's music festival. : JAZZ
5
Jack London's "The Sea ___." : WOLF
9
Girl's name. : MAVIS
14
Turkish regiment. : ALAI
15
Indian of Guatemala. : IXIL
16
___ Jones, stage designer of Ben Jonson's day. : INIGO
17
Nonmagnetic metal. : MANGANESE
19
Curtain material. : NINON
20
Point in the moon's orbit, in astronomy. : SYZYGY
21
Greedy ones. : WANTERS
23
"Aux ___ citoyens!" : ARMES
25
Pasture. : LEA
26
Well-known Hollywood nickname. : BING
29
Bars legally. : ESTOPS
31
Philip Wylie character. : DES
34
Where Patterson is Governor. : OREGON
36
User of short, pithy sentences. : APHORIST
38
Milky juice of rubber trees. : LATEX
39
Addenda to letters. : PSS
40
Human trunk. : TORSO
41
Pain assuagers. : ANODYNES
43
Concealer. : MASKER
44
Washington Irving character. : RIP
45
Conference city. : GENEVA
47
Suburb of Paris. : ISSY
48
King. : REX
49
VIP in Washington. : NIXON
51
City on Lake Ontario. : TORONTO
55
Ancient city of Asia Minor. : NICAEA
58
The end. : OMEGA
59
British field marshal. : ALEXANDER
62
He painted "Olympia." : MANET
63
Persephone. : KORE
64
Tenure of office. : TERM
65
Nocturnal noise. : SNORE
66
Recites. : SAYS
67
Yankee Slaughter : ENOS
Down
1
Congestion of traffic. : JAM
2
Too bad! : ALAS
3
Buffoon. : ZANY
4
Moved with short, sharp turns. : ZIGZAGGED
5
Members of U. S. A. F. : WINGMEN
6
Daisies. : OXEYES
7
French flower. : LIS
8
Floated in air. : FLEW
9
Home of the Gophers. : MINNESOTA
10
Writer Loos. : ANITA
11
Hollywood street. : VINE
12
Author Gouzenko. : IGOR
13
Offspring. : SONS
18
Scottish county. : AYR
22
River in Xanadu. : ALPH
24
Another Washington VIP. : STASSEN
26
Like clay. : BOLAR
27
Native of Teheran. : IRANI
28
Colonist's greeting to an Indian. : NETOP
30
Harvest goddess. : OPS
31
Straight daggers. : DIRKS
32
Letters. : ESSES
33
Tall tale. : STORY
35
Treat with a chemical element. : OXYGENATE
37
Don Quixote's steed. : ROSINANTE
39
Write. : PEN
42
Ensuing. : NEXT
43
Brazilian dancers. : MAXIXES
46
Greenhouse for certain plants. : VINERY
48
Companion of "Wilco." : ROGER
50
Wood sorrel. : OCA
51
Heroes Brown, Burke and Jones. : TOMS
52
Where Muscat is. : OMAN
53
City near Lake Tahoe. : RENO
54
Famous Epsom Downs race. : OAKS
56
British diplomat. : EDEN
57
Any aircraft. : AERO
60
Mauna ___, Hawaiian volcano. : LOA
61
Real estate ad abbreviation. : RMS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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