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Arthur Schulman
New York Times, Friday, November 13, 1970
65-Across : Bird sound
Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 B | 2 E | 3 A | 4 R | 5 B | 6 I | 7 T | 8 E | 9 S | 10 B | 11 R | 12 E | 13 I |
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14 E | L | L | E | 15 A | C | A | R | E | 16 E | A | R | S |
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17 A | M | I | S | 18 R | A | Z | O | R | 19 S | E | D | G | E |
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20 R | E | N | T | 21 I | E | R | 22 S | U | N | R | I | S | E |
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23 D | R | E | A | D | F | U | 24 L | 25 M | A | K | O | |||
26 R | E | A | S | O | 27 N | 28 P | E | C | 29 O | 30 S |
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31 T | 32 I | 33 C | T | A | C | 34 B | A | 35 H | 36 G | I | L | A |
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37 O | F | A | 38 S | E | 39 T | S | A | I | 40 L | 41 T | E | N |
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42 I | N | T | 43 R | 44 D | O | T | 45 B | U | 46 S | Y | A | S |
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47 T | I | B | E | 48 T | 49 R | E | 50 V | E | R | E | ||||
51 A | S | I | 52 N | 53 R | E | R | E | C | 54 O | 55 R | 56 D |
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57 I | 58 L | L | U | S | E | 59 D | 60 I | N | S | U | L | A | R |
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61 W | A | L | L | A | W | A | 62 L | L | A | 63 R | I | T | A |
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64 I | G | O | T | 65 T | W | E | E | T | 66 E | V | E | N |
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67 N | O | U | S | 68 S | N | I | D | E | 69 D | E | S | K |
© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,762
Across
1
Grizzly, for one : BEAR
5
Uses the teeth : BITES
10
Tissue suspension : BREI
14
French pronoun : ELLE
15
Have ___ (watch out) : ACARE
16
"I'm all ___" : EARS
17
Parisian friends : AMIS
18
Maugham novel : RAZORSEDGE
20
One on a fixed income : RENTIER
22
Morning event : SUNRISE
23
Frightening : DREADFUL
25
Large shark : MAKO
26
"The Age of ___" : REASON
28
River to Rio Grande : PECOS
31
___ toe : TICTAC
34
Cry of disgust : BAH
36
Lizard : GILA
37
Two ___ kind : OFA
38
Leave port : SETSAIL
41
Bowling number : TEN
42
Kind of verb: Abbr. : INTR
44
Partner of dash : DOT
45
___ a bee : BUSYAS
47
Lama land : TIBET
49
Famous rider : REVERE
51
"It's ___ to tell a lie" : ASIN
53
Tape again : RERECORD
57
Mishandled : ILLUSED
60
Narrow : INSULAR
61
Redundant city : WALLAWALLA
63
Hayworth : RITA
64
"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
65
Bird sound : TWEET
66
Steady : EVEN
67
We: Fr. : NOUS
68
Type of remark : SNIDE
69
Office item : DESK
Down
1
Scouts' founder : BEARD
2
Gantry : ELMER
3
Put in a row : ALINE
4
Turn the key again : RESTART
5
Type of lie : BAREFACED
6
Mythological flier : ICARUS
7
Russian river : TAZ
8
Asteroid : EROS
9
Antitoxin : SERUM
10
Barrel of suds : BEERKEG
11
Tourist mecca : RADIOCITY
12
Work units : ERGS
13
Words of understanding : ISEE
19
Bean or dragon : SNAP
21
Concepts : IDEAS
24
Shift of a sort : LOBSTER
27
Air group: Abbr. : NAA
29
Genus of trees : OLEA
30
Without: Fr. : SANS
31
"Hop ___! : TOIT
32
Moroccan enclave : IFNI
33
Fonda film : CATBALLOU
35
One way to spend the winter : HIBERNATE
39
Craggy hill : TOR
40
Wigglers and spinners : LURES
43
End-of-game announcements : RESULTS
46
Fastened : SECURED
48
River to the Danube : TISA
50
Type of threat : VEILED
52
Salamanders : NEWTS
54
Drab color : OLIVE
55
Appraises : RATES
56
Bent the elbow : DRANK
57
Victor's words : IWIN
58
___ Maggiore : LAGO
59
Day starter : DAWN
62
Pacific neckpiece : LEI
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.