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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Wednesday, November 18, 1953

47-Across : War agency.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,613
Across
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Colorful birds of Brazil. : ARAS
5
Catch. : SNAG
9
Dog: French. : CHIEN
14
Woollen: Italian. : LANO
15
Eugene O'Neill's daughter. : OONA
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Coin in Hungary, discontinued in 1946. : PENGO
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Play about Liza Doolittle. : PYGMALION
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Czech composer Dvorak. : ANTON
20
Poem written by Poe at age of 14. : HELEN
21
Declares. : SAYS
23
Captain of the Nautilus. : NEMO
24
"The darling of my heart." : ADELINE
26
Seaport west of Athens. : MEGARA
28
Book of the Bible: Abbr. : ISA
29
Teutonic girl's name. : HEDE
30
Babylonian deity. : ANU
32
Marine's blouse. : JACKET
35
One-eyed god. : ODIN
36
Lily of France. : LIS
37
Fatigue symptom. : ACHE
38
Horse that defeated Man o' War. : UPSET
40
Locale of "The King and I." : SIAM
41
Member of the family: Abbr. : BRO
42
City in Pennsylvania. : ERIE
43
Where Cornell is. : ITHACA
45
Organization: Abbr. : SOC
46
City in California. : NAPA
47
War agency. : OWI
48
See 9 Across. : POODLE
50
Husband of Sapphira. : ANANIAS
54
Swallow without chewing. : BOLT
55
Part of a Venetian blind. : SLAT
57
Weeping daughter of Tantalus. : NIOBE
58
Winged. : ALATE
60
Heroine of two plays by Euripides. : IPHIGENIA
62
1.0567 liquid quarts. : LITER
63
It glows in glass tubes. : NEON
64
Threshold. : SILL
65
River in France. : ISERE
66
Being. : ESSE
67
Chinese pagodas. : TAAS
Down
1
The beginning. : ALPHA
2
Shone, as the sun. : RAYED
3
Go fishing. : ANGLE
4
"___ it hot ... " : SOMELIKE
5
Silver coin of Peru. : SOL
6
A lot of decibels. : NOISE
7
Celebes ox. : ANOA
8
Cupbearer of the gods. : GANYMEDE
9
He makes audits. : CPA
10
Hair shade. : HENNA
11
Among other things: Lat. : INTERALIA
12
Man with "I" trouble. : EGOMANIAC
13
Two votes against. : NONO
18
Flavoring used in liqueurs. : ANISE
22
Stirring up of rebellion. : SEDITION
25
Seven and eleven. : NATURALS
27
J. Lawton Collins' rank: Abbr. : GEN
29
Contemporary of Isaiah. : HOSEA
31
West Point. : USMA
32
Quick punches. : JABS
33
Where the Parthenon was built. : ACROPOLIS
34
Cold weather beverage. : CHOCOLATE
39
Channel whereby information is conveyed. : PIPELINE
40
Most brilliant. : SHINIEST
42
Football player. : END
44
Sound of a banjo. : TWANG
49
Relative of the mink. : OTTER
50
Dumas character. : ATHOS
51
Ancient district in Asia Minor. : IONIA
52
One of the Pillars of Hercules, across from Gibraltar. : ABILA
53
Christmas ___. : SEALS
54
Island east of Java. : BALI
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Jungle dwellers. : APES
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Before. : ERE
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Like: Suffix. : INE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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