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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

BRAINTEASER

New York Times, Sunday, November 8, 1964

81-Across : Famed soprano.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 66, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 597 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 125, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 25
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,579
Across
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City in Kentucky. : PADUCAH
8
High value: Abbr. : PREM
12
Archaeological find. : MASTABA
19
Dutch philosopher. : SPINOZA
20
Insinuating. : OILY
21
Considering everything. : ALLINALL
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Dutch humanist. : ERASMUS
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Where G. I.'s congregate. : USOS
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Flatworm. : PLANARIA
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Dickens hero. : PIP
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Spiders and crabs. : ARTHROPODS
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Mineral in salt lakes. : NATRON
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Cry of triumph. : HOHO
33
Lacking ornament. : AUSTERE
34
Weather word: Abbr. : STM
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Consequence. : END
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Speckled, as moths' wings. : IRRORATE
39
Contract of a sort. : TREATY
41
A. F. ___. : OFL
43
Short-haired cat. : SIAMESE
44
Distress signal. : SOS
45
Men of magic. : CONJURORS
49
Dispatch or memo: Abbr. : MSG
50
Corporate regulations. : BYLAWS
52
Italian coins. : SOLDI
53
Region. : AREA
54
French title. : MME
56
Bird allied to the starlings. : MYNA
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Polishing, in a way. : SANDING
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Chatter. : GAB
60
Drop down. : DIP
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Anc. region around Troy (with "The"). : TROAD
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Expedition against the Albigenses. : CRUSADE
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Foliated rock. : SCHIST
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Roman decanter. : AMPULLA
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Household appliance. : IRONER
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Extraordinary person: Colloq. : CAUTION
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Early Iranian. : ARYAN
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Hungarian Communist. : KUN
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Einstein's birthplace. : ULM
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Bearded. : STUBBLY
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Famed soprano. : BORI
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Shinto temple. : SHA
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Sudden gust of wind. : FLAW
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Notions: Fr. : IDEES
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Turkish city. : MANISA
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"___ tree by a willow ... " : ONA
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Monetary. : FINANCIAL
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Anyone. : MAN
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Emblem of rank. : CHEVRON
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Aneurin Bevan. : NYE
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Missouri Senator, 1935-44. : TRUMAN
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Inspirational quality. : CHARISMA
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Scout org. : BSA
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Reason. : WHY
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Cotton cloth. : GINGHAM
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Ring. : PEAL
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Hydrocarbon. : OCTANE
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Connoisseur of food. : GASTRONOME
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Waggishly mischievous. : SLY
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Part of the name of Mozambique's capital. : LOURENCO
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Mark Antony's friend. : EROS
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Indians. : NAVAHOS
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One of the Rasenna. : ETRUSCAN
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Storm. : RAVE
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Prolonged. : DREWOUT
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Not without strain. : TENSELY
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Advanced. : SPED
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Dark. : SUNLESS
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Anc. decree, as in Athens. : PSEPHISM
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Assumption. : APRIORISM
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Vibrating disk. : DIAPHRAGM
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German pronoun. : UNS
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Part of a comet's head. : COMA
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Côte d'___. : AZUR
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In spear-shaped form. : HASTATELY
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Streams. : POURS
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Pilaf-like dishes. : RISOTTOS
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Impatient lovers. : ELOPERS
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State of India. : MYSORE
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Shows in detail. : MAPS
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Quite. : ALL
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Angle. : SLANT
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Mexican partridge. : TINAMOU
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Science course: Abbr. : ANAT
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Instrument played outdoors. : BARRELORGAN
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March beginning proverbially. : ALION
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Arrive. : LAND
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City in South Vietnam. : HUE
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Pack fruit with finest specimens on top. : DEACON
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Dutch uncle. : OOM
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University manager. : SYNDIC
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Insurgent: Colloq. : REB
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Type of curve, in math. : ASYMPTOTIC
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Forecast. : TOLD
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Man's title. : FRA
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Abound. : SWARM
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Oriental carriage. : JINRIKISHA
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English novelist. : READE
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___ rattling. : SABER
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Theater org. : ANTA
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With a heavy heart. : SADLY
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Read copy. : EDIT
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Long-beaked fish. : SAURY
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Hindu teacher. : GURU
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Upper Thames. : ISIS
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Translucent silicas. : OPALS
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Progeny. : SONS
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House slipper. : SCUFF
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Beautiful: Prefix. : CALLI
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What we're really like. : HUMANNATURE
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Father of Rachel. : LABAN
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Erelong. : ANON
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Complete absence of embellishment. : NUDITY
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Stand. : BEAR
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White sturgeon. : BELUGA
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Cities in Virginia and Indiana. : RICHMONDS
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Item in a game. : HORSESHOE
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Out of keeping. : ANOMALOUS
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Manner. : WAY
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Tropical shrub. : MANGROVE
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Atmospheric prefix. : AER
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Freudians. : ANALYSTS
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Modernity. : NEWNESS
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Sinclair Lewis novel. : MANTRAP
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Lion of a sort. : VIP
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Benny et al. : MISERS
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Container. : CAN
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Friable earthy clay. : BOLE
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General in Mexican War. : SCOTT
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As a result. : HENCE
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Did a job in the garden. : HOSED
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___ for one's money. : ARUN
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Suffix used with cosmo- and theo-. : GONY
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Japanese ship. : MARU
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Quits. : EVEN
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Presidential nickname. : CAL
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Tool. : AWL

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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