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Arthur Schulman
New York Times, Thursday, December 7, 1967
60-Across : Platonic dialogue.
Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 N | 2 A | 3 P | 4 A | 5 O | 6 R | 7 B | 8 S | 9 S | 10 M | 11 A | 12 S | 13 H |
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14 A | M | I | S | 15 F | A | R | O | 16 H | E | L | L | O |
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17 M | O | T | H | 18 E | A | T | E | N | 19 O | R | L | O | N |
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20 E | S | S | E | X | 21 R | A | I | 22 S | E | 23 A | P | E |
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24 S | C | 25 R | A | T | C | H | 26 W | H | E | Y |
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27 B | 28 E | 29 E | 30 E | A | C | H | 31 E | 32 D | O | |||||
33 A | T | T | 34 O | R | N | E | Y | 35 A | T | 36 I | 37 L | 38 T |
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39 F | A | U | X | P | A | S | 40 R | 41 U | M | A | N | I | A |
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42 F | L | I | N | T | 43 B | E | S | A | N | C | O | N |
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44 A | S | 45 P | 46 A | L | E | S | 47 A | N | A |
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48 F | 49 A | 50 R | M | 51 T | 52 A | B | A | S | C | 53 O | ||||
54 A | G | E | 55 C | A | L | Y | X | 56 U | N | 57 B | 58 A | 59 R |
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60 C | R | I | 61 T | O | 62 G | L | I | 63 S | S | A | N | D | O |
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64 T | E | N | O | N | 65 I | O | N | S | 66 L | A | I | R |
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67 S | E | E | D | Y | 68 A | N | G | E | 69 L | I | N | Y |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,690
Across
1
California valley. : NAPA
5
Eyes, poetically. : ORBS
9
Hit: Slang. : SMASH
14
Author Kingsley. : AMIS
15
Gambling game. : FARO
16
Familiar greeting. : HELLO
17
Out-dated. : MOTHEATEN
19
Fabric. : ORLON
20
English county. : ESSEX
21
Poker ploy. : RAISE
23
Mandrill. : APE
24
Cross (out). : SCRATCH
26
Part of milk. : WHEY
27
Queen, for one. : BEE
30
Every. : EACH
31
Tokyo's old name. : EDO
33
District officer. : ATTORNEY
35
Lopsided. : ATILT
39
Social blunder. : FAUXPAS
40
Black Sea land. : RUMANIA
42
Item for a lighter. : FLINT
43
Victor Hugo's birthplace. : BESANCON
44
Legendary killer. : ASP
46
Brews. : ALES
47
Santa ___. : ANA
48
Rural milieu. : FARM
51
Pepper sauce. : TABASCO
54
Years. : AGE
55
Flower part. : CALYX
56
Open. : UNBAR
60
Platonic dialogue. : CRITO
62
Musical passage. : GLISSANDO
64
Mortise's companion. : TENON
65
Charged particles. : IONS
66
Secret place. : LAIR
67
Run-down. : SEEDY
68
French seraph. : ANGE
69
Streaked. : LINY
Down
1
Dub. : NAME
2
Hebrew prophet. : AMOS
3
Stones. : PITS
4
Rowan trees. : ASHES
5
___ kind. : OFA
6
Vicious circles, mod style. : RATRACES
7
Like some vocal tones. : BREATHY
8
Kind of boom. : SONIC
9
Slip-on. : SHOE
10
Sea: Fr. : MER
11
Deity. : ALLAH
12
Inclination. : SLOPE
13
Pancake topping. : HONEY
18
Contents of a digest. : EXCERPTS
22
Pronoun. : SHE
25
Frog genus. : RANA
26
Wagner role. : WOTAN
27
Lofting stroke, in golf. : BAFF
28
Catchall abbreviation. : ETAL
29
Needlecase. : ETUI
32
City in Middle East. : DAMASCUS
34
Famous bishop. : OXNAM
36
Peruvian. : INCA
37
Celebrity. : LION
38
Ethiopian lake. : TANA
40
At ease. : RELAXING
41
Purposes. : USES
43
Capital of Chaldea. : BABYLON
45
School org. : PTA
48
Data. : FACTS
49
Come to terms. : AGREE
50
Queen, in France. : REINE
52
Pain: Suffix. : ALGIA
53
___ sides. : ONALL
55
Rabbit fur. : CONY
57
___ B'rith. : BNAI
58
Tennis term. : ADIN
59
O'More. : RORY
61
Bushy clump. : TOD
63
Compass point. : SSE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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