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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Wednesday, February 11, 1970

27-Across : Tempe campus

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,487
Across
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Impetuous : RASH
5
Grating : HARSH
10
Declines : EBBS
14
Saudi Arabian plateau : ARMA
15
Field of conflict : ARENA
16
Opening : PORE
17
Nuclear liquid : HEAVYWATER
19
Concept : IDEA
20
Serious : SOLEMN
21
Diet pills : REDUCERS
23
Varnish ingredient : LAC
24
Points of division : FORKS
25
German's alas : ACH
27
Tempe campus : ASU
29
Fastened : NAILED
34
Sticky substances : GOOS
36
Former Bolivian capital : ORURO
39
Defense arm : NAVY
40
In ___ : ARUT
41
Vitamin acid : FOLIC
42
River to Adriatic : DRIN
43
Blackbird : MERL
44
Wheel rut : TRACK
45
Stare at : OGLE
46
Gather on a surface : ADSORB
48
Telepathy initials : ESP
50
Road curve : ESS
51
Knotty problem : POSER
54
Doctrine : ISM
56
Vibrated, as a Model T : SHIMMIED
60
Educate : SCHOOL
63
King of the road : HOBO
64
Mariners' guide : LIGHTHOUSE
66
Puts into service : USES
67
Maternally related : ENATE
68
Preminger : OTTO
69
Nearest : NEXT
70
Clear of vermin : DERAT
71
Therefore : THEN
Down
1
Stadium sounds : RAHS
2
Mars: Prefix : AREO
3
Past midnight : SMALLHOURS
4
___ heart : HAVEA
5
Goldie of TV and movies : HAWN
6
Constellation : ARA
7
___ rocket : RETRO
8
Contemptuous smile : SNEER
9
Well-known school : HARDKNOCKS
10
Heroic : EPIC
11
Portend : BODE
12
___ Rabbit : BRER
13
Red and others : SEAS
18
Community group: Abbr. : YMCA
22
U.N. member : USA
24
General outburst : FUROR
25
Old-World lizard : AGAMA
26
Made a cavity : CORED
28
Egg order : SOFTBOILED
30
Of an Asian nation: Prefix : INDO
31
Feature of a certain bass : LARGEMOUTH
32
Sins : EVILS
33
Units of force : DYNES
35
French city : STLO
37
Diminutive suffix : ULA
38
Kitchen utensil : RICER
47
Velocity units: Abbr. : RPM
49
West Indies shrub : PICH
52
Net : SEINE
53
Poe : EDGAR
55
___ the works : SHOOT
56
Avoid : SHUN
57
Socks : HOSE
58
Wild goat : IBEX
59
Majority : MOST
60
Printer's term : STET
61
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
62
Errol : LEON
65
Initials for powered planes : HTA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 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.

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