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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Friday, March 3, 1967

43-Across : Word game.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J P Q V }, Scrabble score: 335 (avg 1.78)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, 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.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,411
Across
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Stare stupidly: Colloq. : GAWK
5
Branch. : TWIG
9
Nonsense: Slang. : HOKUM
14
Theban god. : AMON
15
Wall part. : DADO
16
Remove all trace. : ERASE
17
Persian contemporary of Jeremiah. : ZOROASTER
19
Sultan's aide. : WAZIR
20
Not slouching. : ERECT
21
Petits fours. : CAKES
23
Pronoun. : ONE
24
Where Srinagar is. : KASHMIR
26
Pointers. : DOGS
27
Mealtime wear. : BIB
30
User of a prayer wheel. : LAMA
31
Presidential nickname. : IKE
33
"Virginia Woolf" star. : UTAHAGEN
35
Adman's concern. : IMAGE
39
Levantine land. : LEBANON
40
Ring-shaped. : ANNULAR
42
___ on the line. : LAYIT
43
Word game. : ANAGRAMS
44
Hat, for short. : TAM
46
Ponies. : NAGS
47
Weather word. : WET
48
Half: Prefix. : SEMI
51
Altar boy. : ACOLYTE
54
___ créole. : ALA
55
Fawn. : TOADY
56
Bend in a river. : OXBOW
60
Ship. : LINER
62
Describing a style of architecture. : BYZANTINE
64
Refreshing air. : OZONE
65
Unusual person: Colloq. : ONER
66
Descartes. : RENE
67
French city. : NANCY
68
Challenging experience. : TEST
69
Presently. : ANON
Down
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Stare studiously. : GAZE
2
Cupid. : AMOR
3
Abraded. : WORE
4
Find fault: Colloq. : KNOCK
5
Saturday scoring. : TDS
6
Guards. : WATCHMEN
7
Creative person. : IDEAMAN
8
Russian writer. : GORKI
9
Chops. : HEWS
10
___ pro nobis. : ORA
11
Toy instrument. : KAZOO
12
Employing. : USING
13
Ponds: Poet. : MERES
18
Loser of a mythical footrace. : ATALANTA
22
Son of Gad. : ERI
25
Malaysian palm. : SAGO
26
Take exception. : DEMUR
27
Wall Streeter. : BULL
28
Tree genus. : ITEA
29
Term of endearment. : BABY
32
Caribbean port. : KINGSTON
34
Duvalier's country. : HAITI
36
"There ought to be ___." : ALAW
37
Ready: Colloq. : GAME
38
Formerly, old style. : ERST
40
Does a chemist's job. : ANALYZES
41
Imre of Hungary. : NAGY
43
Soothing. : ANODYNE
45
Author of a "little red book." : MAO
48
Art show. : SALON
49
A Doolittle. : ELIZA
50
Opera role. : MANON
52
Bay State name. : CABOT
53
In addition. : EXTRA
55
Card. : TREY
57
Well: Fr. : BIEN
58
___ account. : ONNO
59
Suppose: Archaic. : WEEN
61
Stenographer's abbreviation. : ENC
63
Poetic verb form. : ART

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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