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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Wednesday, May 13, 1970

21-Across : Grommet

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { B Q }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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. 7,578
Across
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Hangs loosely : LOPS
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Gambol : FRISK
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Weather word : HAIL
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Give out : EMIT
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Pine product : RESIN
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Heraldic term : ORLE
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Opposite : FACETOFACE
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Actor Asther : NILS
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Tightrope's cousin : TRAPEZE
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Grommet : EYELET
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Thrice: Prefix : TER
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Dos-___ : ADOS
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Korea, to Japanese : CHOSEN
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Stuffing ingredient : CHESTNUT
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Kind of telecast : LIVE
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Receive : GREET
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Drink : ALE
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Zenith : APEX
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Family member, familiarly : GRAMP
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Dutch or brick : OVEN
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Lawn waterer: Abbr. : SPR
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Social stratum : CLASS
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Schism : RENT
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Volatile ones : HOTHEADS
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Browns : TOASTS
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First word of Mass. motto : ENSE
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Do better than : TOP
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Partner of flowers : HEARTS
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Like a certain fruit : ORANGEY
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Area of Lago Maggiore : ALPS
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Works together : JOINSHANDS
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Ceremony : RITE
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Friend in Sonora : AMIGO
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Sheet of stamps : PANE
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Partner of nice : EASY
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White: Ger. : WEISS
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Canopus, for one : STAR
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___ Bank : LEFT
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Caliph's name : OMAR
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Typist's type choice : PICA
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Scale degree : STEP
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Unfeeling : FROZEN
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Allude : REFER
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Book of Bible: Abbr. : ISA
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Neighbor of It. : SIC
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Inextricably involved : KNEEDEEP
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Straightforward : HONEST
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Seed covering : ARIL
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Latin pronoun : ILLE
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For fear that : LEST
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Place for a chapeau : TETE
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Famed football coach : YOST
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Attention-getting sounds : AHEMS
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Dispute : CLASH
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Congo native : HIPPO
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Apparent : OVERT
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Application query : SEX
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Boorish : CRASS
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Hubs : NAVES
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Abounding in: Suffix : ULENT
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Camp sights : TENTS
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Slope : GRADE
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Boxer's version of Achilles heel : GLASSJAW
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Hour: It. : ORA
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Coin : CENT
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U. S. novelist : HERSEY
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Sculptured forms : TORSOS
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Ocean fish : OPAH
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Lifting implements : TONGS
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Constellation Lepus : HARE
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Lamb : ELIA
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Classified ad wds. : APTS
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Gets 40 winks : NAPS
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Insect : GNAT
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Millay : EDNA
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River to North Sea : YSER
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Group: Suffix : OME
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Scoreboard trio : III

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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