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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Wednesday, June 27, 1956

39-Across : King of the Huns: Norse myth.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { W }, Scrabble score: 387 (avg 2.01)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,556
Across
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Opening word of many tales. : ONCE
5
Alphabet letter. : AITCH
10
Triangular sails. : JIBS
14
Not distinct. : HAZY
15
White mark on the face of a horse. : BLAZE
16
French friend. : AMIE
17
Province of Iran; capital, Tabriz. : AZERBAIJAN
19
Worker under Hoover. : GMAN
20
Name of a TV family. : RICARDO
21
Word on a wedding invitation. : REQUEST
23
Elastic wood. : ASH
24
Ballplayer. : YANK
26
One of four. : QUAD
27
Where Muscat is. : OMAN
29
Vanished landmark of Battery Park, N. Y. C. : AQUARIUM
33
He led the Argonauts. : JASON
35
Viscid. : GLUEY
36
First-rate. : ACE
37
Singer Fitzgerald. : ELLA
38
Architectural ridge. : GROIN
39
King of the Huns: Norse myth. : ATLI
40
Nickname for Miss Chadwick. : FLO
41
Duck hunters' refuge. : BLIND
42
Do housework. : CLEAN
43
Having a preference. : FAVORING
45
Mere money. : PELF
46
Warlike son of Zeus. : ARES
47
Short drive: Colloq. : SPIN
49
Initials used at San Francisco, 1945. : UNO
52
Sukarno's capital. : JAKARTA
55
Monk. : ASCETIC
57
Seed coat. : ARIL
58
Precision. : EXACTITUDE
60
Enthusiasm. : ZEAL
61
Fictional Montague. : ROMEO
62
Irish interjection. : ARRA
63
Clown. : ZANY
64
Complication. : SNARL
65
Viewed. : SEEN
Down
1
Author of "Ten North Frederick." : OHARA
2
"Brown Shirts." : NAZIS
3
Native of Pilsen. : CZECHOSLOVAKIAN
4
South American cat. : EYRA
5
Oil port of Iran. : ABADAN
6
Town near Utica, New York. : ILION
7
Agra's ___ Mahal. : TAJ
8
Absolute ruler. : CZAR
9
Yucatan rope fiber. : HENEQUEN
10
Ferocious relative of 4 Down. : JAGUAR
11
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. : IMMEDIATEFUTURE
12
Diagonal line in cloth. : BIAS
13
Caused to move. : SENT
18
Scopes trial lawyer. : BRYAN
22
Wharf. : QUAY
25
Flying foxes. : KALONGS
28
Extinct bird. : MOA
30
___ pro quo. : QUID
31
Campus for 16,263. : UCLA
32
Chow ___. : MEIN
33
Bud Fisher creation. : JEFF
34
___ breve, a musical rhythm. : ALLA
35
Facial expression. : GRIN
38
"Nor all, that ___, gold." : GLISTERS
39
Everything. : ALL
41
A form of "brother." : BRER
42
Italian family in drama by Shelley. : CENCI
44
What "viva voce" means. : ORALLY
45
Firearm. : PISTOL
48
Trotter. : PACER
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Kol ___, prayer of atonement. : NIDRE
51
Antarctic. : OCEAN
52
Dixieland rhythm. : JAZZ
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Vicinity. : AREA
54
Part of a nerve cell. : AXON
56
Greek letters. : ETAS
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Doctors' group. : AMA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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