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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Saturday, July 29, 1967

39-Across : Sea nymphs of Greek myth.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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. 6,559
Across
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Hero of old tale. : ALIBABA
8
Mince, for example. : PIE
11
Very loud, in music. : FFF
14
End or center. : LINEMAN
15
Eban. : ISRAELI
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Mauldin's W. W. II cartoons. : UPFRONT
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Kind of mortgage. : CHATTEL
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Rocket destination. : MOON
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Motorist's need. : JACK
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Source of power. : STEAM
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Service address. : APO
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Dialectical philosopher. : HEGEL
27
U. S. jet. : SABRE
30
Japanese relative of 6 Down. : KOTO
31
Ivy Leaguers. : ELIS
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Eat : ERODE
36
W. W. II Secretary of State. : HULL
37
Dev's land. : EIRE
38
Fleur-de-___. : LIS
39
Sea nymphs of Greek myth. : NEREIDS
42
Physicist Born. : MAX
43
Supersonic unit. : MACH
45
RLS character. : GUNN
46
Tolerate. : ABIDE
48
Pallid. : ASHY
49
Key. : ISLE
50
Revolutionary War general. : GATES
51
Turkish official. : PASHA
53
Refusal. : NAY
54
Menotti hero. : AMAHL
57
Quote (from). : CITE
59
Air: Prefix. : ATMO
63
Ruins near Mosul. : NINEVEH
65
Legal term. : WHEREAS
67
Stone. : GRANITE
68
City on the Loire. : ORLEANS
69
Aurora. : EOS
70
An oyster month: Abbr. : NOV
71
Former eastern leader. : SUKARNO
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Astringent. : ALUM
2
Chinese classical poet. : LIPO
3
Intelligence: Slang. : INFO
4
French physiologist. : BERNARD
5
Start of a Latin conjugation. : AMO
6
Seeger's instrument. : BANJO
7
Theatrical group. : ANTA
8
Strike sign. : PICKETLINE
9
Resembling: Suffix. : ISH
10
Rub off. : ERASE
11
Celebration. : FETE
12
Jumping insect. : FLEA
13
Fellini's medium. : FILM
16
Former British P. M. : ATTLEE
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Chinese Red. : CHOUENLAI
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Hammer head. : PEEN
26
Novelist Herbert. : GOLD
27
City in Alabama. : SELMA
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Callas specialties. : ARIAS
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Flemish painter Hieronymus. : BOSCH
30
Former Kremlin name. : KHRUSHCHEV
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End point. : LIMIT
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Sultan's decree. : IRADE
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Genders. : SEXES
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Sponsorship. : EGIS
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Long story. : SAGA
44
Punctuation mark. : HYPHEN
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San Francisco vicinity. : BAYAREA
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Dark of baseball. : ALVIN
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Historic name in India. : NEHRU
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French seraph. : ANGE
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Painter Joan. : MIRO
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Miscellanies. : ANAS
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Pairs. : TWOS
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Rip. : TEAR
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Creator of Tonio Kröger. : MANN
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Bone: It. : OSSO
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W. W. II theater. : ETO
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Fine leather. : ELK

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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