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Arthur S. Heiser
Arthur S. Heiser

New York Times, Saturday, September 2, 1967

51-Across : Bird of the rail family.

Author:
Arthur S. Heiser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Arthur S. Heiser has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,594
Across
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Concentrate. : FOCUS
6
Impetuous. : SNAP
10
Think deeply. : MUSE
14
Swiss coin. : FRANC
15
Aural segment. : LOBE
16
Gouda's cousin. : EDAM
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Eye shade. : VISOR
18
Word expressing repetition. : ITERATIVE
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Army abbreviation. : SGT
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Cancel. : ANNUL
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Less coarse. : FINER
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Attack as untrue. : IMPUGN
26
Like Silas Marner. : GREEDY
27
Young lover. : JULIET
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Destructive insect. : BORER
31
Diabolic. : EVIL
32
Dwelling on high. : AERIE
33
Greek letter. : TAU
36
Oriental new-year revel. : FEASTOFLANTERNS
40
Cooler. : FAN
41
Profit. : AVAIL
42
Precedence. : LEAD
43
Become angry (with "up"). : FLARE
44
Silvery alloy. : ALBATA
46
Horrify. : APPALL
49
Modes. : VOGUES
51
Bird of the rail family. : CRAKE
52
Country home. : MANOR
53
___ tree. : UPA
56
Little big cats. : TIGERCUBS
58
Name akin to Catherine. : KAREN
60
River into the Baltic. : ODER
61
Jersey, for one. : ISLE
62
Correct. : EMEND
63
Cincinnati ball club. : REDS
64
Huntley. : CHET
65
PTA member. : DADDY
Down
1
Noted Virginians. : FFVS
2
Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG
3
Spanish language. : CASTILIAN
4
Initials of 1945. : UNO
5
Predicament. : SCRAPE
6
Ancient missile launcher. : SLING
7
Credible. : NOTUNBELIEVABLE
8
W. H. Hudson hero. : ABEL
9
For each. : PER
10
Specialty. : METIER
11
City near Venice. : UDINE
12
Redeemed. : SAVED
13
Abrasive. : EMERY
19
Evil jinni. : AFREET
22
Litchi or hazel. : NUT
25
Israeli coins. : MILS
26
A smile plus. : GRIN
27
One of a comic pair. : JEFF
28
Layer of the iris. : UVEA
30
Verbal. : ORAL
32
___ cry. : AFAR
33
Held in high esteem. : TREASURED
34
Branch of morphology: Abbr. : ANAT
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Freeman's dept. : USDA
37
Higher up. : TALLER
38
Elliptical. : OVAL
39
River into the North Sea. : ELBE
43
Frauds. : FAKERS
44
Bypast. : AGO
45
Lay in wait. : LURKED
46
Crawford or Lawford. : ACTOR
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The pick. : PRIDE
48
Called by name. : PAGED
50
Beginning. : ONSET
52
Command to a sled dog. : MUSH
54
Await decision. : PEND
55
Prince's nickname. : ANDY
57
Title for LBJ. : CIC
59
Professional group. : AMA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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