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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Saturday, September 23, 1967

54-Across : Hearsay, British style.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 3, 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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D
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A
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D
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O
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S
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N
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U
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G
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I
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C
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O
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N
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S
14
O
M
A
R
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M
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N
A
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M
U
R
A
T
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F
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L
I
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P
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S
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P
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A
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F
R
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G
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J
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R
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Y
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A
S
H
T
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A
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B
U
L
A
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A
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D
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A
M
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S
L
I
D
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S
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L
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E
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D
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B
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L
I
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A
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L
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C
R
E
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O
S
O
T
E
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A
L
I
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B
A
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G
H
D
A
D
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B
U
G
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C
H
E
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Y
E
N
N
E
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N
E
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V
A
D
A
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K
I
N
E
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D
A
M
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S
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I
R
E
S
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S
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N
O
W
Y
O
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W
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L
S
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R
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U
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M
O
U
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C
H
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C
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K
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E
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N
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A
P
A
R
T
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M
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A
C
E
D
O
N
I
A
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J
O
I
N
T
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A
B
E
L
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S
E
R
B
67
A
N
N
O
Y
68
Y
O
R
K
69
E
W
E
S
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,615
Across
1
Part of a pedestal. : DADO
5
Seaworthy. : SNUG
9
Certain bas-reliefs. : ICONS
14
Eastern poet. : OMAR
15
Girl's name. : MONA
16
King of Naples, 1808-15. : MURAT
17
Natives of Zamboanga. : FILIPINOS
19
Michelangelo work. : PIETA
20
Old warship. : FRIGATE
21
Pull-on sweater. : JERSEY
22
Ohio city. : ASHTABULA
25
First name. : ADAM
28
Skidded. : SLID
29
Coaster. : SLED
33
Satan. : BELIAL
36
Oily antiseptic. : CREOSOTE
38
Name in 39 Across. : ALI
39
City founded in A.D. 762. : BAGHDAD
41
River in the Ukraine. : BUG
42
Algonquian Indians. : CHEYENNE
44
Western state. : NEVADA
46
Cattle, poetically. : KINE
47
Weirs. : DAMS
49
Angers. : IRES
50
Nocturnal birds. : SNOWYOWLS
54
Hearsay, British style. : RUMOUR
57
Menu item. : CHICKEN
61
Aside (from). : APART
62
Part of Yugoslavia. : MACEDONIA
64
Large cut of meat. : JOINT
65
Son of 25 Across. : ABEL
66
Yugoslavian. : SERB
67
Irritate. : ANNOY
68
English cathedral city. : YORK
69
Sheep. : EWES
Down
1
Take off. : DOFF
2
Oriental potentate. : AMIR
3
Spanish painter. : DALI
4
Japanese art of paper folding. : ORIGAMI
5
Well-known college. : SMITH
6
Pieces of music. : NONETS
7
One, in Spain. : UNO
8
Fuel. : GAS
9
Urge on. : IMPEL
10
Armadillo's protection. : CUIRASS
11
Pitchblende and others. : ORES
12
Man's nickname. : NATE
13
Postponement. : STAY
18
Dance step. : PAS
21
Israelite's neighbor. : JUDEAN
23
Chemistry's predecessor. : ALCHEMY
24
See 20 Across. : BIRD
25
Taken ___ (surprised). : ABACK
26
Indian city. : DELHI
27
Foreign. : ALIEN
30
Of rounded protuberances. : LOBAR
31
Musical piece. : ETUDE
32
French impressionist. : DEGAS
34
Presidential nickname. : ABE
35
English poet. : LANDOR
37
Lyric. : ODE
40
Chew. : GNAW
43
Answer to an easy question. : YESORNO
45
Thick. : VISCOSE
48
Popular sport. : SOCCER
51
Slightly daft. : NUTTY
52
Marine snail. : WHELK
53
Cover. : LID
54
Oriental title. : RAJA
55
Atop. : UPON
56
Principal. : MAIN
58
Was familiar with. : KNEW
59
Name on a green stamp. : EIRE
60
Grabs. : NABS
62
Spring time. : MAY
63
Turku: Swedish name. : ABO

Answer summary:
3 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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