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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Friday, September 29, 1967

59-Across : Not engaged.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F V W Z }, Scrabble score: 329 (avg 1.74)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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. 6,621
Across
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Old Roman monogram. : SPQR
5
Formless lump. : BLOB
9
Type of claret. : MEDOC
14
Crony. : CHUM
15
Island of the 50th State. : OAHU
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Southwestern shrine. : ALAMO
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Sorry to say. : ALAS
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Cats, in witchcraft. : GRIMALKINS
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Homesite. : LOT
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Comic strip name. : POGO
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Adjective for the Gay Nineties. : GASLIT
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Biblical interpreter. : EXEGETE
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Outfielder's throw. : PEG
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Mother of Zeus. : RHEA
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Civil War battlefield. : MANASSAS
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Another comic strip name. : ABNER
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Trouser material. : CORD
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Org. founded by Roger Baldwin. : ACLU
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___ goes. : SOIT
37
First-rate, Anglo-Indian style. : PUCKA
38
Legal claim. : LIEN
39
"___ Rhythm." : IGOT
40
Annoys. : IRKS
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Garment. : SMOCK
42
Brief recapitulation. : SYNOPSIS
44
One of a Churchillian quartet. : TOIL
45
Corroded. : ATE
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Shakespearean girl. : JESSICA
49
Caribbean VIP. : CASTRO
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Italian lake. : COMO
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Not much, in Paris. : SOU
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Hearty first course. : OXTAILSOUP
57
Cervine animal. : STAG
58
Political units. : BLOCS
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Not engaged. : IDLE
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Sumptuous. : RICH
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Moor. : HEATH
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Beverage. : BEER
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Eight, in Bonn. : ACHT
Down
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Climb. : SCALE
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Flowering plant. : PHLOX
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Set of four. : QUATERNION
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Want ad abbreviation. : RMS
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City, anagram of Tobago. : BOGOTA
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Garment size. : LARGE
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Louisville's river. : OHIO
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Loafer: Colloq. : BUM
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Sweet wine. : MALAGA
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Fraternal organization. : ELKS
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___ Eireann. : DAIL
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Everywhere: Prefix. : OMNI
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Price. : COST
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Items for discussion. : AGENDA
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Equal. : PEER
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Restricted area. : GHETTO
25
City needs. : PARKS
27
Makes fun of. : MOCKS
28
Game stewed in wine. : SALMIS
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Showing only surface knowledge. : SCIOLISTIC
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Sandy's cousin. : ALEC
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In the dumps. : SUNK
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In its present condition. : ASIS
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Goblin. : BOGY
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Unit of radioactivity. : CURIE
37
Revolver. : PISTOL
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Tolerable. : SOSO
43
Louisiana county. : PARISH
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Moderate. : TEMPER
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Unit of work. : JOULE
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Give instruction. : COACH
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Nothing. : AUGHT
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Irish port. : COBH
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Crosspiece. : AXLE
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Greek portico. : STOA
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Mediator's must. : TACT
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Morse, for one. : CODE
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Brother or sister. : SIB
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Mrs., in Madrid. : SRA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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