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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Saturday, January 14, 1984

40-Down : Without pattern or plan

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.85, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, 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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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,485
Across
1
Reject : CASTOFF
8
Plays : DRAMAS
14
Painter of "Battle of San Romano" : UCCELLO
15
Scalloped : CRENATE
16
This might be stolen from you : THUNDER
17
Danish cheese : HAVARTI
18
Role for a memorable Mae : LIL
19
Deli offering : SAUSAGE
21
Follower of Faust : IAN
22
Start of a Shakespearean title : ALLS
24
Seven maids' items : MOPS
25
Noun suffix : ENCE
26
What Epimenides did for 57 years : SLEPT
28
Plant growing near the sea : SALTBUSH
30
Chain : SERIES
32
Russian pastry : PIROG
33
Dubbing experts : SYNCHRONIZERS
37
Devoured, as gossip : ATEUP
38
Cribs : PONIES
40
Canceled : RECALLED
43
What syne means : SINCE
44
"Liquor is quicker" author : NASH
45
Turkish coin : LIRA
46
Mammoth man-eater : OGRE
47
Contents of some wells : INK
48
Provide the money : FINANCE
51
Article in a Bonn magazine : DER
52
Draft work : EDITING
54
Suggest, as associations : CONNOTE
56
Second, and others : COMINGS
57
Dandelions' kin : ENDIVES
58
Indulges in cabotinage : EMOTES
59
Group in a bowl : ROOTERS
Down
1
Old sailor's weapon : CUTLASS
2
Paris was his undoing : ACHILLES
3
Place for polishing pots and pans : SCULLERY
4
Bo Derek film : TEN
5
Automotive name : OLDS
6
Jumper in a circus : FLEA
7
Town meetings : FORUMS
8
Racing site : DRAGSTRIP
9
Nice dream : REVE
10
Throughout: Prefix : ANA
11
Calif. county and watercolorist : MARINS
12
Join : ATTACH
13
French flower : SEINE
15
"City Lights" hero: 1931 : CHAPLIN
20
"General Hospital" is one : SOAPOPERA
23
Hawes's "Fashion Is ___" : SPINACH
25
O'Neill, to Fellini : EUGENIO
27
Anatomical roofs : TECTA
29
Guys : BOZOS
31
Pod removals : SHELLINGS
34
Verdicts : RULINGS
35
Wood pigeon : RINGDOVE
36
Squirrel, at times : SECRETER
39
Cassandra was one : SEERESS
40
Without pattern or plan : RANDOM
41
"Eaters of raw flesh" : ESKIMO
42
Pavlova was one : DANCER
44
Relative : NIECE
48
Dandy's partner : FINE
49
Product of a Spanish pine : CONO
50
Inner: Comb. form : ENDO
53
Chickadee's relative : TIT
55
A basketball tourn. : NIT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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