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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Saturday, October 22, 1966

56-Down : Battle.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,279
Across
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Tourist city in Italy. : PISA
5
Banking abbreviation. : ACCT
9
Greek peak. : OSSA
13
Old oath. : EGAD
14
Defrost. : THAW
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Enumerate. : COUNT
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Nobody: Lat. : NEMO
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Track official. : TIMER
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Work together: Chinese. : GUNGHO
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Passé. : OBSOLETE
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Draw. : TIE
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Boast. : CROW
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Abbr. in company names. : BROS
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Wendy Hiller role. : MAJORBARBARA
31
Outer: Prefix. : EXO
32
Cartoonist Gardner. : REA
33
Suggested. : HINTED
37
Hero of ancient tale. : ALADDIN
40
Wood for canes. : HICKORY
41
Game not without faults. : TENNIS
42
See 5 Across. : BAL
43
Prevail. : WIN
44
News. : INTELLIGENCE
48
Pinnacle. : ACME
51
River in W Asia. : OXUS
52
Pronoun. : ITS
53
Takes on an aggressive attitude. : BRISTLES
55
Extinguishes (with "out"). : SNUFFS
58
Part of a poem. : CANTO
59
Where Tooele is. : UTAH
61
French illustrator. : DORE
62
Soak. : STEEP
63
Popular pianist. : NERO
64
Anciant Iranian kingdom. : ELAM
65
Wrongly concludes. : ERRS
66
Springe. : TRAP
67
Scottish island. : SKYE
Down
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Wampum, Algonquian style. : PEAG
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One-room dwelling. : IGLU
3
Role for Siobhan McKenna. : SAINTJOAN
4
Ballet dance. : ADAGIO
5
Chemist's abbreviation. : ATNO
6
Who: It. : CHE
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Secret society. : CAMORRA
8
Small change, in England : TWOBOB
9
Numerical prefix. : OCTO
10
Agricultural phenomenon. : SOILBANK
11
Season, old style. : SUMER
12
Pico de ___, in the Pyrenees. : ANETO
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French intensive. : TRES
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Pronoun. : HER
23
African language. : SWAHILI
25
City on the Orne. : CAEN
27
Carnivore's quest. : MEAT
28
Auto part. : AXLE
29
City on the Avon. : BRISTOL
30
Realm: Suffix. : RIC
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Citizenry. : TOWNSFOLK
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Severeid. : ERIC
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Physical unit. : DYNE
38
River into the Black Sea. : DNIESTER
39
Clamor. : DIN
40
Dutch painter. : HALS
42
Use empty threats. : BLUSTER
45
Stage direction. : EXEUNT
46
Tonic's partner. : GIN
47
Musical studies. : ETUDES
48
Rudiments. : ABCS
49
Box. : CRATE
50
Excavator. : MINER
54
First-class. : TOPS
55
Store. : SHOP
56
Battle. : FRAY
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Dotted with stars, in heraldry. : SEME
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Constellation. : ARA

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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