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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Friday, December 18, 1970

60-Down : Pieced out

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 346 (avg 1.85)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, 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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C
2
O
3
B
4
P
5
S
6
T
7
S
8
K
9
N
10
O
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B
12
O
N
E
13
S
14
M
O
O
R
E
15
K
U
R
E
16
C
Z
E
C
17
H
O
S
L
O
V
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A
K
I
A
N
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K
A
R
L
O
V
Y
V
A
R
Y
20
T
N
T
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E
M
E
22
E
D
E
M
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A
24
T
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A
26
P
R
O
O
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M
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S
A
L
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A
30
A
31
M
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O
R
R
A
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U
E
34
L
35
E
36
R
I
N
G
O
37
P
I
A
38
A
T
L
A
N
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T
A
40
V
I
P
41
E
T
H
42
E
R
43
T
O
N
O
44
F
I
L
E
45
D
H
A
R
M
46
A
47
S
W
48
E
L
L
E
D
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R
A
V
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E
51
N
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A
S
I
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L
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U
55
X
56
D
E
M
O
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C
R
A
T
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I
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Z
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E
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A
L
E
62
X
A
N
D
E
R
D
U
B
C
E
K
63
M
A
N
Y
64
G
E
N
U
S
65
Y
O
K
E
66
B
R
O
Z
67
E
N
D
S
68
N
E
D
© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,797
Across
1
Sea gull : COB
4
Attention-getting sounds : PSTS
8
Door part : KNOB
12
People : ONES
14
Marianne or Grace : MOORE
15
Port of Honshu : KURE
16
Benes, for one : CZECHOSLOVAKIAN
19
Bohemian spa : KARLOVYVARY
20
Blasting material : TNT
21
Scottish uncle : EME
22
Dropsy : EDEMA
24
Bar : TAPROOM
28
Obeisance : SALAAM
32
Odd: Scot. : ORRA
33
Congolese river : UELE
36
Beatle name : RINGO
37
___ mater : PIA
38
Home of the Braves : ATLANTA
40
Bigwig : VIP
41
Anesthetic : ETHER
43
___ avail : TONO
44
Line of soldiers : FILE
45
Buddhist's duty : DHARMA
47
Kind of head : SWELLED
49
Famous poem, with "The" : RAVEN
52
"___ was saying" : ASI
53
Latin light : LUX
56
Give power to the people : DEMOCRATIZE
61
Former European leader : ALEXANDERDUBCEK
63
Large number : MANY
64
Class : GENUS
65
Hook together : YOKE
66
Name in Yugoslavia : BROZ
67
Terminuses : ENDS
68
Ref. book initials : NED
Down
1
___ of the walk : COCK
2
Spanish weight : ONZA
3
Brew : BEER
4
Flower : POSY
5
Unravel : SOLVE
6
Site of the Iliad : TROAD
7
City noted for its porcelain : SEVRES
8
Initials on a sheet : KKK
9
Relative of soir : NUIT
10
Medit. port : ORAN
11
Penchant : BENT
13
Eyeball covering : SCLERA
14
Vacate : MOVEOUT
17
___ sapiens : HOMO
18
Forerunner of the Inca : AYMARA
23
Eastern name : ALI
24
Drank : TOPED
25
School subj. : ARITH
26
Capital for 61 Across : PRAHA
27
Liquefy : MELT
29
Middle-ear bone : ANVIL
30
Deft : AGILE
31
Brooded : MOPED
34
Pathet ___ : LAO
35
Austrian river : ENNS
38
Fleet : ARMADA
39
Facing : TOWARDS
42
Be wrong : ERR
44
Pass, as a butterfly : FLITBY
46
Vindicate : AVENGE
48
He sold his birthright : ESAU
50
Port in Hanover : EMDEN
51
Very many : NOEND
53
Essayist : LAMB
54
Suffix for sec or pop : ULAR
55
Alien: Prefix : XENO
57
Shank : CRUS
58
Holy image : ICON
59
Former infielder Bonura : ZEKE
60
Pieced out : EKED
62
Famous papers : XYZ

Answer summary:
4 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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