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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Saturday, February 26, 1966

9-Down : Bleak.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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A
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Y
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B
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K
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C
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P
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D
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L
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C
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K
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,041
Across
1
Asian political figure. : AYUB
5
Bitter. : ACRID
10
Farmyard sounds. : MAAS
14
Roster. : ROTA
15
River into the Mediterranean. : RHONE
16
Vedic god of fire. : AGNI
17
Equal: Fr. : EGAL
18
Asian political figure. : MAOTSETUNG
20
Asian political figure. : SIHANOUK
22
Secure. : OBTAIN
23
Encircle. : GIRD
24
Blackthorn. : SLOE
25
Pert. : SAUCY
27
Cabinet man. : DEANRUSK
31
Author of "R.U.R." : CAPEK
32
Devotion. : PIETY
33
Cube. : DIE
34
Persian tentmaker. : OMAR
35
British empiricist. : LOCKE
36
Covered with ivy. : VINY
37
New Testament book: Abbr. : COR
38
Habits. : WONTS
39
One of the space probes. : VENUS
40
Himalayan capital. : KATMANDU
42
Begets. : SIRES
43
Assns. : ORGS
44
Cogitate. : CHEW
45
Rocket parts. : STAGES
48
Makers of grandstand plays. : SHOWOFFS
52
Retired statesman. : KHRUSHCHEV
54
Jewish month. : ELUL
55
Lake E. of the Caspian. : ARAL
56
Neighbor of Midway. : OHARE
57
Trick. : RUSE
58
Butter containers. : TUBS
59
Dyes. : TINTS
60
Legal document. : DEED
Down
1
Olympian. : ARES
2
Baseball nickname. : YOGI
3
State. : UTAH
4
Dominican political figure. : BALAGUER
5
Kind of storehouse. : ARMORY
6
Warm: Fr. : CHAUD
7
Bird. : ROOK
8
Banking abbreviation. : INT
9
Bleak. : DESOLATE
10
Be of importance. : MATTER
11
Water, in Toledo. : AGUA
12
Years, in ancient Rome. : ANNI
13
Indication. : SIGN
19
Wood. : EBONY
21
Small chip or cut. : NICK
24
Tries to find. : SEEKS
25
Islands N. of Tonga. : SAMOA
26
Separated. : APART
27
Mirabile ___. : DICTU
28
City in N.E. Italy. : UDINE
29
Cavity. : SINUS
30
Reefs or low islands. : KEYS
31
Fowl. : COCK
32
Bodies of water. : PONDS
35
Heavy underdog. : LONGSHOT
36
African political figure. : VERWOERD
38
Merchandise. : WARES
39
Opinion. : VIEW
41
Autocrats. : MOGULS
42
Thrusts. : SHOVES
44
Kind of quartz. : CHERT
45
Card game. : SKAT
46
By way of. : THRU
47
Bedouin. : ARAB
48
Thai language. : SHAN
49
Kind of shaft. : FLUE
50
Blend. : FUSE
51
Coaster. : SLED
53
Greek letter. : CHI

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

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