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Arthur Schulman
New York Times, Saturday, March 11, 1967
12-Down : Tree of Africa and India.
Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 S | 2 A | 3 C | 4 R | 5 E | 6 F | 7 A | 8 T | 9 H | 10 E | 11 R | ||||
12 B | I | L | L | O | F | 13 S | O | P | R | A | N | O | ||
14 A | L | L | O | U | T | 15 P | R | I | O | R | E | S | 16 S |
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17 O | L | I | V | E | 18 J | A | W | 19 D | E | S | T | E |
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20 B | A | N | E | 21 C | A | N | A | 22 L | 23 S | C | O | W |
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24 A | B | A | 25 B | U | C | K | R | A | 26 M | 27 O | V | A |
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28 B | U | L | 29 W | A | R | K | 30 D | R | O | 31 P | ||||
32 B | L | O | N | D | 33 G | O | U | 34 R | 35 D | |||||
36 W | A | L | 37 K | 38 J | E | R | B | O | A | 39 S |
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40 P | 41 I | 42 T | 43 L | E | N | 44 T | I | L | S | 45 E | N | T |
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46 I | M | A | 47 M | 48 D | E | R | B | Y | 49 A | N | S | A |
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50 A | P | S | I | 51 S | 52 S | O | S | 53 O | C | T | E | T |
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54 F | A | T | A | L | 55 I | S | T | 56 B | R | O | G | U | E |
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57 R | E | M | A | K | E | S | 58 E | G | R | E | S | S |
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59 T | R | I | V | E | T | 60 L | Y | N | N | E |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,419
Across
1
___ Coeur. : SACRE
6
Time, for one. : FATHER
12
___ goods. : BILLOF
13
Singer. : SOPRANO
14
Complete: Colloq. : ALLOUT
15
Teller of a "Canterbury Tale." : PRIORESS
17
Cocktail fillip. : OLIVE
18
Facial feature. : JAW
19
Beatrice ___. : DESTE
20
Harm: Poet. : BANE
21
Waterway. : CANAL
23
Tug's tow. : SCOW
24
Goat's-hair fabric. : ABA
25
Bookbinder's material. : BUCKRAM
27
Eggs: Lat. : OVA
28
Strong support. : BULWARK
30
Earring. : DROP
32
Light-colored. : BLOND
33
Bulb-shaped fruit. : GOURD
36
Constitutional. : WALK
38
Jumping rodents. : JERBOAS
40
Repairs area for racing cars. : PIT
43
Soup ingredients. : LENTILS
45
Adjective ending. : ENT
46
Prayer leader of a mosque. : IMAM
48
Horse race. : DERBY
49
Handle: Lat. : ANSA
50
Point in an orbit. : APSIS
52
Distress signal. : SOS
53
Musical composition. : OCTET
54
Believer in Kismet. : FATALIST
56
Type of shoe. : BROGUE
57
Movies on old subjects. : REMAKES
58
Way out. : EGRESS
59
Stand for hot dishes. : TRIVET
60
"East ___." : LYNNE
Down
1
Wine-flavored dessert. : SILLABUB
2
Everything considered. : ALLINALL
3
Split. : CLOVE
4
Rake. : ROUE
5
Lizard. : EFT
6
Leader's cry. : FORWARD
7
Himalayan peak. : API
8
Stepped firmly. : TROD
9
Rodents. : HARES
10
Composer Georges. : ENESCO
11
City on the Don. : ROSTOV
12
Tree of Africa and India. : BAOBAB
13
Move along swiftly. : SPANK
16
"And ___ fine seam." : SEWA
18
Raise (with "up"). : JACK
21
Coagulated. : CURDLED
22
For the most part. : LARGELY
25
Vapid. : BANAL
26
Wasteland areas. : MOORS
29
Excited exclamation. : WOW
31
Alehouse: Slang. : PUB
34
X-ray man. : ROENTGEN
35
Ballerina. : DANSEUSE
37
Israeli parliament. : KNESSET
38
Sails. : JIBS
39
Declares. : STATES
40
Memorable singer. : PIAF
41
Lend. : IMPART
42
Wine maker's employe. : TASTER
44
Proceeds briskly. : TROTS
47
City on Biscayne Bay. : MIAMI
49
___ squash. : ACORN
51
European. : SLAV
53
Wild party. : ORGY
55
Presidential nickname. : IKE
56
Sound level unit. : BEL
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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