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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Saturday, March 11, 1967

25-Down : Vapid.

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.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,419
Across
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___ Coeur. : SACRE
6
Time, for one. : FATHER
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___ goods. : BILLOF
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Singer. : SOPRANO
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Complete: Colloq. : ALLOUT
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Teller of a "Canterbury Tale." : PRIORESS
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Cocktail fillip. : OLIVE
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Facial feature. : JAW
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Beatrice ___. : DESTE
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Harm: Poet. : BANE
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Waterway. : CANAL
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Tug's tow. : SCOW
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Goat's-hair fabric. : ABA
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Bookbinder's material. : BUCKRAM
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Eggs: Lat. : OVA
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Strong support. : BULWARK
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Earring. : DROP
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Light-colored. : BLOND
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Bulb-shaped fruit. : GOURD
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Constitutional. : WALK
38
Jumping rodents. : JERBOAS
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Repairs area for racing cars. : PIT
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Soup ingredients. : LENTILS
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Adjective ending. : ENT
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Prayer leader of a mosque. : IMAM
48
Horse race. : DERBY
49
Handle: Lat. : ANSA
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Point in an orbit. : APSIS
52
Distress signal. : SOS
53
Musical composition. : OCTET
54
Believer in Kismet. : FATALIST
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Type of shoe. : BROGUE
57
Movies on old subjects. : REMAKES
58
Way out. : EGRESS
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Stand for hot dishes. : TRIVET
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"East ___." : LYNNE
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Wine-flavored dessert. : SILLABUB
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Everything considered. : ALLINALL
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Split. : CLOVE
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Rake. : ROUE
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Lizard. : EFT
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Leader's cry. : FORWARD
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Himalayan peak. : API
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Stepped firmly. : TROD
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Rodents. : HARES
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Composer Georges. : ENESCO
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City on the Don. : ROSTOV
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Tree of Africa and India. : BAOBAB
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Move along swiftly. : SPANK
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"And ___ fine seam." : SEWA
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Raise (with "up"). : JACK
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Coagulated. : CURDLED
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For the most part. : LARGELY
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Vapid. : BANAL
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Wasteland areas. : MOORS
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Excited exclamation. : WOW
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Alehouse: Slang. : PUB
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X-ray man. : ROENTGEN
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Ballerina. : DANSEUSE
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Israeli parliament. : KNESSET
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Sails. : JIBS
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Declares. : STATES
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Memorable singer. : PIAF
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Lend. : IMPART
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Wine maker's employe. : TASTER
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Proceeds briskly. : TROTS
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City on Biscayne Bay. : MIAMI
49
___ squash. : ACORN
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European. : SLAV
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Wild party. : ORGY
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Presidential nickname. : IKE
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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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