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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Saturday, March 26, 1966

10-Down : African capital.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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. 6,069
Across
1
Disney characters. : MICE
5
Trophy of a sort. : SCALP
10
Ridge for a finger board. : FRET
14
Odd, to a Scot. : ORRA
15
Capital in the news. : HANOI
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Relative of 17 Across. : THAI
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Asian people. : VIETNAMESE
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___ it (over). : LORD
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Time in New York. : EST
21
Town in Ethiopia. : ADUWA
22
Deplorably. : SADLY
23
Tables. : SHELVES
25
Delibes work. : LAKME
27
Affirmatives. : AYS
28
Singapore's neighbor. : MALAYSIA
31
Beer ingredient. : HOPS
34
Lithuanian seaport. : MEMEL
35
Noun suffix. : ION
36
Midwestern metropolis. : OMAHA
38
Labor group. : ILO
39
Tied. : DRAWN
41
Symbol of sturdiness. : OAK
42
Undersized animals. : RUNTS
44
Botanical suffix. : INAE
45
North Sea islanders. : FRISIANS
47
Ukrainian river. : BUG
49
Dispense with. : SPARE
50
Sweet liqueur. : CURACAO
54
Town near Boston. : ACTON
56
College buildings. : HALLS
58
Part of a circle. : ARC
59
Charlie ___. : CHAN
60
Home of the loris. : MADAGASCAR
62
Pealed. : RANG
63
American writer. : OHARA
64
Quién ___? : SABE
65
Michigan's cousin. : ERIE
66
Circus employe. : TAMER
67
Savory sauce in Britain. : SOYA
Down
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Turns to play. : MOVES
2
Part of I.R.A. : IRISH
3
Site of Minoan civilization. : CRETE
4
Consume. : EAT
5
Disembodied spirits. : SHADES
6
Nobelist author. : CAMUS
7
Again. : ANEW
8
Community near Santa Fe. : LOSALAMOS
9
Small coin of India. : PIE
10
African capital. : FTLAMY
11
African. : RHODESIAN
12
Husband of a countess. : EARL
13
Antimacassar. : TIDY
18
Shade of blue. : NAVY
22
Ancient Scandinavian poet. : SKALD
24
Eye protector. : LASH
26
Porter's cousin. : ALE
28
Softens. : MELTS
29
Big Ten member. : IOWA
30
English princess. : ANNE
31
Ungulate's feature. : HOOF
32
Persian name. : OMAR
33
Asian. : PAKISTANI
34
"Laughing Water." : MINNEHAHA
37
Adjective suffix. : ARIAN
40
City not far from 34 Across. : RIGA
43
African state: Abbr. : UAR
46
Primitive animal. : SPONGE
47
Slavic language. : BULGAR
48
Latin bear. : URSA
50
Where Shannon Airport is. : CLARE
51
Source of chocolate. : CACAO
52
Sheikh's land. : ARABY
53
Zoological sheath. : OCREA
54
Israeli seaport. : ACRE
55
Burn. : CHAR
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Style of furniture. : ADAM
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Bon ___. : MOT
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Hershey's org. : SSS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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