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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Wednesday, April 15, 1959

13-Down : Polite refusal.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 354 (avg 1.85)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,561
Across
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Pimlico doings. : RACES
6
Ducks. : FOWL
10
Scholar's robe. : GOWN
14
Creator of Pal Joey. : OHARA
15
Melville novel. : OMOO
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Oread who loved Narcissus. : ECHO
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French impressionist. : MANET
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Creator of Sancho Panza. : CERVANTES
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Browning's "___ Vogler." : ABT
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Short lyrical poem. : ROUNDEL
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"Cap'n ___," by J. C. Lincoln. : ERI
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Gather. : AMASS
26
Missive. : LETTER
28
Capital of Veracruz. : JALAPA
30
Calculators with sliding beads. : ABACI
32
French interjection. : ALORS
33
Creator of Becky Sharp. : THACKERAY
37
Son of Rhea. : ZEUS
38
Candia: Gk. sp. : KRETE
39
Money in Manila. : PESO
40
Old Testament prophet. : ZEPHANIAH
42
Comfortable: Colloq. : HOMEY
43
"What ___ boy am I!" : AGOOD
44
Seaport of Spain. : BILBAO
45
One of the twin sons of Zeus. : POLLUX
48
Poetic grief. : DOLOR
49
Hoosier humorist. : ADE
50
Dutch philosopher. : SPINOZA
53
Diplomat's title: Abbr. : AMB
56
German composer. : BEETHOVEN
58
___ tube. : INNER
60
Knowledge. : LORE
61
Dalai ___. : LAMA
62
Sculptor of "The Kiss." : RODIN
63
Cameo stone. : ONYX
64
Unit of ocean speed. : KNOT
65
Outside of: Prefix. : EXTRO
Down
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Where the Via Appia begins. : ROMA
2
Ishmael's captain. : AHAB
3
Relative of honeydew. : CANTALOUP
4
Before. : ERE
5
Petty rulers. : SATRAPS
6
Center of attention. : FOCUS
7
Portent. : OMEN
8
Adverb, for instance. : WORD
9
English poet, contemporary of Ben Jonson. : LOVELACE
10
Army man: Abbr. : GEN
11
Musical group. : OCTET
12
Relative pronoun. : WHERE
13
Polite refusal. : NOSIR
19
Smart ___. : ALECK
22
Feminine name. : OSA
25
Commander, in Britain. : MARSHAL
27
Venetian painter of 18th century. : TIEPOLO
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___ up (enliven): Slang. : JAZZ
29
Not aweather. : ALEE
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In the future. : AHEAD
31
Chaucer's "Wife of ___." : BATH
33
See 11 Down. : TRIO
34
Painter contemporary of 50 Across. : REMBRANDT
35
On the deep. : ASEA
36
Spinning toy. : YOYO
38
James ___, 11th President. : KNOXPOLK
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Spouting. : AGUSH
42
The late Mr. Belloc. : HILAIRE
44
Dickens. : BOZ
45
Picasso. : PABLO
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Concert hall. : ODEON
47
Wary: Slang. : LEERY
48
English actor in "Inn of the Sixth Happiness." : DONAT
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Dmitri's brother. : IVAN
52
Jules Verne character. : NEMO
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Golda ___ of Israel. : MEIR
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Major city of Yugoslavia. : BRNO
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State: Abbr. : TEX
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Roman goddess of night. : NOX

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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