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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

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New York Times, Sunday, April 7, 1957

56-Down : One or two.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.23, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 525 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 130, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 14, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11 Grid has duplicate clues.
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,840
Across
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A faithful comrade. : ACHATES
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Eliot's "The ___ Land." : WASTE
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Winding ski courses. : SLALOMS
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Friend of Emerson. : THOREAU
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Cabinet member under F. D. R. : ICKES
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A faithful comrade. : HORATIO
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He wrote "L'Aiglon." : ROSTAND
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Restrict. : STINT
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Friend of Titian. : ARETINO
26
Roadside sign. : EATS
27
One of the Sitwells. : EDITH
29
Greek goddess of justice. : THEMIS
31
Umpire's decision. : OUT
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Indian. : UTE
33
Role for Roberta Peters. : ADELE
34
Fades away. : EBBS
35
Villa d'___. : ESTE
36
City on the Alabama. : SELMA
38
Uxorcide of 62 A. D. : NERO
40
Asian sea. : ARAL
41
Coward's "This Happy ___." : BREED
42
Adjective or noun suffixes. : ARS
44
Yucatan fiber. : SISAL
46
Lear's repeated exclamation. : NEVER
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Stephen Butler ___. : LEACOCK
52
Resort in Colorado. : ASPEN
54
Battle described by Thucydides. : SALAMIS
58
83 Across, for example. : ARGONAUT
60
Prince in the "Arabian Nights." : AHMED
62
Mother of Apollo and Diana. : LATONA
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Observed. : SEEN
64
Seven stars in Ursa Major. : PLOW
66
Work havoc. : RAVAGE
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Counter: Prefix. : ANTI
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Shoemaker's tool. : AWL
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Mineral similar to calcite. : ARAGONITE
72
___ Aviv. : TEL
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Chain of mountains, in India. : GHAT
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Emulated Jo Barnum. : SKATED
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Skindiver's gear. : LUNG
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Palm. : SAGO
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Nothing doing. : NOSOAP
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Rink star. : HENIE
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Slayer of the Calydonian boar. : MELEAGER
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Brother of Prospero. : ANTONIO
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Nerve networks. : RETIA
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Is unsteady. : TOTTERS
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Ends up. : LANDS
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Creator of Passepartout. : VERNE
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Word of surprise. : WHY
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Askew: Scot. : AGLEY
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City on the Gila River. : YUMA
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American engineer. : EADS
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Blasco Ibañez' "Sangre y ___." : ARENA
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Regretted. : RUED
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European capital. : OSLO
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Designer of Lincoln Memorial. : BACON
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Fine leather: Abbr. : MOR
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Engineering degrees. : MES
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Preposterous. : ABSURD
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Where Polycrates ruled. : SAMOS
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Lombardy city. : LODI
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Queen of Egypt, 47 B.C. : ARSINOE
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Presents. : GIFTS
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Roman historian. : TACITUS
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In a big way. : GREATLY
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Bible name. : ADLAI
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It means "a jumping insect." : UKULELE
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Bring under conditions for working. : HARNESS
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Times of day. : NOONS
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Relative of 124 Across. : SAMISEN
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Father of Menelaus. : ATREUS
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Daniel Webster's successor in the Senate. : CHOATE
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Tavern of yore. : HOSTEL
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Beaux-___. : ARTS
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Jasmine, for example. : TEA
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Lambed: Dial. : EANED
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Hasty. : SUDDEN
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"The ___ Trees." : WISTERIA
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Wonder drug. : ACTH
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Emulate Art Devlin. : SKI
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Marquee. : TENT
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Vashti's successor. : ESTHER
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Any place of carnage. : SHAMBLES
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Asiatic lemur. : LORIS
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Dweller on Olympus. : ARES
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Money in Riga. : LAT
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Useless. : OTIOSE
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Exact. : MINUTE
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Covered with coal dust. : SOOTED
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___ du Salut, Fr. Guiana. : ILES
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Israeli diplomat. : EBAN
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Elisheba's spouse. : AARON
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Printing slips. : ERRATA
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City on the Ocmulgee. : MACON
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Movable mountain. : OSSA
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Cortines' predecessor. : ALEMAN
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Composer Bartok. : BELA
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One-time MacArthur title: Abbr. : SCAP
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Praxiteles statue. : APHRODITE
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Ave atque ___! : VALE
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Italian ribbon macaroni. : LASAGNA
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Utopia of 1872. : EREWHON
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One who never laughs. : AGELAST
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Russian peasant. : KULAK
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Novelist Shute. : NEVIL
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Special effect in movies. : MONTAGE
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One or two. : INTEGER
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Men in blue. : SAILORS
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Pentateuch. : TORAH
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Given proposition. : DATUM
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___ biscuit. : WATER
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French Minister to U. S., 1793-94. : GENET
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Mamie's middle name. : GENEVA
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Ornamented, as bindings. : TOOLED
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Short drive: Colloq. : SPIN
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Incandescence. : GLOW
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Silenus. : SATYR
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Guatemalan avocado. : ANAY
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Where Limerick is. : EIRE
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Name on Psalm 89. : ETHAN
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Long series of wanderings. : ODYSSEYS
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Xenophon's history. : ANABASIS
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Pacific sea. : SULU
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Town on the Ijsselmeer. : EDAM
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St. Patrick's bishopric. : ARMAGH
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War: Span. : GUERRA
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Smaller. : LESSER
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British buccaneer. : MORGAN
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Duns ___. : SCOTUS
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Overacts. : EMOTES
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Small knot. : NODULE
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Come up. : ARISEN
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Greek coins. : OBOLS
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Honshu city. : OSAKA
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Status quo ___. : ANTE
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Elissa. : DIDO
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Tennessee Williams hero. : STAN
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"___ Marlene." : LILI
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Adjective suffix. : IAN
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Theatrical nickname. : FLO
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With: Colloq. : CUM

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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