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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Saturday, May 21, 1966

53-Down : Darkness and gloom.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 389 (avg 2.06)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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. 6,125
Across
1
Overwhelm. : SWAMP
6
Barbados and its neighbors: Abbr. : BWI
9
Dashes. : RACES
14
Blind poet. : HOMER
15
Be ___ of. : RID
16
Paintings, new style. : OPART
17
Journalist of the Dreyfus affair. : EMILEZOLA
19
Girl of song. : MARIA
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Beast: Fr. : BETE
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It's sometimes bitter. : END
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Reddish quartz. : JASPER
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At all. : ANY
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Scrape. : FIX
25
Fowl. : HENS
26
European polecats. : FITCHEWS
28
Sine ___ non. : QUA
31
Batman's nemesis (with "The"). : JOKER
34
Coughdrop ingredient. : HOREHOUND
36
Related. : AKIN
37
Founder of Zionism. : HERZL
38
Latin word of referral. : VIDE
39
Birds, sometimes chased. : WILDGEESE
41
Phoenician capital. : SIDON
42
Rel. of Rep. : SEN
43
___ to (concerning). : INREGARD
45
Outside: Fr. : HORS
46
Plata's partner. : ORO
47
Drop bait. : DAP
50
Curtain material. : DIMITY
53
Sixty years before Hastings. : MVI
54
Punch's partner. : JUDY
55
Active force. : AGENT
56
Odd. : QUIZZICAL
58
Do without. : FORGO
59
Type of container. : URN
60
Immature insect. : IMAGO
61
Magnolias. : TREES
62
River into the Volga. : OKA
63
Eucharistic plate. : PATEN
Down
1
Queen of I Kings. : SHEBA
2
About half of us. : WOMEN
3
Friendly relations. : AMITY
4
Twins' manager. : MELE
5
Prefix used with 24 Across. : PRE
6
Derisive sounds: Slang. : BRONXCHEERS
7
Unrestrained. : WILD
8
Peak near ancient Troy. : IDA
9
Tyrolean language. : ROMANSH
10
Make ___ at. : APASS
11
Gefilte fish ingredient. : CARP
12
Buffalo's waterfront. : ERIE
13
Excel. : STAR
18
Berlin time. : ZEIT
22
Something of value. : JEWEL
24
Balsam. : FIR
25
Bosnia's neighbor. : HERZEGOVINA
26
Something to do for yourself. : FEND
27
Graustark, for one. : HORSE
28
Piece of tobacco. : QUID
29
Take apart. : UNDO
30
Near Eastern gulf. : ADEN
31
Canyon entrance. : JAWS
32
Steinbeck character. : OKIE
33
Potter's device. : KILN
35
1st cen. poet. : OVID
37
American patriot. : HENRY
40
Paintings of an early Italian master. : GIOTTOS
41
Theater sign. : SRO
44
Part of U.S. : ARIZ
45
Depend (upon). : HINGE
47
Old European coin. : DUCAT
48
Saw. : ADAGE
49
Air race marker. : PYLON
50
Silly. : DAFT
51
Borodin hero. : IGOR
52
Parisian parent. : MERE
53
Darkness and gloom. : MURK
54
Island, Japanese style. : JIMA
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It goes after status. : QUO
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New code. : ZIP

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

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