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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Wednesday, May 4, 1960

4-Down : Girl's name meaning "bright sea."

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q V }, Scrabble score: 363 (avg 1.89)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,946
Across
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Term of polite address. : MAAM
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Sticky substance. : GUM
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Face ___. : TOFACE
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Large stork of India. : ADJUTANT
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Makes up for. : ATONES
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Empresses. : CZARINAS
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Papal name. : SIXTUS
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Putting the whammy on. : HEXING
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Followers: Suffix. : ISTS
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Native: Suffix. : ITE
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Substance. : ESSENCE
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Tunisian seaport. : SFAX
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Neighbor of a ratchet. : PAWL
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Dog in "King Lear." : TRAY
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Kitchen container. : JAR
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Capital of Bashkir A. S. S. R. : UFA
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Part of O. M. : MERIT
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___ spades. : ACEOF
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Ancient city in Syria. : PALMYRA
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Colloquially, a native of Sioux City. : HAWKEYE
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American songwriter. : ARLEN
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Symbol of hardness. : NAILS
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Letter. : ZEE
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Neighbor of La. : FLA
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Mine vehicle. : TRAM
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Slangy suffix with song, slug, etc. : FEST
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Bright yellow. : GOLD
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One of the Windward Islands. : GRENADA
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Nitrogen: Comb. form. : AZO
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Indian of Yucatan. : MAYA
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Child for whom one has stood sponsor. : GODSON
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Chest of drawers. : LOWBOY
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Amnesic's query. : WHEREAMI
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Creator of Hickey, Yank, etc. : ONEILL
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Sponsorship. : AUSPICES
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In a forward manner. : PERTLY
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Even now. : YET
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Purple seaweed used as food in Japan. : NORI
Down
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Austrian physicist, his name a number in supersonics. : MACH
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Tool for dressing wood. : ADZE
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Greek warrior. : AJAX
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Girl's name meaning "bright sea." : MURIEL
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Tough. : GANGSTER
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One: Lat. : UNA
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Peak in Exodus. : MTSINAI
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Experience. : TASTE
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Colonial orator and patriot. : OTIS
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Animal of the dog family. : FOX
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Alcohol, for one. : ANTIFREEZE
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Seaport opposite Gibraltar. : CEUTA
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Where Chelmsford is. : ESSEX
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Sardine containers. : TINS
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Nomad of Asia Minor, long ago. : SCYTHIAN
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The business of Don Quixote. : ERRANTRY
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Base, in baseball. : SACK
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Post-larval form. : PUPA
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At a distance. : AFAR
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Not the cynosure, at a dance. : WALLFLOWER
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Entrance, of a canyon, valley, etc. : JAWS
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Talking bird. : MYNA
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Court cry. : OYES
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Metrical measures. : FEET
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Marriage, in bezique. : MELD
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Medieval work on alchemy, astrology, etc. : ALMAGEST
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Sunken court. : AREAWAY
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Appear gradually, on film. : FADEIN
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Lively dance. : GALOP
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Blue gas. : OZONE
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Lightheartedly. : GAYLY
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Hamlet. : DORP
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Defoe heroine. : MOLL
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City in Maine. : SACO
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Hebrew measure. : OMER
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Unless: Lat. : NISI
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Small role. : BIT
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Cry's companion. : HUE

Answer summary:
12 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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