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Arthur Schulman
New York Times, Friday, May 7, 1954
50-Down : Greek physician.
Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 A | 2 G | 3 H | 4 A | 5 T | 6 O | 7 O | 8 T | 9 S | 10 A | 11 M | 12 I | 13 D |
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14 B | E | A | R | 15 H | A | N | E | Y | 16 D | U | N | E |
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17 C | R | I | C | 18 K | E | T | E | R | S | 19 E | D | G | E |
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20 S | T | R | I | N | G | E | R | 21 T | 22 A | N | D | E | M |
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23 N | O | R | N | 24 R | E | L | A | Y | ||||||
25 S | 26 I | 27 N | G | L | E | 28 C | O | M | P | U | T | 29 E | 30 S |
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31 E | R | I | 32 L | A | 33 D | E | S | 34 S | E | R | T | A |
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35 W | A | G | 36 S | 37 T | U | N | I | 38 C | 39 R | A | H | S |
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40 E | T | H | A | 41 N | 42 C | A | N | E | 43 M | 44 C | E | S |
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45 D | E | T | R | A | 46 C | T | S | 47 M | E | 48 E | K | L | Y |
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49 G | A | T | A | S | 50 G | E | A | R | ||||||
51 S | 52 T | A | T | O | R | 53 B | A | T | T | E | 54 R | 55 U | 56 P |
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57 H | O | M | O | 58 V | 59 O | L | L | E | Y | B | A | L | L |
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60 O | R | E | G | 61 E | M | E | E | R | 62 U | S | N | A |
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63 O | S | S | A | 64 D | O | W | N | Y | 65 S | H | A | Y |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,774
Across
1
Moslem title. : AGHA
5
Honks. : TOOTS
10
Among. : AMID
14
Cub. : BEAR
15
Manager of the Pirates. : HANEY
16
Sand ridge. : DUNE
17
British sportsmen. : CRICKETERS
19
Advantage: Colloq. : EDGE
20
Horizontal timber. : STRINGER
21
Bicycle built for two. : TANDEM
23
Norse goddess of fate. : NORN
24
Track event. : RELAY
25
Base hit. : SINGLE
28
Calculates. : COMPUTES
31
Silkworm. : ERI
32
Puts on cargo. : LADES
34
Syriac script. : SERTA
35
Jokers. : WAGS
37
Part of a uniform. : TUNIC
39
Cheers. : RAHS
40
Allen or Frome. : ETHAN
42
Cave ___ (beware of the dog). : CANEM
44
These: Fr. : CES
45
Disparages (with "from"). : DETRACTS
47
Very humbly. : MEEKLY
49
Nurse sharks. : GATAS
50
Harness. : GEAR
51
Housing for a rotor. : STATOR
53
Cry of the diamond. : BATTERUP
57
___ sapiens. : HOMO
58
Game usually played indoors. : VOLLEYBALL
60
Where Salem is: Abbr. : OREG
61
Eastern prince. : EMEER
62
Annapolis. : USNA
63
Greek mountain. : OSSA
64
Soft. : DOWNY
65
Light, open carriage. : SHAY
Down
1
Basic elements. : ABCS
2
Girl's nickname. : GERT
3
Braids. : HAIR
4
Forming a curve. : ARCING
5
Alexander or Gatsby. : THEGREAT
6
Made of a cereal grass. : OATEN
7
Sharp blow: Slang. : ONER
8
Thrice: Music. : TER
9
Order. : SYSTEM
10
V. I. P. in Bonn. : ADENAUER
11
Tough going for most thoroughbreds. : MUDDYTRACK
12
Pulitzer Prize playwright. : INGE
13
Consider. : DEEM
18
Hillock. : KNOLL
22
European heights. : ALPS
24
Pitchers use it. : ROSIN
25
Hemmed. : SEWED
26
Choleric. : IRATE
27
Popular sports events. : NIGHTGAMES
28
Roman repasts. : CENAS
29
Actress Waters. : ETHEL
30
Impudent. : SASSY
33
Conduits. : DUCTS
36
New York race course. : SARATOGA
38
Act III scene in "Our Town." : CEMETERY
41
The Far East may adopt a similar pact. : NATO
43
Pithy. : MEATY
46
Sliced. : CARVED
48
Volcano in Antarctica. : EREBUS
50
Greek physician. : GALEN
51
Chase away. : SHOO
52
Rocky hills. : TORS
53
Breathed hard. : BLEW
54
Too hasty. : RASH
55
Companion of the radius. : ULNA
56
___ the game. : PLAY
59
Shoulder: Comb. form. : OMO
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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