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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Saturday, July 12, 1969

44-Down : Darkness, in ancient Rome.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,273
Across
1
Gem. : RUBY
5
Printer's signs. : FISTS
10
Embellishes an expense account. : PADS
14
Port of Samoa. : APIA
15
Wife's relative, for example. : INLAW
16
American critic. : AGEE
17
Clavicle. : COLLARBONE
19
Korean leader. : RHEE
20
Not quite thigh-high. : KNEEDEEP
21
Render harmless. : DISARM
23
Wheel, in Berlin. : RAD
24
Team. : SIDE
25
Bookmark of a sort. : DOGEAR
29
Missile part. : NOSECONE
33
Send out. : EMIT
34
Declaims. : MOUTHS
36
Photos, for short. : PIX
37
Shelley's "The ___." : CENCI
39
Meet. : SIT
40
Moment. : TRICE
42
Have ___ at. : AGO
43
Machine part. : STATOR
46
Distinctive person. : ONER
47
On one's ___. : LASTLEGS
49
London's ___ Hall. : ALBERT
51
Ruining agent. : BANE
52
One ___ time. : ATA
53
Strauss opera. : SALOME
56
Shiner. : BLACKEYE
61
___ the air. : UPIN
62
Bullied. : BROWBEATEN
64
Temple of old. : FANE
65
Not citified. : RURAL
66
Sign of tedium. : YAWN
67
Vexes. : IRKS
68
Part of the lex talionis. : ANEYE
69
Maxwell. : ELSA
Down
1
Torquemada's persuader. : RACK
2
Au courant. : UPON
3
Black ___. : BILE
4
U. S. inventor. : YALE
5
Weapon. : FIREARM
6
Asleep. : INBED
7
Spill. : SLOP
8
Healthy look. : TAN
9
___ pancakes. : SWEDISH
10
Unit of astronomical distance. : PARSEC
11
Turkish title. : AGHA
12
Game. : DEER
13
Appear. : SEEM
18
Port in southern Spain. : ADRA
22
Relative of exempli gratia. : IDEST
24
___ voce. : SOTTO
25
Sticker. : DECAL
26
End of a sequence. : OMEGA
27
Italian names. : GINOS
28
Useful abbreviation. : ETC
29
Nights in Paris. : NUITS
30
Believe, old style. : OPINE
31
More precise. : NICER
32
Put into action. : EXERT
35
___ orange. : OSAGE
38
Eastern religion. : ISLAM
41
Roy. : ROB
44
Darkness, in ancient Rome. : TENEBRA
45
Proportional. : RATABLE
48
Steaks. : TBONES
50
Shoe part. : LACE
52
Forever, long ago. : ALWAY
53
Moslem mystic. : SUFI
54
Armadillo. : APAR
55
Connection. : LINK
56
Cause of 66 Across. : BORE
57
Popular comedian. : KAYE
58
See 28 Down. : ETAL
59
Ornamental shrubs. : YEWS
60
Sicilian town. : ENNA
63
Seek office. : RUN

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

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