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Arthur Schulman
New York Times, Tuesday, July 30, 1963
30-Down : "___ far, far better thing ... "
Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { V }, Scrabble score: 360 (avg 1.90)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, 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.
1 S | 2 P | 3 A | 4 R | 5 D | 6 I | 7 J | 8 O | 9 N | 10 S | 11 H | 12 O | 13 D |
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14 W | O | R | E | 15 A | D | U | W | A | 16 T | A | B | U |
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17 A | L | I | F | 18 R | E | G | E | R | 19 P | R | O | D |
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20 B | A | Z | O | 21 O | K | A | S | 22 G | 23 R | A | Z | E | S |
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24 R | I | L | L | 25 T | H | O | U | |||||||
26 S | 27 E | 28 E | M | L | Y | 29 Q | U | I | S | L | 30 I | 31 N | 32 G |
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33 T | A | X | E | S | 34 C | U | R | L | Y | 35 T | I | N |
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36 A | R | I | D | 37 S | H | A | K | E | 38 L | I | M | A |
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39 I | L | L | 40 S | N | A | F | U | 41 M | O | S | E | S |
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42 D | Y | E | 43 S | T | U | F | F | 44 S | I | W | A | S | H |
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45 T | O | F | F | 46 G | A | N | G | |||||||
47 S | 48 T | 49 O | L | A | F | 50 B | E | L | G | R | 51 A | 52 D | 53 E |
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54 U | R | D | U | 55 B | 56 W | A | N | A | 57 A | W | A | Y |
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58 N | O | O | K | 59 O | H | A | R | A | 60 D | O | N | E |
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61 G | Y | R | E | 62 X | Y | L | E | M | 63 E | L | K | S |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,112
Across
1
Coast guard member. : SPAR
5
Wine center in France. : DIJON
10
Wearing boots. : SHOD
14
Had on. : WORE
15
Town in Ethiopia. : ADUWA
16
Against the rules. : TABU
17
Arabic letter. : ALIF
18
German composer, 1873-1916. : REGER
19
Goad. : PROD
20
W.W. II weapons. : BAZOOKAS
22
Touches lightly in passing. : GRAZES
24
Streamlet. : RILL
25
Old pronoun. : THOU
26
Fitting. : SEEMLY
29
Traitor. : QUISLING
33
Excise and others. : TAXES
34
In ringlets. : CURLY
35
Solder ingredient. : TIN
36
Dry. : ARID
37
Milk ___. : SHAKE
38
S. A. university city. : LIMA
39
Adverse. : ILL
40
Mix-up: Slang. : SNAFU
41
Well-known American artist. : MOSES
42
Coal tar, for example. : DYESTUFF
44
Mythical college very provincial. : SIWASH
45
Swell, British style. : TOFF
46
Squad. : GANG
47
Norwegian king of Middle Ages. : STOLAF
50
City on the Danube. : BELGRADE
54
Important Indian language. : URDU
55
Former African title. : BWANA
57
Off. : AWAY
58
Retreat. : NOOK
59
American novelist. : OHARA
60
Finished. : DONE
61
Jabberwocky word. : GYRE
62
Woody tissue. : XYLEM
63
Wapiti. : ELKS
Down
1
Mop. : SWAB
2
Adriatic port, near Istria. : POLA
3
State: Abbr. : ARIZ
4
Turned over a new leaf. : REFORMED
5
Mysteriously. : DARKLY
6
Optimum. : IDEAL
7
Pitchers. : JUGS
8
Be obligated. : OWE
9
Hookah. : NARGHILE
10
Minnesota city. : STPAUL
11
Mountains of central Germany. : HARZ
12
Wood wind. : OBOE
13
Relative of glad rags. : DUDS
21
Painter's medium. : OILS
23
Promising. : ROSY
25
Finnish city. : TURKU
26
Serious. : STAID
27
Soon. : EARLY
28
Banish. : EXILE
29
Imbibe. : QUAFF
30
"___ far, far better thing ... " : ITISA
31
French city. : NIMES
32
Grind the teeth. : GNASH
34
Banter. : CHAFF
37
Bijou for a Beau Brummell. : SNUFFBOX
38
Inferior. : LOWGRADE
40
Greek portico. : STOA
41
Chinese dynasty. : MING
43
Author of a Gospel. : STLUKE
44
Ceremonial greeting. : SALAAM
46
Style. : GENRE
47
Chanted. : SUNG
48
City of Paris. : TROY
49
Scent. : ODOR
50
False god. : BAAL
51
Military truant. : AWOL
52
Moist and chilly. : DANK
53
Facial features. : EYES
56
Reason. : WHY
Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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