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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Tuesday, July 30, 1963

5-Down : Mysteriously.

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.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,112
Across
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Coast guard member. : SPAR
5
Wine center in France. : DIJON
10
Wearing boots. : SHOD
14
Had on. : WORE
15
Town in Ethiopia. : ADUWA
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Against the rules. : TABU
17
Arabic letter. : ALIF
18
German composer, 1873-1916. : REGER
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Goad. : PROD
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W.W. II weapons. : BAZOOKAS
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Touches lightly in passing. : GRAZES
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Streamlet. : RILL
25
Old pronoun. : THOU
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Fitting. : SEEMLY
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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
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Mop. : SWAB
2
Adriatic port, near Istria. : POLA
3
State: Abbr. : ARIZ
4
Turned over a new leaf. : REFORMED
5
Mysteriously. : DARKLY
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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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