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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Monday, August 24, 1953

51-Down : Capital of Latvia.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, 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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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,527
Across
1
User of a prayer wheel. : LAMA
5
Character in a Maugham story. : SADIE
10
Solve, for instance. : VERB
14
Turkish titles of honor. : AGAS
15
Proclamation. : EDICT
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Upper angle between leaf and stem. : AXIL
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Candidate for a handout. : PANHANDLER
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In ___ (in position): Lat. : SITU
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Thus: Latin. : SIC
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Dickens character. : NELL
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Irish province. : ULSTER
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Intensify. : ENHANCE
26
On a voyage. : ASEA
27
Famous nom de plume. : ELIA
28
Historic granite structure near Madrid. : ESCORIAL
32
Hard-twisted cotton thread. : LISLE
34
Korean port in the news. : PUSAN
35
Churchill's symbol. : VEE
36
Attempting to be esthetic. : ARTY
37
Apartheid champion in South Africa. : MALAN
38
Blessing. : BOON
39
___ West. : MAE
40
Capital of Oregon. : SALEM
41
Flowerless plants. : FERNS
42
False witness. : PERJURER
44
Commiseration. : PITY
45
Students at New Haven. : ELIS
46
City of the Malay peninsula. : MALACCA
49
Showman Phineas Taylor. : BARNUM
52
Seaport in Palestine. : ACRE
53
Important Venezuelan export. : OIL
54
Music critic Downes. : OLIN
55
Dr. Naismith's claim to fame. : BASKETBALL
58
Carry on. : WAGE
59
Place of worship. : ALTAR
60
Committee for Free ___. : ASIA
61
Regan's regal father. : LEAR
62
Corset of the bustle era. : STAYS
63
Comedian Laurel. : STAN
Down
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Slight error. : LAPSE
2
On the other hand. : AGAIN
3
Golfers' mecca in Vermont. : MANCHESTER
4
Tough, elastic wood. : ASH
5
One of the Finger Lakes. : SENECA
6
Confuse. : ADDLE
7
British Field Marshal, buried in Arlington. : DILL
8
Dry ___. : ICE
9
Ancient inhabitant of what is now Tuscany. : ETRUSCAN
10
Edna Millay's alma mater. : VASSAR
11
Stage direction. : EXIT
12
Solemn service. : RITE
13
Smudge. : BLUR
18
Merman role. : ANNIE
23
Ponce de ___. : LEON
25
Associate. : ALLY
26
Its capital is Shillong. : ASSAM
28
Swiss mathematician (1707-83). : EULER
29
Part of French West Africa. : IVORYCOAST
30
Ages and ages. : AEON
31
Part of the eye. : LENS
32
Desk appurtenance. : LAMP
33
"Dies ___," famous hymn. : IRAE
34
Loses color. : PALES
37
Cousins of the xylophone. : MARIMBAS
38
Greek letter. : BETA
40
Sea northeast of Borneo. : SULU
41
___ mignon. : FILET
43
Senator from Indiana. : JENNER
44
Kitchen implements. : PARERS
46
Member of the Cabinet, former Governor in 40 Across. : MCKAY
47
Eyelashes. : CILIA
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Gov. Shivers of Texas. : ALLAN
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Stadium. : BOWL
50
Wings. : ALAE
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Capital of Latvia. : RIGA
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Flagstaff: Span. : ASTA
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High, in music. : ALT
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Low, in French. : BAS

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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