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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Thursday, September 14, 1967

47-Down : Sea bird.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 334 (avg 1.79)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,606
Across
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Pursuer of Moby Dick. : AHAB
5
Two shakes. : JIFFY
10
Relative of an enchilada. : TACO
14
Not all. : SOME
15
Walled Spanish city. : AVILA
16
Well versed in: Colloq. : UPON
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Piglet's friend. : POOH
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Defeatist's cousin. : CYNIC
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French dream. : REVE
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Move very fast. : STREAK
22
Inscrutable ones. : SPHINXES
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Eye protectors. : LIDS
26
Period. : STOP
27
One of a Biblical trio. : SHADRACH
31
Smell. : SNIFF
34
Cocoon. : POD
35
Go into ecstasies. : SWOON
37
Sportsman. : SKIER
39
Is at fault. : ERRS
41
Scatter. : STREW
43
Tortosa's river. : EBRO
44
Source of power. : STEAM
46
Where Brownsville is. : TEXAS
48
See 43 Across. : RIO
49
Circuit. : AMBIT
51
Vessel wall. : BULKHEAD
53
Burden. : ONUS
55
Twist. : SLUE
56
Château d'Yquem. : SAUTERNE
60
City in Mexico. : OAXACA
64
Caen's river. : ORNE
65
Music maker. : BANJO
67
Pavlov. : IVAN
68
In ___ (in reality): Lat. : ACTU
69
Shakespearean setting. : ARDEN
70
Less than 14 Across. : NONE
71
Inadequate. : POOR
72
Warm places. : NESTS
73
Eat away. : GNAW
Down
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Vipers. : ASPS
2
Derisive cry. : HOOT
3
Cupid. : AMOR
4
Saw. : BEHELD
5
Grackles. : JACKDAWS
6
Campus feature. : IVY
7
Stabilizers. : FINS
8
Goes wild about: Slang. : FLIPS
9
Status symbols. : YACHTS
10
Motorway. : TURNPIKE
11
Top. : APEX
12
Inlet. : COVE
13
Certain persons. : ONES
21
Makes known. : AIRS
23
Charged particles. : IONS
25
"Great" man? : SCOTT
27
Goddess of hope. : SPES
28
Azores city. : HORTA
29
Legal term. : ADREM
30
Biblical mountain. : HOREB
32
Essential character. : FIBRE
33
Day on a church calendar. : FERIA
36
Tie. : NEXUS
38
Part of an acre. : ROOD
40
Vandal. : SABOTEUR
42
People of Belgium. : WALLOONS
45
Golconda. : MINE
47
Sea bird. : SKUA
50
Headdress. : TURBAN
52
Putting the whammy on. : HEXING
54
Catch. : SNARE
56
Old-time mouth wash. : SOAP
57
Idaho site of nuclear testing. : ARCO
58
Poetic preposition. : UNTO
59
Goals. : ENDS
61
English river. : AVON
62
Village near Nazareth. : CANA
63
Again. : ANEW
66
Plane. : JET

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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