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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

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New York Times, Sunday, September 28, 1958

11-Down : Von ___, prototype of Dr. Pangloss.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 160, Blocks: 82, Avg Word Len: 5.59, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 689 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 132, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 21, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 28 Grid has duplicate clues.
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,379
Across
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Principal commodity. : STAPLE
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Site of 1431 Council. : BASEL
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Combining form meaning "liver." : HEPATO
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Product of a blowhard. : HOTAIR
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Macédoine. : SALADE
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Tenderly. : CONAMORE
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Teacher of Torricelli. : GALILEOGALILEI
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Europe. : OLDWORLD
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Mystical Hindu sounds. : OMS
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Writer Edgar ___ Mowrer. : ANSEL
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Lumberjack. : TIMBERMAN
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French pronoun. : TOI
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Subject of a Helmholtz treatise. : OPTICS
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Household god. : LAR
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Kisses. : CANDIES
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Egyptian. : COPT
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Blackmore family. : DOONE
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Acted the buffoon. : MIMED
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Autographs. : SIGNS
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Contemporary composer. : BLISS
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___ bank. : SOIL
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He died at Colonus. : OEDIPUS
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___ Buddhism. : ZEN
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Consort of Aphrodite. : ARES
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Touch. : ABUT
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M. Guitry. : SACHA
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Bloom again. : REFLOWER
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Paternal relatives. : AGNATES
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Takes prisoner. : SEIZES
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Wife of Aegir. : RAN
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Political monogram. : AES
61
Victorians. : PRUDES
62
Shakespeare's Harry Percy. : HOTSPUR
64
Borough in a G. & S. title. : PENZANCE
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Abbreviation in the news. : IGY
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Mollify. : RELAX
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Siouan Indians. : OSAGES
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Prussian city. : EMDEN
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Schools of seals. : PODS
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Misanthrope of 5th cen. B.C. : TIMONOFATHENS
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"Riddle me ___." : THIS
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Adjective for neon or argon. : INERT
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Unusual power of invention. : GENIUS
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Keep away from. : AVOID
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___ atque vale. : AVE
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Tropical tree. : TAMARIND
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Chemical salt. : NITRITE
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Designed for a special purpose. : GEARED
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"Apologia pro Vita ___." : SUA
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Par ___ (this way): Fr. : ICI
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Former Javanese rulers. : RAJAHS
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Expense: Colloq. : DAMAGES
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Small amount: Brit. colloq. : TUPPENCE
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Many ___ (often). : ATIME
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Celebration. : GALA
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Pen ___. : PALS
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Long familiar: Colloq. : OLD
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Not 103 Across. : ENEMIES
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School of art founded 1916. : DADA
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Inveigle. : SNARE
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Altogether. : SHEER
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Anoint: Obs. : ENELE
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French pioneer in study of mental disease. : PINEL
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Domino. : MASK
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Contemporary English poet. : SPENDER
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Paleozoic ___. : ERA
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Crossed, as by wading. : FORDED
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Solution: Abbr. : ANS
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Roman slave and insurrectionist. : SPARTACUS
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Historical region of France. : ANJOU
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Cockney's expectation. : OPE
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Dance queue. : STAGLINE
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Guest of the Houyhnhnms. : LEMUELGULLIVER
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Emulates Xantippe. : HENPECKS
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Become affable. : UNBEND
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Type of potholder. : MITTEN
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Calvin Ellis and Harriet Beecher. : STOWES
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New York, for example. : STATE
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Puzzles. : POSERS
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Beauty parlor item. : SHAMPOO
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Creator of Natasha. : TOLSTOI
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Panay negrito. : ATI
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Blenheim, for example. : PALACE
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Legal claims. : LIENS
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Friend of Antony: Shak. : EROS
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Robe de ___ (dance frock): Fr. : BAL
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Landed. : ALIT
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___ law. : SALIC
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Swellings. : EDEMAS
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Von ___, prototype of Dr. Pangloss. : LEIBNIZ
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Moriarty's nemesis. : HOLMES
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"___ a Man." : ENDAS
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Insignificant factor. : PAWN
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I love: Lat. : AMO
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Contestants in a fabulous race. : TORTOISEANDHARE
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Warships' lower decks. : ORLOPS
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Ancient ruined city of Cyprus. : SALAMIS
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Character in de Staël novel. : CORINNE
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Tailors a ms. : EDITS
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Merchandise. : GOODS
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Frosty. : GELID
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Trimmers. : EDGERS
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___ Sea of Japan. : INLAND
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Meal. : REPAST
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Ball of thread. : CLEW
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Allot. : METE
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Principal melodies of fugues: Mus. : DUCES
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Medium for a sculptor. : BRONZE
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Beginning. : OUTSET
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The nation. : SHIPOFSTATE
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Chester ___ Arthur. : ALAN
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Former heavyweight. : BAER
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City in California. : AZUSA
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City in California. : FRESNO
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Has visitors. : RECEIVES
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Meleager or Theseus. : ARGONAUT
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Flaubert's godson. : GUYDEMAUPASSANT
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Covered with reproach. : SHAMED
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Part of Q. E. D. : ERAT
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Felt. : SENSED
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Relatives of the lark. : PIPITS
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Place on the Thames: Abbr. : OXON
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Nettled: Colloq. : PEEVED
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Danish territorial division. : AMT
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Relative of cellulose. : LIGNIN
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Indian mountain pass. : GHAT
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Spanish title: Abbr. : SRA
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Santa Maria's companion. : NINA
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___ board. : OUIJA
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Greek letters. : SIGMAS
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Extra-base hit. : TRIPLE
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Fir or pine board. : DEAL
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Desserts. : ICES
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Site of the Nibelungen Hoard. : RHINE
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Daughter of 42 Across. : ISMENE
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Moroccan port, scene of 1911 crisis. : AGADIR
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Soften. : RELENT
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Late novelist. : AGEE
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Mungo ___, explorer of the Niger. : PARK
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Holds fast. : COHERES
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___ City, in Oz. : EMERALD
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Character in "Ulysses." : DEDALUS
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Half of a Malayan tree. : ILANG
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Phillips ___. : ANDOVER
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Reams. : DEEPENS
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Tree of the birch family. : ALDER
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Fruit drink. : SMASH
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Site of 1598 decree. : NANTES
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Moves spiritedly. : SPANKS
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Late. : RECENT
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Young turkeys. : POULTS
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___ Islands, now part of Indonesia. : SPICE
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Modern dance. : RUMBA
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Book of the largest kind. : FOLIO
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Scads. : SLEW
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Fat. : SUET
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Move in checkers. : JUMP
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Government building: Abbr. : GPO
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Chemical suffix. : ENE
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Chemical suffix. : ITE

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5 unique to this puzzle, 23 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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