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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Monday, September 30, 1963

56-Down : Buddhist sect.

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 390 (avg 2.06)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, 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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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,174
Across
1
Excited. : AGOG
5
French wine center. : DIJON
10
Copy: Abbr. : IMIT
14
Clown. : ZANY
15
Positive terminal. : ANODE
16
Too hasty. : RASH
17
Famous sonnet by Shelley. : OZYMANDIAS
19
Scandinavian metropolis. : OSLO
20
Annoy. : VEX
21
Entice. : LURE
22
Mixer of pigments. : TINTER
24
Home of Goya's Duchess. : ALBA
25
Color completely. : BEDYE
26
Coin. : SPECIE
29
Conduct warfare. : WAGE
30
Tachometer indications: Abbr. : RPM
33
Aromatic seed. : CUMIN
34
Party dance. : CONGA
35
Misfortune. : WOE
36
Spheres. : ORBS
37
Diet item in nursery rhyme. : CURDS
38
Expenditure. : COST
39
Retainer. : FEE
40
Harass. : HARRY
41
Arabian. : HORSE
42
Headgear. : FEZ
43
Paris airport. : ORLY
44
Dutch fishing ship. : HOOKER
45
Polish monetary unit. : ZLOTY
47
Pitcher's faux pas. : BALK
48
Adam's first wife. : LILITH
50
Math term. : SURD
51
Doctors' group. : AMA
54
Olympian. : ARES
55
Where Tabriz is. : AZERBAIJAN
58
Mountain range in Germany. : HARZ
59
Lizard. : GECKO
60
Fascist. : NAZI
61
Relax. : REST
62
Go in. : ENTER
63
Chops. : AXES
Down
1
Sea of ___. : AZOV
2
Stare. : GAZE
3
Cameo stone. : ONYX
4
Place for workouts. : GYM
5
River into the Black Sea. : DANUBE
6
Hindu deity. : INDRA
7
___ de vivre. : JOIE
8
Harem room. : ODA
9
Certain funds. : NESTEGGS
10
Literary method. : IRONY
11
Chef d'oeuvre. : MASTERWORK
12
Capri or Ischia. : ISLE
13
Norse god. : THOR
18
Worn out. : ALLIN
23
Mental product. : IDEA
24
Galatea's beloved. : ACIS
25
Exchange words. : BANDY
26
Sneer. : SCOFF
27
Thick soup. : PUREE
28
Defalcators. : EMBEZZLERS
29
Bother. : WORRY
31
Sheriff's men. : POSSE
32
Measuring device. : METER
34
Spiraled. : CURLY
37
Rome's adversary, in B.C. times. : CARTHAGE
38
Housewife, usually. : COOK
40
Derisive cry. : HOOT
41
Not ___ candle to. : HOLDA
44
Shelter. : HARBOR
46
Contemporary of Chopin. : LISZT
47
Pitt's opponent. : BURKE
48
American comedian. : LAHR
49
Dies ___. : IRAE
50
Religious group. : SECT
51
Iliad warrior. : AJAX
52
Labyrinth. : MAZE
53
Absinthe ingredient: Fr. : ANIS
56
Buddhist sect. : ZEN
57
___ nutshell. : INA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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