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Arthur Schulman
Arthur Schulman

New York Times, Saturday, December 10, 1977

Author:
Arthur Schulman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 330 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 37.0
Arthur Schulman has 80 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,346
Across
1
Curlewlike bird : GODWIT
7
Birds' migration time : FALL
11
Sportsmen's assn. : PGA
14
The Australian fig-bird is one : ORIOLE
15
Part of the iris : UVEA
16
Beater for mixing mortar : RAB
17
Birds without voice boxes : STORKS
18
Birds that resemble bitterns : LIMPKINS
20
Horse's tarsal joint : HOCK
21
Capital of Peru : LIMA
23
Type of velvet or satin : PANNE
24
Porter : ALE
25
Small finch : CANARY
27
British gun : STEN
28
Snappish : WASPY
30
Nordic : ARYAN
32
Common abbr. : ETC
33
Patellae : KNEECAPS
35
Raucous : HOARSE
37
Gorge : GLUT
38
Meccas for children : ZOOS
39
Roué, at times : CHASER
42
U.S. game bird : WOODCOCK
46
Farm animal : RAM
47
Taste : SAPOR
49
Limber : LITHE
50
Eagle of many puzzles : ERNE
52
Bird that impales its prey on thorns : SHRIKE
54
Poetic contraction : TIS
55
Tinker's partner : EVERS
57
King Olaf's capital : OSLO
58
Custom : WONT
59
Caged mimic : PARAKEET
61
Window in an attic : DORMER
63
"___ tu," Verdi aria : ERI
64
Dresden's river : ELBE
65
Resting : ATEASE
66
Sts. : RDS
67
Like the bills of some grebes : PIED
68
Doghouse : KENNEL
Down
1
Fast-flying bird of prey : GOSHAWK
2
Bunting eaten as a delicacy : ORTOLAN
3
Bishopric : DIOCESE
4
Opus or employment : WORK
5
Sort : ILK
6
Wizard in electricity: 1856–1943 : TESLA
7
Blubber-loving sea birds : FULMARS
8
Large birdcage : AVIARY
9
Lunar module : LEM
10
Dweller in Nordland : LAPP
11
Caxton or Zenger : PRINTER
12
Fish-eating sea birds : GANNETS
13
Item on a pupil's record : ABSENCE
19
Dutch cupboard : KAS
22
Not qualified : INAPT
25
Ages : CYCLES
26
Lout : YAHOO
29
Croquet stakes : PEGS
31
Piece of pasta : NOODLE
34
Atmospheres : AURAS
36
Spore sacs : ASCI
38
African weasel : ZORIL
39
Bird that climbs tree trunks : CREEPER
40
President Bok's domain : HARVARD
41
Aida's rival : AMNERIS
42
Fabric such as gabardine : WORSTED
43
Overstuffed footstool : OTTOMAN
44
People in Pearl Buck's "Sons" : CHINESE
45
European falcon : KESTREL
48
Crested flycatcher : PHOEBE
51
Proposed amendment, for short : ERA
53
Eastman invention : KODAK
56
Basket or beehive : SKEP
58
Small songbird : WREN
60
Father of Phineas : ELI
62
Resident: Suffix : OTE

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

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