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New York Times, Monday, November 29, 1954

8-Down : Stringed instrument played with a plectrum.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,980
Across
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Thoughtful. : SERIOUS
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Queen of ancient Palmyra. : ZENOBIA
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Appease. : PLACATE
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Hibernia. : IRELAND
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Where Medicine Hat is. : ALBERTA
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Loomed. : TOWERED
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___ roast. : RIB
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Musical pauses in the Psalms. : SELAHS
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Sound of a snarl. : GRR
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Sand bank extending from the shore. : SPIT
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Contest. : RACE
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Strike hard. : SMITE
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Result of acid-alcohol reaction. : ESTER
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And not. : NOR
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Singer Arden and others. : TONIS
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Hair ___. : RESTORER
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Ballroom dances. : CONGAS
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Rogers and others. : ROYS
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Chinese dynasty. : MING
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Queen of Tonga, Coronation guest. : SALOTE
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Educated. : LITERATE
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Disintegrate. : ERODE
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Man: Lat. : VIR
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Painter of ballet dancers. : DEGAS
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Straighter. : TRUER
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Time periods. : ERAS
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Gay rhythm. : LILT
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Pie plate. : TIN
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El Caudillo. : FRANCO
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White-flowered evergreen plant. : TEA
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Ambassadors. : LEGATES
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Quiet. : DORMANT
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Religious solitary. : EREMITE
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Swimming star Kellerman. : ANNETTE
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Used car transactions. : RESALES
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Cassandra. : SEERESS
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Scarcer. : SPARSER
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Closed plane curve. : ELLIPSE
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Flopsy, Mopsy, et al. : RABBITS
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Shipping hazard. : ICE
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Sculls. : OARS
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Complete. : UTTER
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Ocean liner routes. : SEALANES
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Stringed instrument played with a plectrum. : ZITHER
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Cupid. : EROS
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Just made. : NEW
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Scandinavian name. : OLE
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Moving clumsily. : BARGING
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Resistance to change. : INERTIA
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Speech. : ADDRESS
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Acidity. : ACOR
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Electron tube. : TETRODE
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Pitted. : STONED
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Doggie not in the window. : MONGREL
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Football enthusiast. : ROOTER
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Cereal grain. : RYE
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Op. ___ (in the work cited). : CIT
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Willie, Carmen and others. : MIRANDAS
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First inhabitant. : SETTLER
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___ pensée, hidden motive. : ARRIERE
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Hotel rooms. : LOUNGES
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Italian coin. : LIRA
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Stir up. : AGITATE
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Gifts. : TALENTS
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Properties. : ESTATES
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Greeting card specialties. : VERSES
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Wheaton cake. : SCONE
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Garden party. : FETE
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Where Alençon is. : ORNE
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Wine vessel. : AMA
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Sesame. : TIL
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Mal de ___. : MER

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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