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New York Times, Tuesday, April 14, 1953

16-Across : Simple musical instrument.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 36.4
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,395
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Russian trading company in U. S. : AMTORG
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Celebration of an anniversary. : JUBILEE
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Pinero's "The ___ Quex." : GAYLORD
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Simple musical instrument. : OCARINA
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Bulganin of the Kremlin. : NIKOLAI
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Mr. Stassen and others. : HAROLDS
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River into the Elbe. : ISER
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Mended place. : DARN
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Not put in order. : UNSET
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The unmarried state. : CELIBACY
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What trees do. : LEAVE
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"Star and Stripes Forever." : MARCH
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Naval officer: Abbr. : COM
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Cut off from membership. : EXPEL
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Field of floating ice. : FLOE
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Room: Spanish. : SALA
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The Moor. : OTHELLO
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House gown. : WRAPPER
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Dark: French. : NOIR
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Middle East powder keg. : IRAN
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Lavrenti of the Kremlin. : BERIA
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"Stand like druids of ___ ... " : ELD
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Metrical feet. : IAMBS
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Command. : EDICT
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Very clean. : SCRUBBED
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With speed. : APACE
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A peasant in India. : RYOT
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Facility. : EASE
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Alleviated distress. : SOLACED
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Resider. : DWELLER
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Archbishop. : PRELATE
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Reynolds, Mantle, Berra, et al. : YANKEES
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Dancer: Slang. : STEPPER
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Part of Ali Baba's password. : SESAME
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Hindu fire god. : AGNI
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But: French. : MAIS
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Small child. : TYKE
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Genus of swans. : OLOR
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Oliver's rival: Abbr. : ROL
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Division of a school. : GRADE
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Poetry on Broadway. : JOHNBROWNSBODY
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Genus of the fiddler crabs. : UCA
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Giver of much wise advice. : BARUCH
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Figure of speech employed in ridicule. : IRONY
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Diamond dame and others. : LILS
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Old English finale. : ENDE
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Part of the globe. : EAST
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A "whodunit" of the stage. : DIALMFORMURDER
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Silver coin of Persia. : RIAL
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Small compartment. : CELL
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Maple tree genus. : ACER
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Sierra ___, British colony in W. Africa. : LEONE
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Eulogize. : EXTOL
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Plant pest. : APHID
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Shift direction. : VEER
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Famed Italian beauty spot. : CAPRI
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Derived from oil. : OLEIC
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French revolutionist assassinated by Charlotte Corday. : MARAT
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Expedited. : SPED
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False witness. : LIAR
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Retired. : ABED
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Girl's nickname. : ABBY
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Phenomenon of polar regions. : ICECAP
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War trophy of the good old days. : SCALP
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Something: Ger. : ETWAS
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Adders. : ASPS
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Philadelphia is one. : PORT
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To the sheltered side. : ALEE
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Members of a brotherhood. : ELKS
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Athena ___. : ALEA
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Appear to be. : SEEM
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Gaelic. : ERSE
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A season: French. : ETE
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Compass point. : ENE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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