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New York Times, Wednesday, April 25, 1956

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 56.1 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,493
Across
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Il ___, dictator from 1922–43. : DUCE
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Burned to waste. : ASHED
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Solemn quiet. : HUSH
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Golf club. : IRON
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Village official in Canada. : REEVE
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Before. : ANTE
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Relatives of dark horses. : CANDIDATES
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Austrian Chancellor. : RAAB
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Surround. : ENVIRON
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Lord of the sea. : NEPTUNE
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Eternally. : EVER
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Scatter. : STREW
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Snacks for children. : CONES
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Courtroom fiascoes. : MISTRIALS
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Beaux-___. : ARTS
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With sealed lips. : MUM
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Manager of the Giants. : RIGNEY
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French pronoun. : MOI
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"My Fair Lady," for instance. : MUSICAL
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Son of Odin. : TYR
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Shut. : UNOPEN
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Fortune. : LOT
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Cat: Span. : GATO
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Short classical compositions. : SONATINAS
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Paying passengers. : FARES
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Lead runner. : PACER
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Commentator Sevareid. : ERIC
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Showy garden flower. : LOBELIA
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Biased. : SLANTED
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Sound of limb. : ABLE
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Eliminating beforehand. : PRECLUSIVE
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Race-track character. : TOUT
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Mongolian mountain range. : ALTAI
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Serves by 10 Down. : ACES
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In this place. : HERE
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Port at confluence of Rhone and Saone. : LYONS
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Sudden pull. : YANK
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Cubic rollers. : DICE
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Monitor lizard. : URAN
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August assemblage. : CONVENTION
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Salad herbs. : ENDIVES
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Zeal. : ARDOR
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President O'Kelly. : SEAN
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All ___ up. : HET
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Big affairs. : EVENTS
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Grizzled prospector in Death Valley. : DESERTRAT
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Aussie tennis player. : HARTWIG
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Two-toed sloth. : UNAU
12
Hero of "Streetcar." : STAN
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Cupbearer to the gods. : HEBE
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Makes choleric. : IRES
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Great risk. : PERIL
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Alike. : SIMILAR
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French author of "The Plague." : CAMUS
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Where the U. of Maine is. : ORONO
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Mouse genus. : MUS
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Icebreaker country. : ANTARCTICA
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Carrier in U. S. fleet. : LEYTE
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Cyclades island. : SYROS
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Of city affairs. : MUNICIPAL
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Molybdenum. : METAL
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Kind of lettuce. : COS
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Tahitian capital. : PAPEETE
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Give the lie to. : GAINSAY
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Almost. : NEARLY
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German wife. : FRAU
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Isle in N. Y. Harbor. : ELLIS
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Wooden slat. : LATH
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Wood wind. : OBOE
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Out-of-focus impression. : BLUR
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Study. : SCAN
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Quits. : EVEN
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Work table. : DESK
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War theatre. : ETO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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