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Victor Goldfarb
Victor Goldfarb

New York Times, Friday, September 4, 1953

16-Down : ___ chamber, an unjust tribunal.

Author:
Victor Goldfarb
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F Q X }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Victor Goldfarb has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,538
Across
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Symbols of busyness. : BEES
5
Chinese society. : TONG
9
Mended place. : DARN
13
Soup vegetable. : OCRA
14
Small wild ox. : ANOA
15
Men named after "Mr. Imperium." : EZIOS
17
Buzzing sound. : WHIR
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Geological layers. : BEDS
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Originate. : START
20
Great Britain's way in 1945. : SOCIALISM
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She saved the Flying Dutchman. : SENTA
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Musical uncle. : NED
24
Sergeant at arms, or bouncer. : EJECTER
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Mephistopheles' boss. : SATAN
30
Nancy Langhorne, Vicountess ___. : ASTOR
32
Late actor who was narrator of "Our Town." : CRAVEN
34
A feeler. : TENTACLE
39
Piece of land. : ACRE
40
Grand ___. : OPERA
42
Sound of uphill traffic. : ROAR
43
More controversial or vexatious, as a problem. : THORNIER
45
Breastbones. : STERNA
47
German man's name. : ERNST
49
Takes precedent over. : RANKS
50
Had made great efforts. : STRIVEN
54
3,557,584 motorists. : AAA
56
A la bonne ___ (at a good time): Fr. : HEURE
57
A play by the author of "The Crucible." : ALLMYSONS
63
Wheat for stock feed. : EMMER
64
Army mascot. : MULE
65
Encourage. : ABET
66
Disburse. : SPEND
67
British "Groton." : ETON
68
Tenth word in a telegram. : LOVE
69
Mountain: Comb. form. : OREO
70
Overcasts. : SEWS
71
Five, nine or eleven. : TEAM
Down
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Dress or hat ornaments. : BOWS
2
She was in love with Narcissus. : ECHO
3
Mr. Johnston of the "Hays office." : ERIC
4
Hindu garment. : SARI
5
Postpone. : TABLE
6
Lake near Syracuse, N. Y. : ONEIDA
7
Signs of assent. : NODS
8
It is usually read six times a year. : GASMETER
9
Parfait. : DESSERT
10
Oldtime native of Mexico. : AZTEC
11
Laughing. : RIANT
12
Point of the compass: Spanish. : NORTE
16
___ chamber, an unjust tribunal. : STAR
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Mother of Elizabeth I. : ANNE
25
"The Sign of ___," by Thomas Merton. : JONAS
26
Kind of jazz singing. : SCAT
27
London's Marble ___. : ARCH
28
Tropical plant. : TARO
29
Declare. : AVER
31
Noun suffixes. : STERS
33
Bête ___. : NOIRE
35
Scope. : AREA
36
Lima bean's partner. : CORN
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Long and slender. : LANK
38
Divisions of geological time. : ERAS
41
George Eliot and George Sand. : PENNAMES
44
Refrain of Nanki-Poo-Yum-Yum duet, "This is what he'll (I'll) ___!" : NEVERDO
46
Item for breakfast in bed. : TRAY
48
Ingredient of soap. : TALLOW
50
Feminine pronouns. : SHES
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Rate of activity. : TEMPO
52
Authoress Godden. : RUMER
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Goddess of peace. : IRENE
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Prayer endings. : AMENS
58
String instrument. : LUTE
59
River in Arizona, site of Roosevelt Dam. : SALT
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The "woodwind that nobody blows good." : OBOE
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Russian river. : NEVA
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Part of a pipe. : STEM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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