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Mary S. Manning
Mary S. Manning

New York Times, Monday, January 21, 1957

57-Across : Slow up.

Author:
M. S. Manning
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
Mary S. Manning has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
M. S. Manning is an alias for Mary S. Manning.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,764
Across
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Husks of grain. : CHAFF
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Firm control. : GRIP
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Present ___. : ARMS
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Thrust back. : REPEL
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Bulwer Lytton heroine. : IONE
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Letters. : MAIL
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Plenty. : AMPLE
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Lounge. : SOFA
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Small piece. : BITE
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Creator of Willy Loman. : MILLER
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Describing a winter coat. : FURLINED
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Jane and others. : EYRES
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Where to put the token. : SLOT
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Part of a circle. : ARC
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Leafless flower stalk. : SCAPE
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It waits for no man. : TIDE
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Household cake. : SOAP
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Labor group. : ILA
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Impassive ones. : STOICS
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In a stealthy way. : SURREPTITIOUSLY
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Country place. : ESTATE
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French pronoun. : NOS
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Arch of a bridge. : SPAN
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This: Span. : ESTE
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Food. : MEATS
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Consumed. : ATE
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Hackmatack. : TREE
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Hold back. : DETER
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What to sign on the dotted line. : FULLNAME
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Slow up. : RETARD
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Phrase of comprehension. : ISEE
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Staff. : POLE
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Folds, in botany. : RUGAE
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Designer of Paris fashions. : DIOR
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Surface between flutes of a shaft. : ORLO
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Relative. : NIECE
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Without: Poet. : SANS
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Observes. : EYES
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Letters. : ESSES
Down
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Force down. : CRAM
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Half: Prefix. : HEMI
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Upsettable things. : APPLECARTS
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Rim of a spoked wheel. : FELLY
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Laughs derisively. : FLEERS
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Army men. : GIS
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Mansard. : ROOF
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Steep. : INFUSE
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Gem. : PEARL
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Eager to advance. : AMBITIOUS
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"Just walkin' in the ___." : RAIN
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Very small creature. : MITE
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Relative of a travois. : SLED
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Something for the woman's page. : RECIPE
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Game. : LOTTO
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Condiment. : SALT
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African fox. : ASSE
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Wake. : ROUSE
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Pamphleteer of the Revolution. : PAINE
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Belittles. : DISPARAGES
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Brilliancy. : ECLAT
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Young talkers. : PRATTLERS
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Relative. : SISTER
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Scottish "ago." : SYNE
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Forever: Poet. : ETERN
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Natterjack. : TOAD
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Attribute displayed on quiz programs. : MEMORY
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Important English author. : STERNE
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Important American author. : EAPOE
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Cases for small articles. : ETUIS
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Pins used in separating rope strands. : FIDS
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Government agency: Abbr. : USIA
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Actor Ames. : LEON
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Go swiftly. : RACE
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Letters. : DEES
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Dawn goddess. : EOS

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

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