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Manny Miller
Manny Miller

New York Times, Saturday, March 1, 1975

17-Across : Brown coal

Author:
Manny Miller
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Manny Miller has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,331
Across
1
Shellfish, fish, etc. : SEAFOOD
8
Cosmetic : MASCARA
15
Official forgiveness : AMNESTY
16
Brandy snifter : INHALER
17
Brown coal : LIGNITE
18
Whines : SNIVELS
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Common verb : ARE
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Fountain drink : SODAPOP
22
Reine's mate : ROI
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Damages : MARS
25
Inane : SILLY
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Kenton : STAN
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Separate articles : ITEMS
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Basketball assn. : NBA
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Leather : SUEDE
31
Draw out : EDUCE
33
Agreements : ACCORDS
35
Roscoes : GATS
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Deserve : EARN
38
Wanderer : VAGRANT
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Helen Hayes's domain : STAGE
44
Rooms of a sort : CELLS
45
Cereal : OAT
47
One kind of hit : SMASH
49
Bone: Prefix. : OSTE
50
Small bird : OWLET
52
Or ___ : ELSE
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Ear: Prefix : OTO
54
Stupid one : DULLARD
56
Grassland : LEA
57
Treat as a celebrity : LIONIZE
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"After all is ___ done ... " : SAIDAND
61
Brushes off : IGNORES
62
Process of becoming: Suffix : ESCENCE
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Prickly herbs : TEASELS
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Relative of food and clothing : SHELTER
Down
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Sandwich sausage : SALAMI
2
Moslem prince's jurisdiction : EMIRATE
3
Made indignant : ANGERED
4
Marsh : FEN
5
Condition: Suffix : OSIS
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Klemperer and Preminger : OTTOS
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___-the-wool : DYEDIN
8
Put in the wrong spot : MISPLACE
9
Bug : ANNOY
10
Send out : SHIP
11
Mil. branch : CAV
12
Warned : ALERTED
13
Adds more bullets : RELOADS
14
Poisonous gas : ARSINE
21
Dawn, in Durango : ALBA
24
Engage in rumrunning : SMUGGLE
26
Smith or Jones, i.e. : SURNAME
28
Healing marks : SCARS
30
Classes : SORTS
32
Greek letter : ETA
34
Instance: Fr. : CAS
36
Like some mild winters : SNOWLESS
38
Trace : VESTIGE
39
City in Pennsylvania : ALTOONA
40
Like basketball players : TALL
42
Brave : GALLANT
43
Perfume : ESSENCE
44
Advice to an excited person : COOLIT
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Pesters : TEASES
48
Ungraceful fall : HEADER
50
Blackbird : OUZEL
51
Certain collector's item : TRASH
54
Disastrous : DIRE
55
High-rollers' needs : DICE
58
One, six, etc.: Abbr; : NOS
60
Neighbor of Pa. : DEL

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

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