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Mary S. Manning
Mary S. Manning

New York Times, Tuesday, May 19, 1953

36-Across : Courageously.

Author:
M. S. Manning
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { H J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 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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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,430
Across
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His motto is "Call Me Lucky." : BING
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Of aircraft. : AERO
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Emblems of power in ancient Egypt. : ASPS
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A city, county or lake. : ERIE
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Tool for boring holes. : AUGER
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Graduated set of pipes in an organ. : STOP
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Converted (a fat) into soap. : SAPONIFIED
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Pacific archipelago. : SULU
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Pitfalls. : SNARES
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Cut in thin slices. : SLIVERED
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City in Sicily. : GELA
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One voice of Edgar Bergen. : SNERD
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Eight-legged arachnids. : SPIDERS
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Invader of Europe in 1st century. : ATTILA
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A raid for plunder. : FORAY
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Sounds at the stadium. : ROARS
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State with a one-house legislature: Abbr. : NEB
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Mashie or niblick. : IRON
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Courageously. : NOBLY
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Soup to nuts. : MEAL
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A month: Abbr. : SEP
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Turned to one side, off course, as a vessel. : YAWED
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Stroke in billiards, with cue held perpendicular. : MASSE
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Business man. : TRADER
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Bitter regret. : REMORSE
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Parts of an automobile. : GEARS
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Standard. : NORM
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Famous first name on Broadway. : BEATRICE
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Transparent linen cloths. : TOILES
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Wife of Michael of Rumania. : ANNE
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Dissatisfied. : MALCONTENT
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Measures of length. : RODS
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Defensive equipment. : ARMOR
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Poetess Millay. : EDNA
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Mickey Mantle's mighty blow. : SWAT
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Hatching place. : NEST
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Disputed European region. : SAAR
Down
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Former resident of the White House. : BESS
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Country on the Caspian. : IRAN
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Asian palm. : NIPA
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Sen. Russell, for instance. : GEORGIAN
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___ Wiedersehen. : AUF
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Sponsorship. : EGIS
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Fishing gear. : REELS
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Early bicycle with one large wheel and one small wheel. : ORDINARY
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Insist. : ASSERT
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Unyielding spirit. : STURDINESS
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Inhabitant of Lwow. : POLE
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A vegetable: slang. : SPUD
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Part of a theatre. : AISLE
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They're in want. : NEEDY
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Examines or treats as a doctor does: Colloq. : VETS
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Traffic sign. : ARROW
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More sensitive. : SORER
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Two-edged weapon of "cold war." : PROPAGANDA
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Serious. : SOBER
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Allotted period or term. : LEASE
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Having power to act. : ABLE
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The index sign in printing. : FIST
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Longfellow character. : ALDEN
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Farouk's wandering wife. : NARRIMAN
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Cooking pots in which pot-au-feu is made. : MARMITES
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Period of time. : YEAR
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Dumbbell. : MORON
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Hate. : DETEST
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Go for a ride. : MOTOR
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Alarm. : SCARE
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They denote military rank. : BARS
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Sufficient: Archaic. : ENOW
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New England's pride. : ELMS
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Mythical mother of two pairs of twins. : LEDA
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City in Sicily. : ENNA
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Dark ___. : STAR
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Extra bed. : COT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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