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Mary S. Manning
Mary S. Manning

New York Times, Wednesday, June 23, 1954

68-Across : Man's name.

Author:
M. S. Manning
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,821
Across
1
"Oh, My Papa." : SONG
5
Sen. Kefauver. : ESTES
10
Nonsense: Slang. : BLAH
14
Rajah, ___, Nizam, nawab. : EMIR
15
Le Havre's river. : SEINE
16
Ready for use. : RIPE
17
Ship's course. : LANE
18
Dennis Day is one. : TENOR
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Breslau's river. : ODER
20
___ Village. : FREEDOM
22
Give orders arbitrarily. : DICTATE
24
Against. : CON
25
Nut-bearing tree. : BEECH
26
Weapons and equipment of the armed forces. : MATERIEL
30
Picturesque. : SCENIC
34
Turkish title. : AGA
35
Port from which Columbus sailed. : PALOS
37
Temper: Colloq. : IRISH
38
Quiet. : CALM
40
Founder of Nineveh. : NINUS
42
Snow slider: Var. : SKEE
43
Close to: Poet. : ANEAR
45
Snake. : ADDER
47
Before. : ERE
48
He handed down the decision against segregation. : WARREN
50
Supporter of a cause or idea. : ESPOUSER
52
Frenchmen. : GAULS
54
Burro's relative. : ASS
55
Gen. Ely has replaced him in Indochina. : NAVARRE
58
Artist of the night clubs. : TRAUBEL
62
Pitcher. : EWER
63
350-mile chain of Pacific islands. : SAMOA
65
Go overboard in praising. : RAVE
66
___ board. : TOTE
67
One item of a series. : EVENT
68
Man's name. : EBEN
69
___ machine. : SLOT
70
Perception. : SENSE
71
Tear apart. : REND
Down
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One's own welfare. : SELF
2
Gen. Bradley. : OMAR
3
Time for school. : NINE
4
King Paul's land. : GREECE
5
Baltic native. : ESTONIAN
6
Appear. : SEEM
7
Chief constituent of pewter. : TIN
8
Free from knots. : ENODE
9
October event. : SERIES
10
Dwight and Milton. : BROTHERS
11
Girl's name. : LIDA
12
Egyptian goddess. : APET
13
This place. : HERE
21
Village. : DORP
23
301. : CCCI
25
Lorelei Lee and others. : BLONDES
26
Colorful bird. : MACAW
27
Capital of Guam, pop. 10,000. : AGANA
28
Former German coin. : TALER
29
Mr. Kazan of the theatre. : ELIA
31
The Army's guided missiles. : NIKES
32
Rhone tributary : ISERE
33
Encouragement. : CHEER
36
Bubbles. : SUDS
39
Princess who does crosswords. : MARGARET
41
Take apart. : SEPARATE
44
Bring up. : REAR
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Pasquale's daughter. : ROSA
49
Lt. Genevieve and others. : NURSES
51
He charges too high interest. : USURER
53
Soldier's holiday. : LEAVE
55
"___ to Catch the Wind," by Elinor Wylie. : NETS
56
Another form of 53 Down. : AWOL
57
Important executive power. : VETO
58
Very large amounts: Colloq. : TONS
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Paul Bunyan's pet blue ox. : BABE
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Smooth. : EVEN
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Impart. : LEND
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Teammates. : MEN

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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