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Mary S. Manning
Mary S. Manning

New York Times, Monday, August 17, 1959

43-Across : Mousseline de ___ (silk cloth).

Author:
Mary S. Manning
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Mary S. Manning has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,685
Across
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Variety of bean. : LIMA
5
Alarm. : SCARE
10
City planner's map. : PLAT
14
Hebrew month. : ADAR
15
Prussian cavalryman. : UHLAN
16
Use wiles. : LURE
17
Dixie corn bread. : PONE
18
Reveler's gadget. : NOISEMAKER
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Buttonwood or sycamore. : PLANETREE
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Lighthouse view. : OCEAN
23
Round Table Knight. : GAWAIN
24
Common verb. : ARE
25
Literary name. : POE
27
Naval officer: Abbr. : ENS
28
Merciful. : CLEMENT
32
Former radio union: Abbr. : AFRA
34
Mantle, Mays or Musial. : STARPLAYER
36
Fence steps. : STILE
38
Freudian term. : EGO
39
Canyon of air adventures. : STEVE
40
Garment worker. : SEAMSTRESS
43
Mousseline de ___ (silk cloth). : SOIE
44
Weaves. : ENLACES
45
Secret agent. : SPY
47
Additions to letters: Abbr. : PSS
48
Cote sound. : MAA
49
Possessive infinitive. : TOHAVE
51
Shoulder band. : STRAP
54
Solemn compacts. : COVENANTS
57
Government report. : WHITEPAPER
59
Vault. : LEAP
60
Staff officer. : AIDE
61
To pray: Lat. : ORARE
62
Singer Sack. : ERNA
63
River near Dunkirk. : YSER
64
Ocean depths. : ABYSS
65
Monarch. : TSAR
Down
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An Arctic dweller. : LAPP
2
Fan club hero. : IDOL
3
Like Stengel's job. : MANAGERIAL
4
Cockpit. : ARENA
5
Summertime acquisitions. : SUNTANS
6
Singers. : CHORISTERS
7
Strange. : ALIEN
8
Make a mark. : RASE
9
Chemical suffix. : ENE
10
Table décor. : PLACEMATS
11
Gospel author. : LUKE
12
Precinct. : AREA
13
Sea swallow. : TERN
19
Mushrooms. : MORELS
21
Female Cheviot. : EWE
24
Monte Viso is one. : ALP
25
Out of date. : PASSE
26
Many times. : OFTEN
28
Passageways for pedestrians. : CROSSOVERS
29
Startling events. : EYEOPENERS
30
Ben ___, peak in Scotland. : NEVIS
31
Junipers. : TREES
33
Subject of college song. : ALMAMATER
35
Cycle. : AGE
37
Get away. : ESCAPE
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Oolong. : TEA
42
Sun and moon. : SPHERES
46
Penn ___, Finger Lakes village. : YAN
49
Rob Peter ___ Paul. : TOPAY
50
Man's man. : VALET
51
Dance movement. : SWAY
52
The one here. : THIS
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Follow the hound. : RIDE
54
Combining form for element No. 6. : CARB
55
River in Kenya. : TANA
56
Mast. : SPAR
58
Genus of grasses: Bot. : POA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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