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Manny Miller
Manny Miller

New York Times, Saturday, March 24, 1962

18-Down : Mohammedan call to prayer.

Author:
Manny Miller
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Manny Miller has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,635
Across
1
"For want of ___ ... " : ASHOE
6
Wire fence part. : BARB
10
Apprentice. : TYRO
14
Mixed. : BLENT
15
Man's name. : ELIA
16
Pacific island. : OAHU
17
Investment potential. : PURCHASINGPOWER
20
Zephyr. : BREEZE
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Throat liquid. : GARGLE
22
Hold forth. : ORATE
24
___ Canals. : SOO
25
Trimmed closely. : SHAVEN
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Arrangement. : DISPOSAL
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Asian land. : KOREA
34
Tendril. : BINE
35
Dandy. : DUDE
36
"I enjoy being ___!" : AGIRL
37
Newt. : EFT
38
Ridge or fillet. : STRIA
39
Exaggerated: Colloq. : TALL
40
Con ___ (with spirit): Mus. : BRIO
41
Supply kept in reserve. : HOARD
42
Green fodder preservation. : ENSILAGE
44
Tales of a sort. : FABLES
45
___ Blas. : GIL
46
Baltic Coast dweller. : SWEDE
48
Yokuts Indian squaw. : MAHALA
51
Rusk's predecessor. : HERTER
54
Where unemployment reigns. : DISTRESSEDAREAS
57
Deep blue. : ANIL
58
Duck. : TEAL
59
___-sac. : CULDE
60
Date of planned offensive. : DDAY
61
Dropped. : SANK
62
West German state. : HESSE
Down
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Church dignitary: Abbr. : ABP
2
Yarn with untwisted fibers. : SLUB
3
Man's title. : HERR
4
Barber shop expression. : ONCEOVERLIGHTLY
5
Airy. : ETHEREAL
6
Surround. : BESET
7
Mohammed ___. : ALI
8
Engird. : RING
9
Crushed sugar cane. : BAGASSE
10
Glad tidings comment. : TOOGOODTOBETRUE
11
Jolly boat. : YAWL
12
See 33 Across. : RHEE
13
Possessive. : OUR
18
Mohammedan call to prayer. : AZAN
19
Clothesline support. : PROP
23
Instructs morally. : EDIFIES
25
Salt-water fish. : SKATE
26
Navaho dwelling. : HOGAN
27
Coatings on certain seeds. : ARILS
29
Preposition. : INTO
30
Of the calf of the leg. : SURAL
31
C'est-___. : ADIRE
32
Opening paragraphs. : LEADS
34
Ice formation. : BERG
38
Friend of Daniel. : SHADRACH
40
Dance numbers. : BALLETS
43
Storyteller of a sort. : LIAR
44
Hay and oats. : FEED
47
Marine snail. : WHELK
48
Look after. : MIND
49
Where the Tigris flows. : ASIA
50
Voyaging. : ASEA
52
Apodal fish. : EELS
53
Fundamental numbers: Abbr. : RADS
54
Breadwinner. : DAD
55
___ Juan. : SAN
56
Picture. : SEE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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