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Mary S. Manning
Mary S. Manning

New York Times, Wednesday, June 15, 1955

3-Down : Satan's helpers.

Author:
M. S. Manning
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, 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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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,178
Across
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___ plaisir (with pleasure): Fr. : AVEC
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Concord. : PEACE
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Pretends to be. : ACTS
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Busy place. : HIVE
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Tanks, reconnaissance cars, etc. : ARMOR
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Poetic pronoun. : THOU
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Indigo dye plant. : ANIL
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Threefold. : TRIPARTITE
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Voter. : BALLOTER
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Fished with a net. : SEINED
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Challenged. : DARED
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Reduce in rank. : DEGRADE
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Worshiper. : ADORER
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Spokes of a wheel. : RADII
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One of the DiMaggios. : JOE
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Arrive. : GETIN
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Animal thought up by Lewis Carroll. : SNARK
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City in India. : AGRA
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Gov. Boggs' capital. : DOVER
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Mirth. : GLEE
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Gum from trees. : RESIN
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Flower holders. : VASES
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Poem for singing. : LAY
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Defame. : LIBEL
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Groups of singers. : CHOIRS
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Parts of cardigans. : SLEEVES
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Girl's name. : ALIDA
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Describing two political opponents who agree not to vote. : PAIRED
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Greatness. : EMINENCE
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Native of Jakarta. : INDONESIAN
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Dowager Queen Elizabeth is one. : SCOT
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Garden. : EDEN
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Less good. : WORSE
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Dispatched. : SENT
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Near Easterners: Abbr. : SYRS
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Links star. : SNEAD
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Newspaper editors' group. : ASNE
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Melville character. : AHAB
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Writer Delmar. : VINA
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Satan's helpers. : EVILDOERS
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Stock of wines. : CELLAR
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Walked with short steps. : PATTERED
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Sinned. : ERRED
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Moslem prince. : AMIR
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Bobby. : COP
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Rubbed out. : ERASED
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Dressing. : ATTIRING
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Scene of "Venture Into Darkness." : CHINA
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Carried. : TOTED
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Shoe leather. : SUEDE
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Saint ___. : REGIS
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Where Crater Lake is: Abbr. : OREG
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Natives of Aarhus. : DANES
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Discordant. : AJAR
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Venetian dignitary. : DOGE
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Competitor. : RIVAL
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"Slithy" things. : TOVES
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Unions. : ALLIANCES
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Bring to maturity. : REAR
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Florida islands. : KEYS
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Movable parts of plane wings. : AILERONS
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Rested. : RECLINED
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David of movie fame. : NIVEN
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Bone. : SHIN
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Moistens. : BEDEWS
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Black Sea port. : ODESSA
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Secret agents. : SPIES
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Track star. : LANDY
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Kind of duck. : EIDER
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Cousin of Absalom. : AMASA
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Home of the Abbey Players. : EIRE
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Nutmeg State: Abbr. : CONN
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Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
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Family member. : SON

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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