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Mary S. Manning
Mary S. Manning

New York Times, Thursday, December 30, 1954

Author:
M. S. Manning
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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. 2,011
Across
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New Year's Eve noise-maker. : HORN
5
Man of Maxwelton. : SCOT
9
Silas of "Our Mutual Friend." : WEGG
13
Space. : AREA
14
Best-selling author of 100 years ago. : STOWE
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Bitter shrub. : ALOE
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Part of a race. : HEAT
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Junction. : CONNECTION
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Ambitious people. : ASPIRANTS
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Smallest part. : LEAST
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External. : OUTER
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Diagrams a sentence. : PARSES
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Action for a golfer. : SWING
27
Humorist of the lasso. : ROGERS
29
Annoy. : HARASS
31
Presidential power. : VETO
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Engineers' union. : BLE
35
Sea of Asia. : ARAL
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Mountain ridge. : ARETE
38
Composed. : COOL
39
She provides many breakfasts. : HEN
40
Always. : EVER
41
Weird. : SPOOKY
43
Black Sea port. : ODESSA
45
Plant with fragrant root. : ORRIS
46
Vacationer. : CAMPER
49
Bone of the ear. : INCUS
51
With force. : AMAIN
52
Open views. : PANORAMAS
56
Ways of entrance or exit. : TURNSTILES
58
Miss Lollobrigida. : GINA
59
Feudal worker. : ESNE
60
Small body of land. : ISLET
61
Sicilian city. : ENNA
62
Supreme Court member. : REED
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Coral reefs. : CAYS
64
Scorch. : SEAR
Down
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Sound of mirth. : HAHA
2
Smeltery stuff. : ORES
3
Gather. : REAP
4
Affecting a country as a whole. : NATIONAL
5
Kitchen implement. : STONER
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In a polemical manner. : CONTROVERSIALLY
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Recognizes. : OWNS
8
One of 18. : TEE
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Actress Ethel. : WATERS
10
Man's name. : ELIAS
11
Holiday roast. : GOOSE
12
Guys. : GENTS
14
Go away! : SCAT
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Mild cigar. : CLARO
20
Orientals. : RUGS
23
For ___ sake! : PETES
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Visiting ruler. : SHAH
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"Let me taste your ___." : WARE
26
Middle East country. : IRAN
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Go and bring. : GET
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Thrifty one. : SAVER
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Rude one. : BOOR
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Trouble-making Norse god. : LOKI
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Culbertson and others. : ELYS
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Abode: Abbr. : RES
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Floral tributes. : CORSAGES
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Gardens. : EDENS
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Assist at a tea-party. : POUR
43
Thought. : OPINED
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Years, in France. : ANNEES
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Provide food. : CATER
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Beguile. : AMUSE
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French river. : MARNE
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Be priced at. : COST
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City in Italy. : PISA
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Pronoun. : MINE
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"___ Christie." : ANNA
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European Basin. : SAAR
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Muscle spasm. : TIC

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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